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Boskabady M, Ghorani V, Beigoli S, Boskabady MH. The effects of environmental lead on teeth and bone status and the mechanisms of these effects, animal and human evidence, a review. TOXIN REV 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/15569543.2022.2026398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marzie Boskabady
- Dental Materials Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Yepes JF, McCormick-Norris J, Vinson LA, Eckert GJ, Hu H, Wu Y, Jansen EC, Peterson KE, Téllez-Rojo MM, Mier EAM. Blood levels of lead and dental caries in permanent teeth. J Public Health Dent 2020; 80:297-303. [PMID: 32729942 PMCID: PMC9974220 DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is an association between lead exposure within the ages of 1-4 years and dental caries in the permanent dentition between ages 9-17 among Mexican youth. METHODS Data were collected for the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) cohort from a group of 490 children born and reared in Mexico City. Among ages 1-4 years, blood lead levels were measured in micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood (μg/dL) and the presence of caries in adolescence was determined using the International Caries and Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). The relationship between blood levels of lead and decayed, missing, or filled surfaces (DMFS) was examined using negative binomial regression. Covariates were selected based on previous studies and included age, gender, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene, body mass index, and diet. The nonlinear relationship between lead and DMFS was examined using smoothing splines. RESULTS The mean overall blood lead level (BLL) was 4.83 μg/dL (S.D. of 2.2). The mean overall caries level (DMFS) was 4.1. No statistically significant association was found between early childhood blood lead levels and dental caries in adolescence. CONCLUSION This study shows a lack of association between exposure to lead between the ages of 1-4 years of age and dental caries in permanent dentition later in life. Other covariates, such as age and sugar consumption, appeared to play a more prominent role in caries development.
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- Juan F. Yepes
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Department of Cariology, Operative Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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The result of exposure to Pb is its accumulation in mineralized tissues. In human body, they constitute a reservoir of approx. 90 % of the Pb reserve. The conducted research aimed at determining the accumulation of Pb in calcified tissues of permanent teeth. The concentration of Pb in 390 samples of teeth taken from a selected group of Polish people was determined using the AAS method. Average concentration of Pb in teeth amounted to 14.3 ± 8.18 μg/g, range of changes: 2.21-54.8 μgPb/g. Accumulation of Pb in human body was determined based on changes in Pb concentration in teeth of subjects aged 13-84 years. It was found that in calcified tissues of teeth, the increase in concentration of Pb that occurs with age is a statistically significant process (p = 0.02, the ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis test). It was determined that the annual increase in concentration of Pb in tissues of teeth is approx. 0.1 μg/g. Moreover, a different course of changes in Pb concentration in tissues of teeth in people born in different years was observed. The level of Pb concentration in teeth of the oldest subjects (>60 years) decreased for those born in the 1930s compared to those in the 1950s. Teeth from younger persons (<60 years) were characterized by an increasing level of Pb concentration. The analysis of changes of Pb indicates that for low exposure, a relatively greater accumulation of Pb concentration in calcified tissues of teeth can occur.
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- Agnieszka Fischer
- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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Gil F, Hernández AF. Toxicological importance of human biomonitoring of metallic and metalloid elements in different biological samples. Food Chem Toxicol 2015; 80:287-297. [PMID: 25837421 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Revised: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Human biomonitoring has become an important tool for the assessment of internal doses of metallic and metalloid elements. These elements are of great significance because of their toxic properties and wide distribution in environmental compartments. Although blood and urine are the most used and accepted matrices for human biomonitoring, other non-conventional samples (saliva, placenta, meconium, hair, nails, teeth, breast milk) may have practical advantages and would provide additional information on health risk. Nevertheless, the analysis of these compounds in biological matrices other than blood and urine has not yet been accepted as a useful tool for biomonitoring. The validation of analytical procedures is absolutely necessary for a proper implementation of non-conventional samples in biomonitoring programs. However, the lack of reliable and useful analytical methodologies to assess exposure to metallic elements, and the potential interference of external contamination and variation in biological features of non-conventional samples are important limitations for setting health-based reference values. The influence of potential confounding factors on metallic concentration should always be considered. More research is needed to ascertain whether or not non-conventional matrices offer definitive advantages over the traditional samples and to broaden the available database for establishing worldwide accepted reference values in non-exposed populations.
