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Concentrations of blood, serum and urine components in relation to number of amalgam tooth fillings in Swedish women
Author(s) -
Ahlqwist Margareta,
Bengtsson Calle,
Lapidus Leif,
Lindstedt Göran,
Lissner Lauren
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1995.tb00234.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amalgam (chemistry) , denial , dentistry , urine , statistical analysis , population , physiology , orthodontics , environmental health , psychology , chemistry , electrode , psychoanalysis , statistics , mathematics
Altogether 1462 women aged 38, 46, 50, 54 and 60 yr were examined in 1968/69 in a combined medical and denial population study in Gothenburg, Sweden. Number of tooth surfaces restored with amalgam fillings was assessed. The examination was repealed in 1980/81 including a new dental examination. The results from a number of biochemical analyses of blood, serum and urine were analyzed for a possible statistical relationship to number of denial amalgam fillings. As emphasis has been put in the literature on special influence from amalgam on kidney function and on the immunological system, special attention was paid to variables which might reflect these functions in our analyses. When potential con‐founders were taken into consideration, no significant correlations remained which seemed to be of clinical importance. Specifically, amalgam fillings were not found to be associated with impairment of the kidney function or the immunological status.