Pulpal response to dental amalgams.
The pulpal reactions to amalgams with relatively high Cu content were compared with a conventional amalgam placed in unlined cavities prepared in intact monkey teeth. After a 1-week observation period the pulpal responses from one of the Cu-containing amalgams and the conventional amalgam were of the same magnitude, whereas the two other amalgams gave more pronounced reactions. After observation periods of 1 and 2 months only one of the amalgams with high Cu content caused more pronounced reactions than the conventional amalgam.
D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000494:pharmacology; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000187:drug effects*; D003804:Dentin / Q000032:analysis; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000139:chemically induced; D000882:Haplorhini; D011671:Pulpitis / Q000139:chemically induced
D003300:Copper; D003723:Dental Amalgam