PubMed ID:
18978388
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2008
Affiliation: Department of Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. shenker@upenn.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0076
Authors:
Maserejian NN,
McKinlay S,
Shenker BJ,
Zhang A
Studies:
Boston Area Community Health Survey
Dental amalgam is a widely used restorative material containing 50 percent elemental mercury that emits mercury vapor. No randomized clinical trials have determined whether there are adverse immunological effects associated with this low-level mercury exposure in children. The objective of this study was to evaluate a subpopulation of the participants in the New England Children's Amalgam Trial for in vitro manifestations of immunotoxic effects of dental amalgam.