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Review
. 1991 Aug;122(8):54-61.
doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1991.0255.

Dental amalgam and mercury

J R Mackert Jr  1
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Dental amalgam and mercury

J R Mackert Jr. J Am Dent Assoc. 1991 Aug.

Abstract

This paper looks at the issues of the current amalgam controversy: the daily dose of mercury from amalgam, hypersensitivity to mercury, claims of adverse effects from amalgam mercury and alleged overnight "cures." In addition, the toxicity and allergenicity of the proposed alternative materials are examined with the same kind of scrutiny applied by the anti-amalgam group to dental amalgam.

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