A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental Personnel
Considerable effort has been made to address the issue of occupational health and environmental exposure to mercury. This review reports on the current literature of mercury exposure and health impacts on dental personnel. Citations were searched using four comprehensive electronic databases for art...
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| author | Natasha Nagpal Silvana S. Bettiol Amy Isham Ha Hoang Leonard A. Crocombe |
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| description | Considerable effort has been made to address the issue of occupational health and environmental exposure to mercury. This review reports on the current literature of mercury exposure and health impacts on dental personnel. Citations were searched using four comprehensive electronic databases for articles published between 2002 and 2015. All original articles that evaluated an association between the use of dental amalgam and occupational mercury exposure in dental personnel were included. Fifteen publications from nine different countries met the selection criteria. The design and quality of the studies showed significant variation, particularly in the choice of biomarkers as an indicator of mercury exposure. In several countries, dental personnel had higher mercury levels in biological fluids and tissues than in control groups; some work practices increased mercury exposure but the exposure levels remained below recommended guidelines. Dental personnel reported more health conditions, often involving the central nervous system, than the control groups. Clinical symptoms reported by dental professionals may be associated with low-level, long-term exposure to occupational mercury, but may also be due to the effects of aging, occupational overuse, and stress. It is important that dental personnel, researchers, and educators continue to encourage and monitor good work practices by dental professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d72c796c2b547c28be58d34168474de2023-09-02T20:42:09ZengElsevierSafety and Health at Work2093-79112017-03-018111010.1016/j.shaw.2016.05.007A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental PersonnelNatasha Nagpal0Silvana S. Bettiol1Amy Isham2Ha Hoang3Leonard A. Crocombe4Oxford Brookes University, School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health, Oxford, UKSchool of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaUniversity Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaUniversity Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaUniversity Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaConsiderable effort has been made to address the issue of occupational health and environmental exposure to mercury. This review reports on the current literature of mercury exposure and health impacts on dental personnel. Citations were searched using four comprehensive electronic databases for articles published between 2002 and 2015. All original articles that evaluated an association between the use of dental amalgam and occupational mercury exposure in dental personnel were included. Fifteen publications from nine different countries met the selection criteria. The design and quality of the studies showed significant variation, particularly in the choice of biomarkers as an indicator of mercury exposure. In several countries, dental personnel had higher mercury levels in biological fluids and tissues than in control groups; some work practices increased mercury exposure but the exposure levels remained below recommended guidelines. Dental personnel reported more health conditions, often involving the central nervous system, than the control groups. Clinical symptoms reported by dental professionals may be associated with low-level, long-term exposure to occupational mercury, but may also be due to the effects of aging, occupational overuse, and stress. It is important that dental personnel, researchers, and educators continue to encourage and monitor good work practices by dental professionals.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116300336dental amalgamdental professionalsexposuremercuryoccupational disease |
| spellingShingle | Natasha Nagpal Silvana S. Bettiol Amy Isham Ha Hoang Leonard A. Crocombe A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental Personnel Safety and Health at Work dental amalgam dental professionals exposure mercury occupational disease |
| title | A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental Personnel |
| title_full | A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental Personnel |
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| title_short | A Review of Mercury Exposure and Health of Dental Personnel |
| title_sort | review of mercury exposure and health of dental personnel |
| topic | dental amalgam dental professionals exposure mercury occupational disease |
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