Open AccessAssessment of nickel release from various dental appliances used routinely in pediatric dentistry
Author(s) -
Parimala Kulkarni,
Suchi Agrawal,
Amit Bansal,
Ankur Jain,
Utkarsh Tiwari,
Ayushi Anand
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-962X
DOI - 10.4103/0975-962x.184649
Subject(s) - nickel , dentistry , saliva , statistical analysis , chromium , oral cavity , dental practice , atomic absorption spectroscopy , materials science , leaching (pedology) , metallurgy , medicine , environmental science , mathematics , statistics , soil science , soil water , physics , quantum mechanics
The use of nickel-containing alloys in dentistry has been questioned because of the biological liabilities of nickel and the release of nickel ions from dental appliances into the oral cavity. The potential health hazards of nickel and chromium and their compounds have been the focus of attention for more than 100 years. It has established that these metals could cause hypersensitivity.