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Dental amalgam and urinary mercury concentrations: a descriptive study

BMC Oral Health, 2013
BackgroundDental amalgam is a source of elemental and inorganic mercury. The safety of dental amalgam in individuals remains a controversial issue. Urinary mercury concentrations are used to assess chronic exposure to elemental mercury. At present, there
Alexandra Nicolae, H. Ames, C. Quiñonez
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Validation of clinically related aging models based on enamel wear

Journal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Physiological and erosive wear reported in clinical studies were reviewed, and in vitro aging models were developed to simulate and compare the effect of aging on human teeth with the review data obtained from clinical studies. Methods A review of clinical studies and randomized clinical trials that quantify enamel wear was performed ...
Beshr Hajhamid, Laurent Bozec, Hassan Moghadam, Howard Tenenbaum, Grace M. De Souza, Eszter Somogyi‐Ganss   +5 more
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Design of quantum correlation based automatic focus detection system during dental laser operation [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
Dental laser has been developed recently and gradually replaced the conventional dental treatment methods, especially in dental caries removal. The utility of laser in dentistry contributes to reduce the pain during surgery and decrease the risk of sequelae after surgery.
arxiv  

Automatic Recognition of Landmarks on Digital Dental Models [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Fundamental to improving Dental and Orthodontic treatments is the ability to quantitatively assess and cross-compare their outcomes. Such assessments require calculating distances and angles from 3D coordinates of dental landmarks. The costly and repetitive task of hand-labelling dental models impedes studies requiring large sample size to penetrate ...
arxiv  

Has the implementation of the Minamata convention had an impact on the practice of operative dentistry in Jordan?

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Objective To assess Jordanian dentists’ current perception and attitudes towards amalgam and composite restorations four years after the Minamata treaty was endorsed and suggest decision making factors that may influence the type of restoration requested
Ayah Abdullah Al-Asmar, Khaled M Al-Khatib, Tareq Z Al-Amad, Faleh A Sawair   +3 more
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Influence of the color of 3D‐printed scan aids on the trueness of complete arch digital scans

Journal of Prosthodontics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To determine the influence of using 3D‐printed scan aids in varying colors on the trueness of digital scans. Materials and Methods A master cast with five multi‐unit analogues was scanned. The acquired dataset was exported to standard tessellation language (STL) file format to serve as the reference STL. 3D printing of the prototype in
Özay Önöral, Selin Çakır
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam

Brazilian Oral Research, 2008
Mercury, as any other heavy metal, may cause environmental damages due to its accumulation and biotransformation. Dental offices, whether private or institutional, use dental amalgam as a restorative material on a daily basis.
Flávia Godoy Iano, Ovídio dos Santos Sobrinho, Thelma Lopes da Silva, Marlus Alves Pereira, Paulo Jorge Moraes Figueiredo, Leny Borghesan Albertini Alberguini, José Mauro Granjeiro   +6 more
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Oral Lichenoid Contact Lesions to Mercury and Dental Amalgam—A Review

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2012
Human oral mucosa is subjected to many noxious stimuli. One of these substances, in those who have restorations, is dental amalgam which contains mercury.
H. Mcparland, S. Warnakulasuriya
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Dietary questions in caries risk assessment and their relationship to caries

Journal of Public Health Dentistry, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This retrospective chart review evaluated the relationship between specific dietary questions used in caries risk assessment and planned restorative treatment among patients attending a dental school's clinic. Methods Records for 6,218 adult patients attending the University of Iowa College of Dentistry who completed caries risk ...
Casey Delaney, John Warren, Oscar A. Rysavy, Teresa Marshall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incidence of attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Riyadh city and its association with body burden of mercury leached from dental amalgam fillings: A cross-sectional study

Saudi Journal of Oral Sciences, 2019
Objectives: The objectives of this study are to determine the association between the incidence of attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children of mothers with and without amalgam fillings.
Fatmah Nasser Almotawah, Mahmoud Abdullateef, Haya Alkanhal, Maha Albukairi, Reema Alsaif, Lamya Almejrad, Abdulrahman Alzahrani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source