Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam
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Resumo: | Mercury, as any other heavy metal, may cause environmental damages due to its accumulation and biotransformation. Dental offices, whether private or institutional, use dental amalgam as a restorative material on a daily basis. Dental amalgam is composed of mercury (50%), silver (30%) and other metals. Approximately 30% of the amalgam prepared in dental offices (0.6 g per capsule) are wasted and inadequately discarded without any treatment. Methods for mercury recovery have been proposed previously, using high temperatures through exposure to direct flame (650°C), long processing time, and hazardous reagents as potassium cyanide. The purpose of this study was to develop a method to replace the direct flame by an electrical mantle in the process of mercury recovery. Results showed an average mercury recovery of 90% from 2 kg of amalgam after 30 minutes of processing time, thus optimizing the procedure. The proposed modifications allowed a significant reduction in processing time and a mercury recovery with high purity. The modified process also provided minimization of operator exposure to physical, chemical and ergonomic hazards, representing a technological advance compared to the risks inherent to the original method. It also provided environmental health and economy of energy resources by replacing a finite energy source (fossil and organic) by a more environmentally appropriate electric source, resulting in significant improvement of the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam. |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgamDental amalgamDental wasteMercuryMercury, as any other heavy metal, may cause environmental damages due to its accumulation and biotransformation. Dental offices, whether private or institutional, use dental amalgam as a restorative material on a daily basis. Dental amalgam is composed of mercury (50%), silver (30%) and other metals. Approximately 30% of the amalgam prepared in dental offices (0.6 g per capsule) are wasted and inadequately discarded without any treatment. Methods for mercury recovery have been proposed previously, using high temperatures through exposure to direct flame (650°C), long processing time, and hazardous reagents as potassium cyanide. The purpose of this study was to develop a method to replace the direct flame by an electrical mantle in the process of mercury recovery. Results showed an average mercury recovery of 90% from 2 kg of amalgam after 30 minutes of processing time, thus optimizing the procedure. The proposed modifications allowed a significant reduction in processing time and a mercury recovery with high purity. The modified process also provided minimization of operator exposure to physical, chemical and ergonomic hazards, representing a technological advance compared to the risks inherent to the original method. It also provided environmental health and economy of energy resources by replacing a finite energy source (fossil and organic) by a more environmentally appropriate electric source, resulting in significant improvement of the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam.Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica - SBPqO2008-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242008000200005Brazilian Oral Research v.22 n.2 2008reponame:Brazilian Oral Researchinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica (SBPqO)instacron:SBPQO10.1590/S1806-83242008000200005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessIano,Flávia GodoySantos Sobrinho,Ovídio dosSilva,Thelma Lopes daPereira,Marlus AlvesFigueiredo,Paulo Jorge MoraesAlberguini,Leny Borghesan AlbertiniGranjeiro,José Mauroeng2009-10-20T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1806-83242008000200005Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bor/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phppob@edu.usp.br||bor@sbpqo.org.br1807-31071806-8324opendoar:2009-10-20T00:00Brazilian Oral Research - Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica (SBPqO)false |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam Iano,Flávia Godoy Dental amalgam Dental waste Mercury |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Optimizing the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam |
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Iano,Flávia Godoy |
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Iano,Flávia Godoy Santos Sobrinho,Ovídio dos Silva,Thelma Lopes da Pereira,Marlus Alves Figueiredo,Paulo Jorge Moraes Alberguini,Leny Borghesan Albertini Granjeiro,José Mauro |
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Santos Sobrinho,Ovídio dos Silva,Thelma Lopes da Pereira,Marlus Alves Figueiredo,Paulo Jorge Moraes Alberguini,Leny Borghesan Albertini Granjeiro,José Mauro |
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Iano,Flávia Godoy Santos Sobrinho,Ovídio dos Silva,Thelma Lopes da Pereira,Marlus Alves Figueiredo,Paulo Jorge Moraes Alberguini,Leny Borghesan Albertini Granjeiro,José Mauro |
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Dental amalgam Dental waste Mercury |
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Dental amalgam Dental waste Mercury |
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Mercury, as any other heavy metal, may cause environmental damages due to its accumulation and biotransformation. Dental offices, whether private or institutional, use dental amalgam as a restorative material on a daily basis. Dental amalgam is composed of mercury (50%), silver (30%) and other metals. Approximately 30% of the amalgam prepared in dental offices (0.6 g per capsule) are wasted and inadequately discarded without any treatment. Methods for mercury recovery have been proposed previously, using high temperatures through exposure to direct flame (650°C), long processing time, and hazardous reagents as potassium cyanide. The purpose of this study was to develop a method to replace the direct flame by an electrical mantle in the process of mercury recovery. Results showed an average mercury recovery of 90% from 2 kg of amalgam after 30 minutes of processing time, thus optimizing the procedure. The proposed modifications allowed a significant reduction in processing time and a mercury recovery with high purity. The modified process also provided minimization of operator exposure to physical, chemical and ergonomic hazards, representing a technological advance compared to the risks inherent to the original method. It also provided environmental health and economy of energy resources by replacing a finite energy source (fossil and organic) by a more environmentally appropriate electric source, resulting in significant improvement of the procedure for mercury recovery from dental amalgam. |
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