Appendix A – Literature Search Criteria for Identification of Relevant Studies Appendix B – Literature Search Strategy and Terms Appendix C – Bibliography of Articles Reviewed as Additional Scientific Information Appendix D – Other Literature Cited Appendix E Table Summary of Exposure and Effects from Articles Reviewed Appendix F ATSDR-2005 and EPA-2002 update summary documents Appendix G1 and ...

Background. In recent years, dentistry has benefited from a marked increase in the development of esthetic materials, including ceramic and plastic compounds. But the advent of these new materials has not eliminated the usefulness of more traditional restorative materials such as gold, base metal alloys and dental amalgam. Overview. This report outlines important features of direct and indirect...

Clarkson and Magos (2006) provide their perspectives on the toxicology of mercury vapor and dental amalgam. As scientists who are involved in preparing a German federal guideline regarding dental amalgam, we welcome additional scientific data on this issue. However, Clarkson and Magos do not present all the relevant studies in their review. The additional data provided here show that: (a) Denta...

Although the corrosion characteristics of dental amalgam have been of considerable interest to dental researchers, it has been difficult to identify the products which form in vivo. This report demonstrates that Sn4(OH)6Cl2 and SnO are formed in vivo and in vitro. The Sn-Cl product is the predominant phase formed by corrosion-induced changes of the Sn8Hg phase of amalgam. It is present in conve...

The results obtained after 18 months of clinical study, compa~ng sealant apph’cation for the prevention of caries with amalgam restorations on the pit and tissure surfaces of permanent molars, are analyzed to document the maintenance required for optimum success with both modes of treatment. An accurate summary of operating time used to accomplish each treatment is presented and various aspects...

Ever since the adoption by American Dental Association in 1929 of test specification of dental amalgam alloys as A. D. A. specification No. 1 [ 1 ], many studies have been successively carried out on the physical, chemical, mechanical and clinical properties as manipulative variable affecting clinical results of this widely used restorative material. Amalgam has come to account for nearly 75% u...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The use of dental amalgam as a direct restorative material has been a subject of controversy for many years. The potential safety of amalgam has been questioned because of leakage of elements such as mercury, copper, tin, and silver. PURPOSE This study evaluated the elemental leaching from Tytin dental amalgam placed in deionized water for 2 months. Both mercury vapor and...

We investigated mercury sensitization in relation to urinary and hair mercury concentrations. Patch tests were performed on 215 medical students and these tests demonstrated that 28 students were mercury-sensitized (13.0%). Life-styles were studied by questionnaire in 26 of the mercury sensitized students and 46 of the non-sensitized subjects. Urinary mercury concentrations were measured in 25 ...

BACKGROUND Mercury amalgam dental restorations have been used by dentists since the mid 19th century and issues on safety continue to be periodically debated within the scientific and public health communities. Previous studies have reported a positive association between urine mercury levels and the number of dental amalgams, but this relation has never been described in a nationally represent...