Genotoxic effects of silver amalgam and composite restorations: Micronuclei-Based cohort and case–control study in oral exfoliated cells

Context: A huge number of people carry dental fillings which contain either mercury-based amalgam and/or the recently introduced methacrylate-based resins. It has been shown that both these materials are known to be leached into the oral cavity and induce genotoxic alterations in the buccal mucosal...

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Published in:	Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Main Authors:	S Jeslin Mary, K L Girish, T Isaac Joseph, Pradeesh Sathyan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Amalgam restoration Feulgen stain micronuclei
Online Access:	http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2018;volume=9;issue=2;spage=249;epage=254;aulast=Mary