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Dental Amalgam

Known as: ALLOY, AMALGAM, Amalgams, Dental, amalgam dental 
An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc.
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2012
Review
2012
Mercury Toxicity and Treatment: A Review of the Literature
  • R. Bernhoft
  • Journal of environmental and public health
  • 2012
  • Corpus ID: 16901274
Mercury is a toxic heavy metal which is widely dispersed in nature. Most human exposure results from fish consumption or dental… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-ionic liquid-carbon paste electrode as a super selectivity sensor: application to potentiometric monitoring of mercury ion(II).
In this article a super selectivity potentiometric methodology, using an ion-selective electrode, for determination of mercury… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
An in vitro quantitative antibacterial analysis of amalgam and composite resins.
OBJECTIVES Antibacterial properties of restorative dental materials such as amalgam and composite resins may improve the… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
The Toxicology of Mercury and Its Chemical Compounds
This review covers the toxicology of mercury and its compounds. Special attention is paid to those forms of mercury of current… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Neuropsychological and renal effects of dental amalgam in children: a randomized clinical trial.
CONTEXT No randomized trials have been published that address the concern that inhalation of mercury vapor released by amalgam… 
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2003
Review
2003
Hazards of heavy metal contamination.
The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated with exposure to lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. These… 
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2003
Review
2003
Hazards of heavy metal contamination.
  • L. Järup
  • British medical bulletin
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 3788577
The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated with exposure to lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. These… 
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Retrograde filling materials: a retrospective success-failure study of amalgam, EBA, and IRM.
A retrospective study was done to compare the success rates of teeth with three different root end filling materials. The… 
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The wear of dental amalgam in an artificial mouth: a clinical correlation.
Abstract The wear of dental amalgam by a smear mechanism and amalgam transfer onto the opposing cusp was confirmed by simulated… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Potential hazards and artifacts of ferromagnetic and nonferromagnetic surgical and dental materials and devices in nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
The risks to patients with metal surgical implants who are undergoing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging and the artifacts… 
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