Tag Archives: dental scrap

I have 2 gold crowns. What is the gold value from these? – From Rob in Des Moines, Iowa | I have 5 lbs of very small pieces of dental scrap that came from a retired dentist. – from Larry in Phoenix, Arizona | I have several teeth and crowns with gold filling that have been extracted. I would like the gold recovered and returned as a single nugget and returned. – From Stacy in Raymond, Illinois | I have about 10 grams of a three tooth bridge, two gold caps and one gold tooth. – From Matt in Chicago, Illinois

I am a dentist and have some old gold crowns that I have recently taken out of patients mouths. At what point does it become profitable to sent them in for refining. Do I need to have 20-30 crowns before it makes sense? — Dr. Norton