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. 2014 Jun 18;5(2):41-51.
eCollection 2014 Apr.

Heavy metals and pain in the dysfunctional patient

Carlo Di Paolo  1 , Emanuela Serritella  1 , Fabrizio Panti  1 , Giovanni Falisi  1 , Fedele Manna  1
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Heavy metals and pain in the dysfunctional patient

Carlo Di Paolo et al. Ann Stomatol (Roma). .

Abstract

Aims: The aim of this research is to verify the quality and quantity of heavy metals (HM) of dental origin in TMD patients.

Methods: A population of 100 subject was studied and divided in two homogeneous groups: Study Group (SG) and Control Group (CG). Organism heavy metals were tested by a spot sampling method in which the first urine of the day, through Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), were analyzed. The results obtained were compared with reference values (RV) of Italian people. Descriptive statistical analysis and student's t-test has been applied (statistical significance for p > 0.05).

Results: The SG presented the absolute highest levels of HM compared to the CG (p=0.787). As regards the relation between pain and HM, the subjects that refer "severe/very severe" values of pain present the highest levels of HM in urines.

Conclusions: The obtained results seem to highlight a possible direct proportionality between the level of pain the increase of the concentration of heavy metals in all the examined groups and subgroups.

Keywords: TMD; heavy metals; pain.

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Distribution of metals increased in SG (50 patients).
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Figure 2
Distribution of metals increased in CG (50 patients).
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Metals with significant percentage deviancy in prosthetic/orthodontic patients.
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Figure 4
Hg amount in SG patients with amalgam fillings.
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Metals – Articular problems.
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Figure 6
Articular problems – Metals.
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Metals – TMJ pain.
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Figure 8
TMJ pain – Metals.
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Figure 9
Metals - MM pain.
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Figure 10
MM pain – Metals.
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Figure 11
Metals – Headache.
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Figure 12
Headache – Metals.
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Figure 13
Metals – Cervicalgia.
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Figure 14
Cervicalgia – Metals.
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