normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa according to the world health organization (who), factors such as growing electricity demand, ever-advancing technologies and changes in social behaviour have led to steadily increasing exposure to man-made electromagnetic fields.   dental amalgam fillings are among the major sources of exposure to elemental mercury vapour in the general population....

In their review, Esteban-Vasallo et al. (2012) discussed the use of human placenta to evaluate bio markers of exposure to heavy metals. They correctly concluded that the use of placental tissue specimens to assess heavy metal exposure is actually under used. Surprisingly, they did not mention the well-documented relationship between mercury released from mercury-containing dental amalgam fillin...

As dental practitioners, we must recognize that some of the materials and procedures we use to provide dental health services may present challenges to the environment. Realizing this, we can begin to take measures to minimize the production of these wastes and their potential environmental effects. This paper identifies some common wastes produced by dental offices (dental amalgam, lead, silve...

The aim of this article was to report on the attitudes, opinions and confidences of final year dental students in three European schools towards the restoration of posterior teeth and in particular towards the use of amalgam and resin composite. One hundred and twenty-eight pre-piloted questionnaires were distributed to final year dental students in Cardiff, Dublin and Malmö. The questionnaire ...

Regulations have been adopted in several countries of the European Union which prescribe that dental treatment waste water must be discharged via an amalgam separator device. Since the effectivity of the device strongly depends on the size of the amalgam waste particles, this size was evaluated in waste water samples from eight dental offices. Per sample, all solid particles were separated from...

objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the histological response to delib-erate perforation repaired using amalgam or mta either immediately or with delay on cats’ molars. materials and methods: twenty-eight molar teeth from four cats were used in this ex-perimental randomized study. after preparing the access cavity, the floor of pulp cham-bers were deliberately perforated wit...