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Can More Dental Amalgam Fillings On Teeth Increase Mercury Concentration in Blood Among Children?

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Can More Dental Amalgam Fillings On Teeth Increase Mercury Concentration in Blood Among Children?

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(2009 National Conference and Exhibition) –> Start | Browse by Session | Author Index 8111 Can More Dental Amalgam Fillings On Teeth Increase Mercury Concentration in Blood Among Children? Sunday, October 18, 2009: 9:15 AM Grand Ballroom North (Renaissance) Sun-Young Jeong1, Joon Sakong2, Keun-Bae Song1 and Youn-Hee Choi1, (1)Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, (2)Preventive Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine, Yeungman University, Daegu, South Korea Purpose: Dental amalgam still has been a popular restorative material for dental caries, yet there have not been many epidemiological evidences that amalgam is the cause of the systemic absorption of mercury in children. This study aimed to identify the relationship between the number of amalgam filled surfaces on teeth and the concentration of mercury in blood among South Korean children. Methods: Seven elementary schools were randomly selected from four metropolitan reg