Analytical ultrastructural studies on implanted dental amalgam in guinea-pigs.
Implantation of amalgam induced a cellular reaction, and a rapid loss of copper and zinc and a more gradual loss of tin and mercury occurred. The silver remaining was generally associated with sulphur and was present either as a diffuse fuzz around remaining masses or in a finely particulate form.
D000818:Animals; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000032:analysis*; D003757:Dental Implantation; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008264:Macrophages / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012834:Silver / Q000032:analysis; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
D012834:Silver; D003300:Copper; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury; D015032:Zinc