Protective effect of Copalite surface coating on mercury release from dental amalgam following treatment with carbamide peroxide

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Rotstein, I ^a,c   Dogan, H ^b   Avron, Y ^a   Shemesh, H ^a   Mor, C ^a   Steinberg, D ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dental amalgam; Dental bleaching; Mercury

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; BUFFER; COPALITE; DENTAL ALLOY; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; PAINT; PEROXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PLANT RESIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; UREA; UREA PEROXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BUFFERS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL MATERIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LACQUER; MERCURY; PEROXIDES; PHOSPHATES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RESINS, PLANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH BLEACHING; UREA;

EID: 0034208075     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-9657.2000.016003107.x     Document Type: Article

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