Dental amalgam restorations: Daily mercury dose and biocompatibility

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 709-721

  Mitchell, Richard J ^a   Osborne, Paul B ^a   Haubenreich, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Dose; Mercury; Neurodegeneration; Risk; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COPPER; DISEASES; MERCURY (METAL); NEUROLOGY; SILVER; TIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATIVE MATERIALS; LIQUID MERCURY; NEURODEGENERATION; TOXICOLOGY;

DENTAL AMALGAMS;

AMALGAM; COPPER; MERCURY; SILVER; TIN; BIOMATERIAL; DENTAL ALLOY;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MASTICATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; TOOTH FILLING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645240790     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i6.120     Document Type: Review

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