Health complaints before and at one and five years after removal of dental amalgam restorations – data from a prospective cohort study in Norway [PDF]
Acta Odontologica ScandinavicaObjective: Health complaints attributed to dental amalgam fillings comprise both intraoral and general health complaints. There are data suggesting that patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) attributed to amalgam fillings show ...
Nivedita Sinha +4 more
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Eur J Dent, 2020 Objective The aim of this study was to assess: (1) the perceptions of dentists in Saudi Arabia concerning the amalgam controversy, (2) their attitude toward the ethical responsibility of patient information, and (3) patients’ knowledge and attitude ...
Al-Nahedh HN, El-Hejazi AA, Habib SR.
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Reported asthma and dental amalgam exposure among adults in the United States: An assessment of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [PDF]
SAGE Open Medicine, 2021 Objective: Mercury (Hg)-based amalgam is a dental restorative material in common use. This hypothesis-testing study evaluated the relationship between dental amalgam exposure and the risk of reported asthma diagnoses in American adults.
David A Geier, Mark R Geier
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Attitudes of dentists and interns in Riyadh to the use of dental amalgam. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2016 BackgroundStudies investigating the attitudes of Saudi dentists to the use of amalgam for restorations are relatively rare. Considering the goals set forth by the Minamata Convention on Mercury, it appears prudent to investigate the attitudes of ...
Alkhudhairy F.
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Association between dental amalgam fillings and Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]
Alzheimers Res Ther, 2016 Sun et al. [1] evaluated the association between dental amalgam fillings and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in a large scale Taiwanese population aged 65 years and older in a cross-sectional study and concluded that women’s exposure to amalgam was ...
Zarghami A, Hojjati SM.
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Association between History of Dental Amalgam Fillings and Risk of Parkinson's Disease: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The impact of dental amalgam on the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) is still uncertain, although a positive association between dental amalgam and PD has been found in a few case-control studies.
Yung-Chuang Hsu +7 more
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Recovery of mercury from dental amalgam scrap-Indian perspective
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2017 Aim: The aim is to recycle mercury from dental amalgam scrap using the vacuum distillation method. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 g of dental amalgam scrap was taken in a round bottom flask and was subjected to vacuum distillation at 398°C.
Kadandale Sadasiva +5 more
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Perinatal death and exposure to dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy in the population-based MoBa cohort. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 ObjectivesThe aim was to gain knowledge regarding the risk of perinatal death related to exposure to dental amalgam fillings in the mother.DesignPopulation-based observational cohort study.SettingThe Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, a Norwegian ...
Lars Björkman +3 more
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Dental amalgam exposure can elevate urinary mercury concentrations in children. [PDF]
Int Dent J, 2016 OBJECTIVES Owing to its cost-effectiveness and operative convenience, dental amalgam remains in use as a restorative material for tooth caries in children in many countries.
Baek HJ +8 more
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Clinical Guide Adaptation for Amalgam Waste Management in Dental Settings in Iran [PDF]
Frontiers in DentistryObjectives: Dental clinics are one of the major producers of mercury-containing waste due to the use of dental amalgam. The atmospheric transport and persistence of mercury and its compounds in the environment, coupled with their high potential for ...
Mahsa Eshrati +6 more
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