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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Main Author: Roberts, M. C. (author)
Other Authors: Leroux, B. G. (author), Sampson, J. (author), Luis, H. S. (author), Bernardo, M. (author), Leitão, J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34316
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/34316