Dental amalgam and antibiotic- and/or mercury-resistant bacteria
Mercury emitted from dental amalgam may select for increased numbers of antibiotic- or mercuryresistant commensal bacteria in patients and increase their risk for bacterial diseases that are resistant to common therapies. We hypothesized that the presence of dental amalgams would increase the level...
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Format: | article |
Language: | eng |
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2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34316 |
Country: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/34316 |