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Mercury vapor release during insertion and removal of dental amalgam
L V Powell1, G H Johnson, M Yashar
1University of Washington, School of Dentistry, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Seattle 98195.
Operative Dentistry
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
During a clinical simulation of insertion and removal of dental amalgams, mercury vapor levels increased slightly, but never exceeded the TLV of 0.05 mg/m3. The addition of indium to dental alloy did not affect the amount of mercury vapor released under these conditions.