Potentiostatic anodic polarization data for unfinished, burnished, and polished amalgam surfaces were taken. From the standpoint of corrodibility, these tests indicated that physically improved amalgam restorations can be obtained by burnishing rather than by polishing or leaving amalgam carved and unfinished.
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