Home
Deutsch
Advanced Search
Browse by ...
Publication overview
Contact persons
Help
 |
|
Open Access Green as soon as Postprint is submitted to ZB.
Treatment of health complaints attributed to amalgam.
J. Dent. Res. 87, 349-353 (2008)
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.
Additional Metrics?
Edit extra informations
Login
Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Dental amalgam; mercury; subjective health complaints; controlled trial
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0022-0345
e-ISSN
1544-0591
Quellenangaben
Volume: 87,
Issue: 4,
Pages: 349-353
Publisher
Sage
Non-patent literature
Publications
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed