Can someone post pictures of dental lead?

[sheepdog]

So I can explain to the dentists receptionist/assistants what they look like.

[beanflip]

Just smelted mine 2 todays ago

[xr650]

A little crinkly, but they should get the idea.


http://www.fototime.com/8852147238242E0/standard.jpg

[beanflip]

yep thats what mine looked like

[kbstenberg]

You better get a lot of it. I allso melted mine 2 days ago. I had a reguler size garbage bag full of lead. It melted down to a third of a pot.
Be carefull if you get the smocks the X-ray techs wear. They smoke like a chimney. I had to start the top of the pot unfire to hurrie the process.
Kevin

[sqlbullet]

kbstenberg is right. A lot doesn't go very far. I had a garbage bag full and it made 25 lbs of ingots.

[Yellowhouse]

I know this is a few months old but I had the same question. Here's another. Is this pure lead....it give me the impression of maybe a fine lead film sandwiched between two layers of foil or maybe even tin.

Anybody know?

[BoolitBill]

It is actually a foil made from lead. It is not pure lead, I believe it has some tin in it.

[fecmech]

Also has some antimony in it as my ingots "ring" when dropped on concrete. I checked some for hardness a while back and IIRC it was around 11 bhn.

[riverwalker76]

What do they use Dental Lead for?

[DukeInMaine]

My dentist has gone 100% digital. No more films.

[kbstenberg]

There are 2 ways to see the inside of your teath. The old way is to X-ray the teath. The foil that the film comes in is lead.
The other way to take a picture of teeth is by computer immaging.
kevin

[qajaq59]

What do they Dental Lead for? They're covers for the little x-ray film squares I believe.

[qajaq59]

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[zomby woof]

They're covers for the little x-ray film squares I believe.

Radiation shield

[357maximum]

Are dentists still using the shields? I live right smack dab in the middle of podunkville and my dentist switched like 4-5+ years ago.

[fecmech]

I must have an "old school " dentist. I live about 20 miles from Buffalo NY and he is still using the lead foil type.

[mold maker]

When I picked up last week, 3 of 7 had already gone digital, and the other 4 are in the process. Looks like another source is drying up fast.
In all I got almost 11 lbs instead of the 26-28 i used to get. I guess that's progress in reverse.

[John Boy]

It is actually a foil made from lead. It is not pure lead, I believe it has some tin in it.
Kodack is a common supplier of Xray dental lead shields... The composition they use is
Lead >96%, Tin 1.5% +/- 0.1%, Antimony 1.5% +/- 0.1%.