The safety of nickel containing dental alloys

Dental Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1163-1168

  Setcos, James C ^a   Babaei Mahani, Amir ^b   Silvio, Lucy Di ^c   Mjör, Ivar A ^d   Wilson, Nairn H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Alloys; Biomaterials; Castings; Dental appliances; Dental materials; Nickel; Orthodontics; Prosthodontics; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; HEALTH RISKS; METAL CASTINGS; NICKEL ALLOYS; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

CLINICAL EVIDENCES; DENTAL APPLIANCES; PROSTHODONTICS; TOXICOLOGY;

DENTAL ALLOYS;

CARCINOGEN; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL;

CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

CARCINOGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CORROSION; DENTAL ALLOYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES;

EID: 33750499917     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.11.033     Document Type: Review

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