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- F Gil
- Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology. School of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology. School of Medicine, University of Granada, Spain
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Llop S, Porta M, Martinez MD, Aguinagalde X, Fernández MF, Fernández-somoano A, Casas M, Vrijheid M, Ayerdi M, Tardón A, Ballester F. Estudio de la evolución de la exposición a plomo en la población infantil española en los últimos 20 años. ¿Un ejemplo no reconocido de «salud en todas las políticas»? Gaceta Sanitaria 2013; 27:149-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2012.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Revised: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Usuda K, Kono K, Dote T, Watanabe M, Shimizu H, Tanimoto Y, Yamadori E. An overview of boron, lithium, and strontium in human health and profiles of these elements in urine of Japanese. Environ Health Prev Med 2012; 12:231-7. [PMID: 21432068 DOI: 10.1007/bf02898029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The biological, medical and environmental roles of trace elements have attracted considerable attention over the years. In spite of their relevance in nutritional, occupational and toxicological aspects, there is still a lack of consistent and reliable measurement techniques and reliable information on reference values. In this review our understandings of the urinary profilings of boron, lithium and strontium are summarized and fundamental results obtained in our laboratory are discussed.Over the past decade we have successfully used inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry for the determination of reference values for urinary concentrations of boron, lithium and strontium. Taking into account the short biological half-life of these elements and the fact that their major excretion route is via the kidney, urine was considered to be a suitable material for monitoring of exposure to these elements. We confirmed that urinary concentrations of boron, lithium and strontium follow a lognormal distribution. The geometric mean reference values and 95% confidence intervals were 798 μg/l (398-1599 μg/l) for boron, 23.5 μg/l (11.0-50.5 μg/l) for lithium and 143.9 μg/l (40.9-505.8 μg/l) for strontium. There were no discrepancies between our values and those previously reported. Our reference values and confidential intervals can be used as guidelines for the health screening of Japanese individuals to evaluate environmental or occupational exposure to these elements.
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- Kan Usuda
- Division of Preventive and Social Medicine Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, 569-8686, Takatsuki City, Osaka, Japan,
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Fischer A, Wiechuła D, Postek-Stefańska L, Kwapuliński J. Concentrations of metals in maxilla and mandible deciduous and permanent human teeth. Biol Trace Elem Res 2009; 132:19-26. [PMID: 19418029 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-009-8383-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The study shows the results of research on the concentrations of metals (Cd, Pb, Mn, Cu, Cr, Fe, Zn, Na, K, Mg, and Ca) in deciduous and permanent teeth with respect to their location in the oral cavity (maxilla, mandible). It has been found that the concentrations of metals were significantly higher in the deciduous teeth than in permanent ones. Regression analysis and principal component analysis revealed an increased dynamics of the processes of binding the elements by the hydroxyapatite of deciduous teeth. Higher concentrations of the metals were found in the maxilla permanent and deciduous teeth than in the mandible ones.
