Mercury and health in the dental practice

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Autor(a) principal: Morales Fuentes, Ivelin
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Reyes Gil, Rosa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31583
Resumo: Mercury is a heavy metal widely used by man. It is considered very toxic causing conditions in the central nervous system, behavior disturbances, and renal and sexual disorders. For a century, mercury has been used in the dental practice for its capacity of joining metals (amalgamate), its low cost and its rapid fixing in dental pieces repair. Currently, there is much controversy about the safety of dental amalgams and it has been demonstrated it poses occupational risks to dental practitioners and their assistants. The objective of this study is review aspects related to metallic mercury toxicity for personnel involved in the dental practice and patients with dental amalgams. Routes of mercury exposure in dentistry, occupational risks and measures to prevent mercury poisoning are presented here. A literature review was conducted mostly on data from Biological Abstracts and the Science Citation Index for the period between 1990 and 2000.
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spelling Mercury and health in the dental practice Mercurio y salud en la odontología Preventive dentristyMercurio^i2^stoxicOccupational healthOccupational RiskDentistsDental assistantsOccupational exposureDental amalgamOdontología preventivamercurio^i1^stoxiciSalud ocupacionalAmalgama dentalRiesgos ocupacionalesOdontólogosAsistentes dentalesExposición ocupacional Mercury is a heavy metal widely used by man. It is considered very toxic causing conditions in the central nervous system, behavior disturbances, and renal and sexual disorders. For a century, mercury has been used in the dental practice for its capacity of joining metals (amalgamate), its low cost and its rapid fixing in dental pieces repair. Currently, there is much controversy about the safety of dental amalgams and it has been demonstrated it poses occupational risks to dental practitioners and their assistants. The objective of this study is review aspects related to metallic mercury toxicity for personnel involved in the dental practice and patients with dental amalgams. Routes of mercury exposure in dentistry, occupational risks and measures to prevent mercury poisoning are presented here. A literature review was conducted mostly on data from Biological Abstracts and the Science Citation Index for the period between 1990 and 2000. El mercurio es un metal pesado ampliamente utilizado por el hombre. Se considera muy tóxico por generar afecciones sobre el sistema nervioso central, perturbaciones en el comportamiento y trastornos renales, inmunes y sexuales, entre otros. Desde hace más de un siglo, el mercurio es utilizado en la práctica odontológica por su capacidad de unir metales (amalgamar), su bajo costo y su rápida fijación en la reparación de piezas dentales. Actualmente, existe una gran controversia acerca de la seguridad del uso de las amalgamas dentales y se ha demostrado el riesgo ocupacional al que están expuestos dentistas y asistentes dentales. El objetivo del trabajo es revisar aspectos relacionados con la toxicidad del mercurio metálico tanto para el personal involucrado en la práctica odontológica como para los pacientes con amalgamas. De igual modo, se presentan las rutas de exposición a este metal en la odontología, los riesgos ocupacionales a los cuales están expuestos los odontólogos y asistentes dentales y las medidas para prevenir la intoxicación por mercurio. Se realizó la búsqueda bibliográfica sobretudo en las bases de datos Biological Abstracts y Science Citation Index para el período comprendido entre los años 1990 y 2000. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública2003-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/3158310.1590/S0034-89102003000200018Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 37 No. 2 (2003); 263-265 Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 37 Núm. 2 (2003); 263-265 Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 37 n. 2 (2003); 263-265 1518-87870034-8910reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPspahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31583/33468Copyright (c) 2017 Revista de Saúde Públicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMorales Fuentes, IvelinReyes Gil, Rosa2012-07-08T14:53:46Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/31583Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/indexONGhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/oairevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2012-07-08T14:53:46Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mercury and health in the dental practice
Mercurio y salud en la odontología
title Mercury and health in the dental practice
spellingShingle Mercury and health in the dental practice
Morales Fuentes, Ivelin
Preventive dentristy
Mercurio^i2^stoxic
Occupational health
Occupational Risk
Dentists
Dental assistants
Occupational exposure
Dental amalgam
Odontología preventiva
mercurio^i1^stoxici
Salud ocupacional
Amalgama dental
Riesgos ocupacionales
Odontólogos
Asistentes dentales
Exposición ocupacional
title_short Mercury and health in the dental practice
title_full Mercury and health in the dental practice
title_fullStr Mercury and health in the dental practice
title_full_unstemmed Mercury and health in the dental practice
title_sort Mercury and health in the dental practice
author Morales Fuentes, Ivelin
author_facet Morales Fuentes, Ivelin
Reyes Gil, Rosa
author_role author
author2 Reyes Gil, Rosa
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Morales Fuentes, Ivelin
Reyes Gil, Rosa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Preventive dentristy
Mercurio^i2^stoxic
Occupational health
Occupational Risk
Dentists
Dental assistants
Occupational exposure
Dental amalgam
Odontología preventiva
mercurio^i1^stoxici
Salud ocupacional
Amalgama dental
Riesgos ocupacionales
Odontólogos
Asistentes dentales
Exposición ocupacional
topic Preventive dentristy
Mercurio^i2^stoxic
Occupational health
Occupational Risk
Dentists
Dental assistants
Occupational exposure
Dental amalgam
Odontología preventiva
mercurio^i1^stoxici
Salud ocupacional
Amalgama dental
Riesgos ocupacionales
Odontólogos
Asistentes dentales
Exposición ocupacional
description Mercury is a heavy metal widely used by man. It is considered very toxic causing conditions in the central nervous system, behavior disturbances, and renal and sexual disorders. For a century, mercury has been used in the dental practice for its capacity of joining metals (amalgamate), its low cost and its rapid fixing in dental pieces repair. Currently, there is much controversy about the safety of dental amalgams and it has been demonstrated it poses occupational risks to dental practitioners and their assistants. The objective of this study is review aspects related to metallic mercury toxicity for personnel involved in the dental practice and patients with dental amalgams. Routes of mercury exposure in dentistry, occupational risks and measures to prevent mercury poisoning are presented here. A literature review was conducted mostly on data from Biological Abstracts and the Science Citation Index for the period between 1990 and 2000.
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