Gold is practically efficient not only in ‘Medicine & dentistry‘ field but also in various industry sectors like Engineering, Electronics, Nanotechnology, photography, chemical dyes, science & technology, Space, food & beauty. Historical usage of gold has become predominant in many modern medical remedies.

• Gold-based medical process is used by many ancient cultures like India or Egypt. In China, they use applications of gold for curing smallpox, skin ulcers and measles) and in Japan, thin gold foils are substituted in food, alcoholic drink and in tea.
• Benefits of gold and its alloys for dental applications are its bio-compatibility, flexibility and the ability to withstand to corrosion.
• Wires for pacemakers and gold-plated stents have been widely used by many surgeons in curing heart diseases, i.e. to provide support for weak blood vessels.
• Gold has the quality of high level resistance capacity to ‘bacterial colonization’ and regarded as a very precious metal in ear microsurgery procedure.
• Utilizing gold and its chemical substances in medicine is known as ‘Chrysotherapy’ and two gold alloys referred as ‘Myocrisin and Auranofin‘ have been widely used in drugs for arthritis treatments. Gold ampoules are recommended for inflammatory conditions and rheumatism.
• Attributes of gold alloys acts as HIV agents and in treatment of cancer. Platinum based drugs are widely used in many types of cancer treatments, with serious disadvantages of side effects.
• Gold colloid is the apt material used for ‘Rapid testing’, which is a membrane-based technique. Applications for rapid tests comprises of clinical, agricultural and environmental uses.
• Effective usage of gold components in ‘Electronic Components’ within clinical devices like pacemakers and ventilators.