Correlation between amalgam restorations and urinary mercury level in children for 1 year (일부 대도시지역 혼합치열기 아동의 아말감 충전물과 뇨중수은농도: 1년 추적조사)

Baek Hye Jin (백혜진); Seong-Hwa Jeong (정성화); Youn-Hee Choi (최연희)

doi:10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.03.425

Correlation between amalgam restorations and urinary mercury level in children for 1 year

Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
Abbr : J Korean Soc Dent Hyg
2014, 14(3), pp.425~430
DOI : 10.13065/jksdh.2014.14.03.425
Publisher : Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Dentistry

Baek Hye Jin ¹, Seong-Hwa Jeong ², Youn-Hee Choi ³

¹대구과학대학교
²대구한의대학교
³경북대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between amalgamrestorations and urinary mercury levels in children for 1 year. Amalgam restoration has beenwidely used for over 200 years. But released mercury from amalgam can increase the concentrationof mercury in the body. Methods : The subjects were 463 elementary school children. Oral examination, urine sampling,and questionnaire survey were performed at baseline and after 1 year. Results : Amalgam restoration increased the urinary mercury level to 0.55±0.13 ㎍/g creatinine. In the regression analysis, variation of urinary mercury excretion were positively associated withamalgam surfaces and fish consumption. Conclusions : Small amount of mercury release from amalgam restoration was closely associatedwith increasing urinary mercury level.

KEYWORDS

amalgam restoration, children, urinary mercury level

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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