Spontaneous exfoliation of teeth following severe elemental mercury poisoning: Case report and histological investigation for mechanism

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-501

  Martin, Michael D ^a   Williams, Bryan J ^a   Charleston, Jay D ^b   Oda, Dolphine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EOSIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; HEMATOXYLIN; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GINGIVA; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MERCURIALISM; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTIUM; TOOTH; TOOTH PULP; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORING AGENTS; DENTAL PULP; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GINGIVA; GINGIVITIS; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MOUTH MUCOSA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUTROPHILS; PERIODONTIUM; TOOTH; TOOTH EXFOLIATION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031265176     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90265-1     Document Type: Article

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