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Mercury levels in plasma and urine after removal of all amalgam restorations: the effect of using rubber dams

Posted by Dental Materials
|Date: December 25, 2011

Mercury levels in plasma and urine after removal of all amalgam restorations: the effect of using rubber dams

This study showed that dental amalgam had a statistically significant impact on the mercury levels found ...

This study showed that dental amalgam had a statistically significant impact on the mercury levels found in plasma and urine in the patients tested, and that the use of a rubber dam during removal of ...

December 25, 2011
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Inhalation of Mercury-Contaminated Particulate Matter by Dentists: An Overlooked Occupational Risk

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|Date: April 22, 2011

Inhalation of Mercury-Contaminated Particulate Matter by Dentists: An Overlooked Occupational Risk

The vast amount of mercury contaminated particulate matter dentists are exposed to comes from the re ...

The vast amount of mercury contaminated particulate matter dentists are exposed to comes from the removal of amalgam fillings. Absorption from the lung occurs but that fecal excretion may predomi ...

April 22, 2011
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