Use of inductively coupled plasma-emission spectroscopy and mercury vapor analyses to evaluate elemental release from a high-copper dental amalgam: A pilot study

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-412

  Cohen, Brett I ^a,c   Penugonda, Bapanaiah ^b  

^a Essential Dental Laboratories   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY; POLYPROPYLENE; SILVER; TIN; TYTIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PILOT STUDY; PRECIPITATION; SAFETY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VOLATILIZATION;

COPPER; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL RESTORATION, PERMANENT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MERCURY; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PRECIPITATION; SAFETY; SILVER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TIN; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 85047685897     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2001.114013     Document Type: Article

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