Abstract: A control of the adhesive layer is to be achieved with a process and a device for removal of brackets or other metallic dental objects serving for orthodontic treatment which have been glued onto dental enamel wherein the layer of glue between the bracket or the object and the dental enamel is to be reduced in its adhesiveness by heating, wherein the tooth of the patient is effectively protected in such a way that a heating of the tooth itself cannot even occur. This is achieved in that the heating is performed by direct electrical resistance heating.

Abstract: A silver-tin-copper master alloy powder useful as a dental filling when amalgamated with mercury and having improved properties for that utility can be obtained by the steps of:(a) pulverizing an alloy containing silver, tin and copper into a first spherical powder by high pressure water, inert gas or similar pulverization(b) drying and forming said first powder into a coherent shaped article;(c) sintering the shaped article at an elevated temperature; and(d) pulverizing the sintered shaped article by machining into a master alloy powder.