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HARRY M. ROBINSON, Jr., M.D.; EUGENE S. BERESTON, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1949;59(1):116-118.

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The rarity of case reports of contact dermatitis due to the mercury of amalgam dental fillings has prompted us to report 2 cases which we have recently observed. Traub and Holmes¹ reported 2 cases with an extensive review of the literature in 1938, and Blumenthal and Jaffe² recorded a similar case in 1929. Ellis and Robinson³ reported on cutaneous sensitivity to mercurial compounds in 1942. The latter report suggested that sensitivity to mercury or mercurials may be selective, i. e., a patient may be sensitive to complex organic mercury compounds and not to inorganic compounds, and vice versa.

The usual procedure in the preparation of an amalgam filling is as follows: The required amounts of silver alloy (which contains small amounts of copper, zinc and tin) and mercury are triturated together in a mortar. After the mass has been thoroughly mixed it is emptied into the dentist's . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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BALTIMORE

From the Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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