I have six gold fillings that have been in my mouth for fifty years, do they have any real value?
The gold was valued at three dollars a stick in 1957. Each filling has several sticks.
Hi Jimmy,
You know they don’t sell the gold like that any more for fillings? Most dentist doing gold fillings/inlays send them to a precision fit lab to have the filling made before it is cemented in. Those are special fillings my friend. However, scraped dental gold isn’t worth as much as you would think. I am not sure about the exact amount that each of those sticks is worth, but I know that the stick, had they been 100% pure gold, would have been worth so much more than three dollars each!! They are usually an amalgamation of several different precious and semi-precious metals, Palladium and silver are /were commonly used. And with dental scraping being somewhat of a biohazard, recyclers don’t pay as much for it.
Good news though, gold fillings are superb compared to almost any dental material even to date!! This would explain why you have had them for so many years!! I think your fillings,are worth more in your mouth than out ;-).
Take care and good luck!!!
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