PMID: 9429810Jan 16, 1998Paper

The Australian public's perception of mercury risk from dental restorations

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
W M ThomsonA John Spencer

Abstract

The debate about mercury and dental amalgam has been one of the longest running in dentistry, and shows no signs of abating. This study aimed to investigate perceptions about mercury in dental fillings among a representative sample of the Australian public. A random sub-sample of participants in a national dental telephone interview survey completed a follow-up postal questionnaire which included four items on dental mercury. The postal survey response rate was 85.2%. Concern about mercury in dental fillings was expressed by 37.5%, while 16.2% reported having requested fillings that do not contain mercury. Avoidance of dental care because of concern about mercury in fillings was reported by 5.8%, but only 4.7% reported having had fillings replaced because they contained mercury. The data indicate that there is a substantial degree of concern about mercury and dental amalgam among the Australian public, but that the dental behavioural and treatment-pattern consequences of that concern are infrequent.

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Citations

Nov 7, 2002·British Dental Journal·Suh-Woan HuHsing-Yi Chang
Feb 28, 2001·Australian Dental Journal·A J Spencer
Apr 22, 2005·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Gunvor Bentung LygreLars Björkman
Jul 4, 2012·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Gunvor Bentung LygreLars Björkman
Feb 7, 2004·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Knut DalenNils Roar Gjerdet
Dec 7, 2007·Industrial Health·Peter A LeggatDerek R Smith
Jan 17, 2004·International Dental Journal·D S Brennan, A J Spencer
Apr 6, 2004·Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology·Jan Sverre VamnesNils Roar Gjerdet
May 1, 2001·International Dental Journal·P A LeggatU Kedjarune

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