Author: Berlin MD.
Source: Neurotoxicol Teratol.
Year: 1997
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Abstract / Excerpt:
With present knowledge it is impossible to estimate the risk of effects on the foetal brain induced by the mother’s exposure to mercury from amalgam. Available facts, however, do not support a dismissal of the risk. Therefore treatment of children and women of childbearing age with amalgam should be avoided. It is also recommended that use of amalgam for dental restorations in the population in general is abandoned and substituted with less toxic material, whenever this is available and affordable.
Citation: Berlin MD. Mercury in dental amalgam: a risk analysis. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 1997;19:417-28.