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Message:: [QUOTE="Midas, post: 117162, member: 2761"]Palladium metals are also used alot in dental. The reason? Palladium is a NOBLE metal which llike gold and platinum will not tarnish and oxidize. When alloyed with other metals, this alloy is very strong, has high melting temperatures and again, it will stay put (no tarnishing or oxidizing). Thinking about dental implants or crowns? Changes are your dentist will use a gold/palladium alloy. BTW...there are alloys with as little as 2% gold so the dentist can legally state he is using gold. If he says he is using gold, ask him/her, "How much gold?" The cost for a restoration with as little as 2% gold compared to one with at least 50% gold is about $10 to $15 more. Remember, we are not talking about large quantities for a single tooth here. Also the labor to fabricate these units is LESS because gold/platinum/palladium are EASIER to work with...hence lowering lab costs who make the restoration. [Dentists do NOT make teeth...their labs do!].  So if a doc is using a 2% gold alloy for teeth, it is because he is probably trying to charge you MORE for it by simply saying, "I do use gold." The main use for palladium is indeed catalytic converters, but after that you will find palladium in dental restorations and electronics too.[/QUOTE]