What karat weight are gold teeth? From Hank in Wichita, Kansas
Hi Hank,
Because dental gold is not marked 10k or 14k like gold jewelry, it is more difficult to assess the karat weight unless your dentist tells you this information beforehand. It can even be hard for any pawn shop or jeweler to assess if they do not have the right equipment to measure exactly what other metals are alloyed with the gold in your teeth.
Most dental gold is 16k gold which is 66.66% gold. However, we find dental gold to be as high as 85% gold while other dental gold items have been as low as 15%. We run tests with an XRF analytical machine to determine how much gold is available to refine.
Dentists should give your dental gold back to you if it is removed or replaced. Whether or not they intentionally keep it, you should make sure to ask for it back. They may also be able to tell you what karat weight is in the teeth they use.
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