Atlas of Foreign Materials
Alvogyl

A dental medicament used as a paste for treatment of dry socket. It contains eugenol, iodoform, butamben (mild anesthetic properties) and penqhwar. It would typically be seen as a foreign material in biopsies from areas of prior extraction of teeth.

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Alvogyl 4x

Alvogyl 4x

Alvogyl 10x

Alvogyl 10x

Alvogyl 20x

Alvogyl 20x 

Alvogyl 40x

Alvogyl 40x

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