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| Title |
The dental amalgam toxicity fear: A myth or actuality
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Toxicology International, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.4103/0971-6580.97191 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Monika Rathore, Archana Singh, Vandana A. Pant |
| Abstract |
Amalgam has been used in dentistry since about 150 years and is still being used due to its low cost, ease of application, strength, durability, and bacteriostatic effect. When aesthetics is not a concern it can be used in individuals of all ages, in stress bearing areas, foundation for cast-metal and ceramic restorations and poor oral hygiene conditions. Besides all, it has other advantages like if placed under ideal conditions, it is more durable and long lasting and least technique sensitive of all restorative materials, but, concern has been raised that amalgam causes mercury toxicity. Mercury is found in the earth's crust and is ubiquitous in the environment, so even without amalgam restorations everyone is exposed to small but measurable amount of mercury in blood and urine. Dental amalgam restorations may raise these levels slightly, but this has no practical or clinical significance. The main exposure to mercury from dental amalgam occurs during placement or removal of restoration in the tooth. Once the reaction is complete less amount of mercury is released, and that is far below the current health standard. Though amalgam is capable of producing delayed hypersensitivity reactions in some individuals, if the recommended mercury hygiene procedures are followed the risks of adverse health effects could be minimized. For this review the electronic databases and PubMed were used as data sources and have been evaluated to produce the facts regarding amalgam's safety and toxicity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 70 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 7% |
| India | 3 | 4% |
| Australia | 3 | 4% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 58 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 14% |
| Scientists | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 218 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 217 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 9% |
| Researcher | 19 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 13% |
| Unknown | 59 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 73 | 33% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 4% |
| Engineering | 9 | 4% |
| Other | 47 | 22% |
| Unknown | 60 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 340. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2024.
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#98,706
of 25,775,807 outputs
Outputs from Toxicology International
#3
of 70 outputs
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#365
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#1
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