Maternal amalgam dental fillings as the source of mercury exposure in developing fetus and newborn

• Published in: Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 326 - 331
• Main Authors: Palkovicova, Lubica, Ursinyova, Monika, Masanova, Vlasta, Yu, Zhiwei, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.05.2008; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Absorption; Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Blood; Child; Child Development - drug effects; Child Development - physiology; Children; Complications and side effects; Cord blood; Dental Amalgam - analysis; Dental Amalgam - chemistry; Dental amalgams; Dental fillings; Dental restorative materials; Disabilities; Education; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Epidemiology; Exposure; Female; Fetuses; Fillings (Dentistry); Health aspects; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Maternal Exposure - adverse effects; Maternal-Fetal Exchange - drug effects; Maternal-Fetal Exchange - physiology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mercury; Mercury - pharmacokinetics; Mercury - toxicity; Neurodevelopmental disorders; PCB; Placenta; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; Prenatal experience; Prenatal exposure; Risk Assessment; Spectral analysis; Spectrometry; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Slovakia; cord blood; prenatal exposure; amalgam; dental fillings; mercury

Dental amalgam is a mercury-based filling containing approximately 50% of metallic mercury (Hg 0 ). Human placenta does not represent a real barrier to the transport of Hg 0 ; hence, fetal exposure occurs as a result of maternal exposure to Hg, with possible subsequent neurodevelopmental disabilitie...