Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 948-953 , October 2006

The effect of carbamide peroxide treatment on metal ion release from dental amalgam

  • S.K. Al-Salehi

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, Department of Adult Dental Care, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK. Tel.: +44 114 271 7931; fax: +44 114 266 5326.
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  • P.V. Hatton

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, Department of Adult Dental Care, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, UK
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  • C.A. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, Department of Adult Dental Care, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, UK
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  • C. Mcleod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, UK
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  • A. Joiner

      Affiliations

    • Unilever Oral Care, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral, CH63 3JW, UK

Received 29 April 2005 ,Revised 18 October 2005 ,Accepted 26 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.10.006

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 10 , Pages 948-953 , October 2006