The effect of disinfectants and line cleaners on the release of mercury from amalgam

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1419-1425

  Batchu, Hanu ^a   Chou, Hwai Nan ^a   Rakowski, Duane ^a   Fan, P L ^a  

^a AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam wastewater; Dental unit water lines; Disinfectants; Line cleaners

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750494292     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0055     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies. Mercury source control and pollution prevention program evaluation: Final report. Washington: Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies; 2002. Available at: "www.amsa- cleanwater.org/advocacy/mercgrant/". Accessed Aug. 24, 2006.
2. Naleway CA, Ovsey V, Mihailova C, et al. Characterization of amalgam in dental wastewater (abstract 25). J Dent Res 1994;73 (special issue):105.
3. Drummond JL, Cailas MD, Ovsey V, et al. Dental wastewater: quantification of constituent fractions. Acad Dent Mater Trans 1995;112:P-11.
4. Vandeven JA, McGinnis SL. An assessment of mercury in the form of amalgam in dental wastewater in the United States. Water Air Soil Pollut 2005;164(1-4):349-66.
5. Kielbassa AM, Attin T, Kummer K, Hellwig E. Mercury release from separated amalgam after the use of different disinfectants [in German]. Schweiz Monatsschr Zahnmed 1995;105(12):1534-8.
6. Kummerer K, Wallenhorst T, Kielbassa AM. Mercury emissions from dental chairs by disinfection. Chemoshere 1997;35(4):827-33.
7. Rotstein I, Karawani M, Sahar-Helft S, Mor C, Steinberg D. Effect of sodium hypochlorite and EDTA on mercury released from amalgam. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2001;92(5):556-60.
8. Roberts HW, Marek M, Kuehne JC, Ragain JC. Disinfectants' effect on mercury release from amalgam. JADA 2005;136(7):915-9.
9. Stone ME, Kuehne JC, Cohen ME, Talbott JL, Scott JW. Effect of iodine on mercury concentrations in dental-unit wastewater. Dent Mater 2006;22(2):119-24.
10. American Dental Association. Best management practices for amalgam waste. Available at: "www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/amalgam_bmp.asp". Accessed on Aug. 19, 2006.
11. American National Standards Institute/American Dental Association. ANSI/ADA specification no.1-2003: Alloy for dental amalgam. Chicago: American Dental Association; 2003.
12. Soh G, Chew CL, Lee AS, Yeoh TS. Significance of hydrogen ion concentration on the dissolution of mercury from dental amalgam. Quintessence Int 1991;22(3):225-8.