Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 12 , Pages 1670-1675 , December 2008

Cytotoxicity of the dental composite component TEGDMA and selected metabolic by-products in human pulmonary cells

  • Judith Emmler

      Affiliations

    • Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 80937 Munich, Germany
    • Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
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  • Mario Seiss

      Affiliations

    • Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Department of Operative/Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Pedodontics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Helmut Kreppel

      Affiliations

    • Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Franz X. Reichl

      Affiliations

    • Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Department of Operative/Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Pedodontics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Reinhard Hickel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Operative/Restorative Dentistry, Periodontology and Pedodontics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Kai Kehe

      Affiliations

    • Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 80937 Munich, Germany
    • Walther-Straub-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neuherbergstr. 11, D-80937 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 3168 2931; fax: +49 89 3168 2333.

Received 2 June 2006 ,Revised 23 March 2008 ,Accepted 1 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2008.04.001

Dental Materials
Volume 24, Issue 12 , Pages 1670-1675 , December 2008

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