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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, Sreeram Rayar, Unnikrishnan Manu, Kumarappan Senthilkumar, Srinivasan Daya, Nagarajan Anushaa   +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, Gunvor B Lygre, Kjell Haug, Rolv Skjærven   +3 more
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Dental amalgam and human health

International Dental Journal, 2003
The use of dental amalgam as a restorative material has long been a contentious issue because of its elemental mercury component. While microleakage of mercury from amalgam has been conclusively confirmed over the past 30 years intensive research has failed to identify deleterious health outcomes. Mercury, as with other metals entering the body tissues,
H K Yip, T.W. Cutress
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Dental amalgam and mercury in dentistry [PDF]

Australian Dental Journal, 2000
The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Mercury in dentistry has re-emerged as a contentious issue in public health, predominantly because so ...
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)., Australian and New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)., Barnard PD., Barregard L., Bayne SC., Brennan DS, Clarkson TW., Dunne SM, Eley BM., Fawer RF, Health Canada., Hickel R., Hill AB., Horsted-Bindslev P., International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)., International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)., Kingman A., Mackert JRJ, Marek M., National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)., National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)., National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)., Pleva J., Richardson GM, Richardson GM., Richardson GM., Sandborgh-Englund G., Sandborgh-Englund G., Sandborgh-Englund G., Saxe SR, Schelle A., Spencer AJ, Spencer AJ, Stanley HR., US Environmental Protection Agency., Wilson NHF, Winstrom E., World Health Organization (WHO).   +37 more
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Recovery of silver residues from dental amalgam [PDF]

, 2010
Dental amalgam residues are probably the most important chemical residues generated from clinical dental practice because of the presence of heavy metals among its constituents, mainly mercury and silver.
BUZALAF, Marília Afonso Rabelo, IANO, Flávia Godoy, MENEZES, Manoel Lima de, OLIVEIRA, Rodrigo Cardoso de, PEREIRA, Heloísa Aparecida Barbosa da Silva, SILVA, Thelma Lopes da   +5 more
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Effect of diode laser irradiation on compressive strength of dental amalgam [PDF]

Electronic Physician, 2017
Introduction: One of the biggest disadvantages of dental amalgam is that gaining its ultimate strength is a slow process. The use of a rapid-setting amalgam with high early compressive strength could be a better option in preventing early fractures in ...
Mitra Tabari, Reza Fekrazad, Homayoun Alaghemand, Mahtab Hamzeh   +3 more
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Pathway to mercury-free dentistry: an insight into past, present, and future

European Oral Research, 2023
PurposeThe popularity of dental amalgam arises from its excellent long-term performance, ease of use, and low cost. However, there is a concern about the potential adverse health effects arising from exposure to mercury in amalgam.
Pooja Dudeja, Krishan Kumar Dudeja, Shibani Grover, Harpreet Singh, Zohra Jabin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Minamata Convention and the phase down of dental amalgam. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ, 2018
Fisher J, Varenne B, Narvaez D, Vickers C.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Changes in Dentists’ Perception and Patient’s Acceptance on Amalgam Restoration in Kurdistan-Iraq: A Questionnaire-based Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: There has been considerable controversy concerning the health risks and benefits of utilizing mercury-containing amalgam. Across the developing countries, a reduction in the use of dental amalgam in oral health care provision is expected ...
Bestoon Mohammad Faraj., Hawzhen Masoud Mohammad, Kale Masoud Mohammad   +2 more
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Assessment of the Impact of Dental Amalgam on Human Health: A Literature Review

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Dental amalgam is a dental material that has been used to fill carious cavities for more than 150 years. Amalgam fillings contain about 50% mercury and a mixture of other metals. The mercury it contains is controversial and debated by many
Anna Luchowska, Monika Sroczyńska, Aleksandra Żaczek   +2 more
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