Argen Precious Metals, Inc.

Argen is the largest manufacturer of precious metal alloys for the dental industry in the United States, and the second largest in the world.

MANUFACTURING

Argen's manufacturing facility is unparalleled for production of dental alloys. From weighting tolerances of hundredths of a gram to microscopic analysis confirming homogeneous alloys, attention to detail permeates the entire process. Using advanced vacuum metallurgy techniques and continuous casting fabrication methods, alloys of uncompromising quality are produced.

RAW MATERIALS

Using the purest raw materials, such as .9999 fine gold, is only the start at Argen. For dental alloys, which are medical devices, there are other safety concerns such as radio-activity and the nature of the impure elements. All incoming materials are evaluated to ensure they meet Argen's stringent specifications.

RESEARCH

Alloy development is an ongoing process at Argen. There are multiple projects in progress at any one time.

Today's demands of esthetics, functionality and economy require sophisticated development techniques such as computer modeling. Computer programs, developed especially for dental alloy systems, vary theoretical compositions searching for the optimum combination for each application. Thousands of possible alloy compositions can be evaluated before the best one is determined. The alloy then undergoes functional evaluation in our dental laboratory followed by extensive field testing. The alloy you receive has been thoroughly tested and retested to assure the highest quality material.