Investigation Mercury Concentration in Saliva Among Volunteers with Different Dental Amalgam Fillings
Abstract
In this study the concentration of mercury was measured in saliva of Iraqi people who divided into three groups having ,dental amalgam filling ,the first group was 25 volunteers ,(18 males and 7 females )have one amalgam filling ,the second was 22 volunteers (14males and 8females) having two dental amalgam filling ,while the third group having three dental filling 20 volunteers(15 male and 5 female)) ,The saliva 5ml was collected for 10 min.,and the released mercury was measured by flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The results observed that the volunteers with one amalgam filling have 3.644 ug/l , the second groups with two amalgam filling have 7.4210 ug/l mereury in their saliva the third group who with three filling have 21.29 ug/l. these results indicating to use alternative filling materials by the dentist and to pay attention to mercury exposure in dental clinic and patients mouth to reduce the side effect of mercury release from dental amalgam filling.
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