"Dental Amalgam" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An alloy used in restorative dentistry that contains mercury, silver, tin, copper, and possibly zinc.
| Descriptor ID |
D003723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D25.339.208.291 J01.637.051.339.208.291
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| Concept/Terms |
Dental Amalgam- Dental Amalgam
- Dental Amalgams
- Amalgam, Dental
- Amalgams, Dental
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Amalgam" by people in Profiles.
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Skin color affect the replacement of amalgam for composite in posterior restorations: a birth-cohort study. Braz Oral Res. 2019 Jul 29; 33:e54.
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Mercury in dental amalgams: A great concern for clinical toxicology in developing countries? J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2019 Jan; 51:9-11.
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Mercury exposure and health impacts in dental personnel. Environ Res. 2018 07; 164:65-69.
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Higher experience of caries and lower income trajectory influence the quality of restorations: A multilevel analysis in a birth cohort. J Dent. 2018 01; 68:79-84.
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Risks of dental amalgam in children. JAMA. 2006 Sep 27; 296(12):1461; author reply 1461.
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[Immunologic effects of exposure to low levels of inorganic mercury]. Med Lav. 2002 May-Jun; 93(3):225-32.