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Melchart, D.* ; Vogt, S.* ; Köhler, W.* ; Streng, A.* ; Weidenhammer, W.* ; Kremers, L.* ; Hickel, R.* ; Felgenhauer, N.* ; Zilker, T.* ; Wühr, E.* ; Halbach, S.

Treatment of health complaints attributed to amalgam.

J. Dent. Res. 87, 349-353 (2008)
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The aim of the present study was to compare the reduction of subjective complaints by 3 treatment strategies in 90 "amalgam patients" whose complaints could not be explained by a medical or psychological disorder. The individuals were randomly assigned either to removal of dental amalgam only (removal group), or removal in combination with a "biological detoxification" therapy with high doses of vitamins and trace elements (removal-plus group), or participation in a health promotion program without removal of dental amalgam (no-removal group). Between baseline and month 12, the sum score of main complaints decreased by 3.5 (SD=2.2) points on average in the removal group as well as in the removal-plus group, and by 2.5 (SD=2.4) points in the no-removal group (p=0.152). Both removal groups showed a significant decrease in steady-state levels of inorganic mercury compared with the no-removal group. Thus, all 3 interventions were associated with clinically relevant improvements.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Korrespondenzautor
Schlagwörter Dental amalgam; mercury; subjective health complaints; controlled trial
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0022-0345
e-ISSN 1544-0591
Quellenangaben Band: 87, Heft: 4, Seiten: 349-353 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Sage
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed