The modulus of elasticity of dental amalgam has been determined by analysis of creep data (OGLESBY ET AL, J Res Natl Bur Stan 72C: 203, 1968) and by ultrasonic methods (DICKSON and OGLESBY, J Dent Res 46: 1475, 1967; HALL ET AL, J Dent Res 52: 390, 1973) to be between 63,000 and 70,000 MN/m2. These values represent the instantaneous elastic compliance term when dental amalgam is treated as a vi...
