Sökning: "amalgam"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade ordet amalgam.

  1. 1. Kunskap, kontrovers och kvicksilver : debatten om amalgamförgiftning i det sena 1900-talets Sverige

    Författare :Jonatan Samuelsson; Christer Nordlund; Erland Mårald; Ylva Söderfeldt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; amalgam; dentistry; co-production; medical history; controversy; boundary-work; biocommunicability; 20th century; Sweden; patient-consumer; contested illnesses; patient organizations; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas; medicinsk humaniora; Medical Humanities;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation in the history of science and ideas studies the Swedish dental amalgam controversy in the late 20th century. Erupting in the early 1980s, the controversy concerned the issue of whether mercury containing dental amalgams could poison those who had had their teeth filled, or whether the many patients making such claims were in fact suffering from stress, unresolved trauma, or other illnesses. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Health implications of dental amalgam

    Författare :Aron Naimi-Akbar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Dental amalgam is one of the most widely used, but also the most controversial of dental restorative materials. Since its introduction during the first half of the 19th century, concerns have been raised about health hazards related to the toxicity of a major component of amalgam, mercury. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Pharmacokinetics of mercury from dental amalgam

    Författare :Gunilla Sandborgh Englund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Human; dental amalgam; mercury; blood; plasma; urine; saliva; feces; pharmacokinetics; kidney; chelating agents.;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present work has been to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on mercury from dental amalgam in humans. The influence of amalgam removal on mercury levels in blood, plasma and urine has been studied in twelve volunteers. All amalgam fillings were removed during one dental session. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Effects of mercury and fluoride on human immune cells : elucidation of mechanisms

    Författare :Annika Loftenius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :human; mercury; fluoride; HgCl2; lymphocyte; superantigen; T-cell receptor; TCRBV dental amalgam;

    Sammanfattning : Mercury, from dental amalgam, and fluoride, administered to prevent dental caries, have been argued to cause adverse health effects. The aims of this thesis have been to examine in what manner the fluoride and mercuric ions interact with human immune cells and, in the case of mercury, if it would be possible to monitor a tentative in vivo effect by in vitro assays. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Dental restorative materials from a work environmental perspective

    Författare :Emma-Christin Lönnroth; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö;

    Sammanfattning : The main occupational health hazard for dental personnel is muscle-skeletal problem, followed by symptoms caused by exposure to chemicals. Clinical dental work includes exposure to a number of products like soap, detergents, disinfectants, amalgam, mono- and oligomers, catalysts, inhibitors, solvents and adhesives. Some are chemically very active. LÄS MER