title: [The mercury release of different amalgams in vitro].
abstract: Release of mercury from 8 different amalgams was tested in water initially and after annealing für 2 years. The measuring methodology was geared to warrant minimum mercury losses due to evaporation and adsorption. Mercury loss during the first 24 hours ranged between 17.4 micrograms/cm2.d and 34.5 micrograms/cm2.d. Annealing of the amalgams for 2 years reduced mercury leaching significantly, to about 1.5 micrograms/cm2.d with no significant differences between the different amalgam brands.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Zahnerhaltung, Präventiv- und Kinderzahnmedizin, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lussi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000032:analysis*; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury
vernacular_title: Die Quecksilberabgabe verschiedener Amalgame in vitro.