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Analytical ultrastructural studies on implanted dental amalgam in guinea-pigs

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Implantation of amalgam induced a cellular reaction, and a rapid loss of copper and zinc and a more gradual loss of tin and mercury occurred. The silver remaining was generally associated with sulphur and was present either as a diffuse fuzz around remaining masses or in a finely particulate form.

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  1. Department of Oral Pathology, Kings College Hospital Dental School, London, UK

    B. M. Eley, J. R. Garrett & J. D. Harrison

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Eley, B.M., Garrett, J.R. & Harrison, J.D. Analytical ultrastructural studies on implanted dental amalgam in guinea-pigs. Histochem J 8, 647–650 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01003965

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