Is dental gold 18K?

An old gold crowned tooth of mine broke off recently. I asked my dentist what the karat value of dental gold was, and she replied,"18 K".

Does anyone know if this is standard? Indeed, is there a standard for dental gold?

My little 75% gold tooth-shaped nugget weighs 0.1 oz (0.09115 troy oz.), so at $930/ t.oz. it should be worth about $63.50!

 

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About $40 in 16K per this http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24277208/

 

Thanks for the link, davidh.

Well, 16K is 66 and 2/3 % gold (0.6666) so I guess my "nugget" is only worth $56.50.

I guess I'll hang on to it for a while! (I wonder what Mike Tyson's mouth is worth!)

 

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it remind me of the movie " gold fingers ".

 

My dentist seems to think 18K is "standard". Have any of you ever asked your dentist about dental gold? Any pawnbrokers in the house?

 

Well, no I have not
I didn't even know it was 18k... But I knew it was not like 24k!!! lol

I have no clue, but if your dentist said it, alright!

Now sell that baby for some coins! hahaha

 

It all depends on the dentist, some dental gold is a hard as 10K.