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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The Australian public's perception of mercury risk from dental restorations |
Author: | Thomson, W. Stewart, J. Carter, K. Spencer, A. |
Citation: | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1997; 25(6):391-395 |
Publisher: | MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
ISSN: | 0301-5661 1600-0528 |
Abstract: | The debate about mercury and dental amalgam has been one of the longest running in dentistry, and shows no signs of abating. This study aimed to investigate perceptions about mercury in dental fillings among a representative sample of the Australian public. A random sub-sample of participants in a national dental telephone interview survey completed a follow-up postal questionnaire which included four items on dental mercury. The postal survey response rate was 85.2%. Concern about mercury in dental fillings was expressed by 37.5%, while 16.2% reported having requested fillings that do not contain mercury. Avoidance of dental care because of concern about mercury in fillings was reported by 5.8%, but only 4.7% reported having had fillings replaced because they contained mercury. The data indicate that there is a substantial degree of concern about mercury and dental amalgam among the Australian public, but that the dental behavioural and treatment-pattern consequences of that concern are infrequent. |
Keywords: | Humans Mercury Dental Amalgam Retreatment Follow-Up Studies Dental Care Dental Restoration, Permanent Attitude to Health Health Behavior Dental Anxiety Age Factors Sex Factors Social Class Public Opinion Telephone Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Middle Aged Oral Health Educational Status Australia Female Male Interviews as Topic Surveys and Questionnaires |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb01728.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb01728.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Dentistry publications |
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