The aim of this study was to investigate the electrochemical behavior of Co-Cr alloy in artifi cial saliva containing (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and to characterize the composition and structure of the passive fi lm formed by potentiodynamic polarization. Electrochemical measurements ranked the corrosion resistance of Co-Cr dental cast alloy as follows when exposed to artifi cial saliva containing different concentrations of EGCG: 4.0 g/L<2.0 g/L<0 g/L<0.5 g/L<1.0 g/L. This showed that the concentration of EGCG in artifi cial saliva affected the corrosion behavior of Co-Cr alloy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results revealed that the outermost surface layer on Co-Cr alloy was mainly composed of Cr 2 O 3 and EGCG-Cr (III) ion complex, which were formed by redox and complex formation reactions respectively. When the redox reaction was dominant, Co-Cr alloy exhibited high corrosion resistance in EGCG-containing artifi cial saliva. On the contrary, when the complex formation reaction was dominant, Co-Cr alloy exhibited low corrosion resistance.