title: [Amalgam use and mercury emission in the Netherlands].
abstract: An overview is presented of the emission of mercury to the environment by restoring teeth with amalgam, extraction, replacement of amalgam, and the final phase of teeth. Important input data were the trade figures of amalgam. The emission of mercury from amalgam fillings are characterized by diffuse spreading. Many small sources are together a substantial source of the leakage of mercury to the environment. Amalgam adhering to cotton-wool and in extracted teeth deliver a relevant contribution to the mercury load in municipal waste. The total mercury emission from dental amalgam to the environment in the Netherlands is at the estimate 500 kg a year, with a worst case maximum of 935 kg.
authors.affiliation: Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer, Directie SVS, IPC 655, postbus 30945, 2500 CX's-Gravenhage.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van den Heuvel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kolsteeg
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schuurs
mesh_terms: D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D018057:Dental Waste / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism*; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D009426:Netherlands
chemical_list: D018057:Dental Waste; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury
vernacular_title: Amalgaamgebruik en kwikuitstoot in Nederland.