{"id":2574,"date":"2020-11-07T18:41:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T18:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/tatuaje-de-amalgama\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:31:44","slug":"tatuaje-de-amalgama","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/en\/tatuaje-de-amalgama\/","title":{"rendered":"Amalgam Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"textBlock\">\n<h1>Comprensi\u00f3n del Tatuaje de Amalgama: Causas, Diagn\u00f3stico y Tratamiento<\/h1>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un tatuaje de amalgama?<\/h2>\n<p>Un tatuaje de amalgama se manifiesta como una decoloraci\u00f3n de color azul, negro o gris pizarra observada dentro de la cavidad oral. Espec\u00edficamente, esta<br \/>\nere lesi\u00f3n aparece con mayor frecuencia en la enc\u00eda adyacente a una restauraci\u00f3n de amalgama, aunque su aparici\u00f3n no se limita \u00fanicamente a esa zona.<\/p>\n<p>La amalgama dental es una aleaci\u00f3n met\u00e1lica compuesta por una mezcla de mercurio, plata, esta\u00f1o y cobre. Este material ha sido un pilar en los procedimientos de obturaci\u00f3n odontol\u00f3gica por m\u00e1s de 150 a\u00f1os.<sup class=\"footnote_reference\">[1]<\/sup> Popularmente, estos empastes son denominados \u00abempastes de plata\u00bb debido a su distintiva tonalidad plateada.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQui\u00e9nes est\u00e1n en riesgo de sufrir un tatuaje de amalgama?<\/h2>\n<p>Cualquier persona que posea empastes de amalgama activos, que hayan tenido dichos empastes retirados y reemplazados, o que se hayan sometido a un procedimiento conocido como apicectom\u00eda \u2014una cirug\u00eda para extirpar el \u00e1pice de la ra\u00edz dental, limpiar el \u00e1rea y sellar la ra\u00edz con un material de obturaci\u00f3n\u2014 es susceptible de desarrollar un tatuaje de amalgama.<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_afterfirstsection_300x250 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p>                <script>\n                    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n                        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n                        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n                        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8';\n                        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n                        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n                        inline.appendChild(ad);\n                        inline.className = \"inline\";\n                        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8\");\n                        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n                        (function () {\n                            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-8');\n                            });\n                        })();\n                    }\n                <\/script>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 causa un tatuaje de amalgama?<\/h2>\n<p>El origen del tatuaje de amalgama reside en la deposici\u00f3n accidental de part\u00edculas del material de obturaci\u00f3n de amalgama dentro de la <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"189\">mucosa<\/span> oral. Este incidente ocurre com\u00fanmente durante la fase de colocaci\u00f3n o pulido de los empastes, o al remover una restauraci\u00f3n antigua al utilizar fresas dentales de alta velocidad.<\/p>\n<h2>Caracter\u00edsticas cl\u00ednicas del tatuaje de amalgama<\/h2>\n<p>Cl\u00ednicamente, el tatuaje de amalgama se presenta como una <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"174\">m\u00e1cula<\/span> de coloraci\u00f3n azulada, negra o gris pizarra sobre la membrana mucosa oral. Si bien su ubicaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s frecuente es en la enc\u00eda pr\u00f3xima a un diente restaurado con amalgama, tambi\u00e9n se han documentado casos en el paladar, el interior de las mejillas e incluso sobre la lengua.<\/p>\n<section class=\"textBlock imageLinkBlockTitle\">\n<h3 class=\"colour--primary\">Im\u00e1genes de Tatuajes de Amalgama<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"imageLinkBlock\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n<figure>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/amalgam-tattoo-1__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsInkiLDBd.jpg\" alt=\"Ejemplo cl\u00ednico de un tatuaje de amalgama en la enc\u00eda.\"><br \/>\n                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p-small\">Tatuaje de amalgama<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n<figure>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dermatly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/amalgam-tattoo-2__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsInkiLDM2XQ.jpg\" alt=\"Vista detallada de una mancha oscura por implante de amalgama en tejido blando oral.\"><br \/>\n                    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p-small\">Tatuaje de amalgama<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clearfix imageLinkBlock\"><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfC\u00f3mo realizar el diagn\u00f3stico de un tatuaje de amalgama?<\/h2>\n<p>El diagn\u00f3stico de un tatuaje de amalgama a menudo puede realizarse bas\u00e1ndose \u00fanicamente en la exploraci\u00f3n cl\u00ednica, sobre todo cuando se localiza <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1351\">adyacente<\/span> a una restauraci\u00f3n de amalgama existente. Ocasionalmente, una radiograf\u00eda puede ser de utilidad, pero solo si las part\u00edculas de amalgama incrustadas son lo suficientemente grandes como para ser visibles en la imagen. Si persiste cualquier incertidumbre sobre el diagn\u00f3stico preciso, se puede proceder a una <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"24\">biopsia<\/span> para confirmaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<div id=\"square-placement-country-holder\" class=\"country-dependent advert\">\n<div class=\"box-placement square-placement\">\n<div class=\"advert__frame\">\n                <!-- \/340621630\/dermnet_mobile_after4sections_300x250' --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\" id=\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9\" class=\"[ js-hideable ]\"><\/div>\n<p>                <script>\n                    if (ads_screenwidth < 780 ) {\n                        var inline = document.createElement(\"div\");\n                        var ad = document.createElement(\"div\");\n\n                        ad.id = 'div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9';\n                        ad.style.height=\"250px\";\n                        ad.style.width=\"300px;\";\n\n                        inline.appendChild(ad);\n                        inline.className = \"inline\";\n                        var placeholder = document.getElementById(\"hidden-div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9\");\n                        placeholder.parentNode.replaceChild(inline, placeholder);\n                        (function () {\n                            googletag.cmd.push(function () {\n                                googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1484122037505-9');\n                            });\n                        })();\n                    }\n                <\/script>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es el tratamiento para un tatuaje de amalgama?<\/h2>\n<p>Dado que los tatuajes de amalgama son considerados lesiones benignas y generalmente asintom\u00e1ticas, no se prescribe ning\u00fan tratamiento m\u00e9dico obligatorio. La condici\u00f3n no representa un riesgo para la salud oral del paciente.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comprensi\u00f3n del Tatuaje de Amalgama: Causas, Diagn\u00f3stico y Tratamiento \u00bfQu\u00e9 es un tatuaje de amalgama? Un tatuaje de amalgama se manifiesta como una decoloraci\u00f3n de color azul, negro o gris pizarra observada dentro de la cavidad oral. 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