Dental gold alloy: karat and composition
Did you know that gold is used as a dental material since hundreds of years? Each dental treatment needs different dental gold alloys. In some circumstances a dental gold composition with a high content of gold is needed and in other circumstances a dental gold composition without gold, just based on palladium, can be preferred. There are so many different dental gold alloys, in various compositions available that it needs a source like reDollar.com that provides an understandable overview about common dental gold.
- Dental gold alloys with a high content of gold
- Dental gold alloys with a reduced content of gold
- Palladium based dental gold alloys
- Silver-palladium based dental gold alloys
- Dental gold alloys with platinum
Alloys with high gold content:
81.6% gold
| Gold | 81.6% |
| Platinum | 16.0% |
85.4% gold
| Gold | 85.4% |
| Platinum | 12.0% |
85.8% gold
| Gold | 85.8% |
| Platinum | 11.0% |
82.6% gold
| Gold | 82.6% |
| Platinum | 16.1% |
83.7% gold
| Gold | 83.7% |
| Platinum | 13.2% |
77.3% gold
| Gold | 77.3% |
| Platinum | 9.8% |
| Palladium | 8.9% |
| Silver | 1.2% |
84.4% gold
| Gold | 84.4% |
| Platinum | 8.0% |
| Palladium | 5.0% |
76.0% gold
| Gold | 76.0% |
| Platinum | 9.6% |
| Palladium | 8.9% |
| Silver | 2.4% |
79.4% gold
| Gold | 79.4% |
| Platinum | 10.5% |
| Palladium | 6.0% |
| Silver | 1.3% |
80.2% gold
| Gold | 80.2% |
| Platinum | 4.0% |
| Palladium | 13.5% |
86.0% gold
| Gold | 86.0% |
| Platinum | 10.4% |
Alloys with medium gold content:
55.1% gold
| Gold | 55.1% |
| Palladium | 34.5% |
51.1% gold
| Gold | 51.1% |
| Palladium | 38.5% |
49.6% gold
| Gold | 49.6% |
| Palladium | 29.0% |
| Silver | 17.5% |
40.0% gold
| Gold | 40.0% |
| Palladium | 39.8% |
| Silver | 12.4% |
Palladium based alloys:
77.3% palladium
| Palladium | 77.3% |
| Silver | 7.2% |
| Gold | 4.5% |
57.8% palladium
| Palladium | 57.8% |
| Silver | 30.0% |
51.9% palladium
| Palladium | 51.9% |
| Silver | 38.0% |
Silver and palladium based alloys:
58.5% silver and 27.4% palladium
| Silver | 58.5% |
| Palladium | 27.4% |