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For Patients Articles Education and Information Intra Oral Air Mercury Released from Dental Amalgam
| Intra Oral Air Mercury Released from Dental Amalgam |
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| For Patients - Information and education |
| Written by Chester Van Clark Jr, DDS, MPH |
| Sunday, 11 October 2009 20:08 |
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M.J. Vimy and F.L. Lorscheider Journal of Dental Research, 1985; 64; 1069. Brief Summary In 45 subjects intra-oral air was analyzed with a Jeropme Mercury analyzer. 35 of them had amalgam fillings. Subjects with amalgams had unstimulated mercury concentrations that were nine times greater than those people without amalgam fillings. Chewing stimulation of those with mercury fillings increased the mercury concentration six-fold thus making their intra-oral mercury levels 54 times more than the levels in those chewing with no amalgam fillings. |
