Exposure to mercury among dental health workers in Turkey: Correlation with amalgam work and own fillings. (October 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Exposure to mercury among dental health workers in Turkey: Correlation with amalgam work and own fillings. (October 2015)
- Main Title:
- Exposure to mercury among dental health workers in Turkey
- Authors:
- Yılmaz, Hınç
Tutkun, Engin
Demiralp, Kemal Ö
Yılmaz, Fatma M
Aliyev, Vugar
Söylemezoğlu, Tülin - Abstract:
- Purpose: To investigate the current status of exposure to mercury (Hg) among dental health workers in Turkey. Methods: A total of 115 persons working in the same hospital were included in the study and were divided into three groups. Group 1 consisted of 67 dentists; group 2 consisted of 21 dental personnel who work with amalgam, and group 3 consisted of 27 control subjects who work in the same hospital but are non-dental personnel. The number of amalgam fillings that have been made by the dentists and the number of own fillings of the subjects were recorded. Results: Plasma Hg levels were found to be 3.76 ± 1.84, 3.54 ± 1.83, and 2.69 ± 0.97 µg/L in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Hg concentrations in group 1 were significantly higher than the control group. There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2. The number of amalgam fillings made by the dentists in the previous year correlated significantly with plasma Hg levels ( r = 0.378, p < 0.01). There was no significant correlation between the own amalgam fillings in the teeth of the subjects and Hg levels. Conclusion: Preventive measures for protection from exposure to Hg are necessary for occupational health in dentistry and proper industrial hygiene rules should be emphasized to avoid contamination during work.
- Is Part Of:
- Toxicology and industrial health. Volume 31:Number 10(2015)
- Journal:
- Toxicology and industrial health
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Number 10(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 10 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 10
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0031-0010-0000
- Page Start:
- 951
- Page End:
- 954
- Publication Date:
- 2015-10
- Subjects:
- Mercury -- dentist -- dental health worker -- amalgam
Toxicology, Experimental -- Periodicals
Industrial toxicology -- Periodicals
615.9 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.sagepub.com/home/tih ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0748233713484652 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0748-2337
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