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- Agnieszka Fischer
- Department of Toxicology, Medical University of Silesia, 4 Jagiellońska Street, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
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James PR, Close JJ, Keitch PA, Allen JE, Fews AP, Henshaw DL. Morphological features of the microdistribution of naturally occurring 210Pb/210Po and 226Ra in the teeth of children and juveniles. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 80:185-98. [PMID: 15244372 DOI: 10.1080/09553000410001665681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine the microdistribution of natural alpha-radioactivity in deciduous teeth of children and the permanent teeth of juveniles extracted for orthodontic purpose from across the UK. MATERIALS AND METHODS The microdistribution of 210Pb-supported 210Po and 226Ra in 708 deciduous and permanent teeth and 32 foetal teeth was measured on 1442 TASTRAK alpha-particle track detectors. RESULTS Of the various findings, a number are of special interest. Around half of the 210Pb activity in the outer enamel of deciduous teeth appears to have been acquired in utero as a result of transplacental transfer. In deciduous and permanent teeth, 226Ra is concentrated mainly in the circumpulpal region, while the highest levels of 210Po are on the highly calcified outer enamel surface. Furthermore, activity concentrations recorded on this surface were In-normally distributed. CONCLUSIONS 210Pb-supported 210Po activity on the outer enamel surface of permanent teeth constitutes an assay of cumulative environmental exposure with which to assess exposure in bone, both in utero and in childhood. Such assessment can be used to study geographical variations in the alpha-activity in teeth. More work is also required to determine the concentrations of both 210Po and 210Pb in the foetal skeleton.
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- P R James
- H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, UK
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de Almeida GRC, de Souza Guerra C, Tanus-Santos JE, Barbosa F, Gerlach RF. A plateau detected in lead accumulation in subsurface deciduous enamel from individuals exposed to lead may be useful to identify children and regions exposed to higher levels of lead. Environ Res 2008; 107:264-270. [PMID: 18304525 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Revised: 11/08/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In a previous study, we showed 4 times more lead in surface deciduous enamel (1.9-5.9 microm) of a notoriously contaminated area (Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil) in comparison to samples from a region with no lead contamination described (Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil). The samples from the more superficial enamel (1.9-3.18 microm) showed higher amounts of lead and the highest variability, while in the subsurface enamel (3.18-5.9 microm) a plateau in lead content was detected in children living in the contaminated environment (around 600 microg/g). Here we expand our previous study, and use only samples obtained from subsurface enamel (Ribeirão Preto, n=186; Bauru, n=20). We tried to distinguish regions with more children with lead above the threshold of 600 microg/g of lead in enamel. We tested whether differences in the percentage of children with ''high" lead (600 microg/g) could be observed among the different Kindergartens studied in Ribeirão Preto. We also tested whether these results were different from the ones provided by conventional comparison of the data. Ribeirão Preto showed almost 4 times less lead than Bauru (p<0.0001), and a statistically significant difference was found only in Ribeirão Preto between Kindergarten 2 and 5 (p<0.01). Twelve percent of the children from Ribeirão Preto had "high" lead, while 55% of the children from Bauru did so. However, when we looked at the percentages of children with "high" lead in each Kindergarten, and compared them, a whole new picture emerged, in which we could see children with "high" lead concentrated mainly in 3 Kindergartens from Ribeirão Preto, with Kindergarten 5 with 33% of the children with "high" lead, being statistically different from all Kindergartens, except 4 and 6. The threshold of 600 microg/g of lead in subsurface enamel was tentatively settled here after the plateau seen in exposed children, and enabled us to identify locations with more children exposed to a higher amount of lead.
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- Glauce Regina Costa de Almeida
- Department of Morphology, Stomatology and Physiology, Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo-FORP/USP, Av. do Café, S/N, Monte Alegre, CEP 14040-904, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Costa de Almeida GR, Pereira Saraiva MDC, Barbosa F, Krug FJ, Cury JA, Rosário de Sousa MDL, Rabelo Buzalaf MA, Gerlach RF. Lead contents in the surface enamel of deciduous teeth sampled in vivo from children in uncontaminated and in lead-contaminated areas. Environ Res 2007; 104:337-45. [PMID: 17512519 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 03/22/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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This study aimed to: (1) measure lead contents in the surface enamel of two populations consisting of 4-6-year-old children, one from an apparently uncontaminated area (Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, SP, Brazil, n=247) and the other from an area notoriously contaminated with lead (Bauru, São Paulo State, Brazil, n=26); (2) compare biopsy depths between the two populations; (3) correlate biopsy depth with lead content; (4) stratify samples according to biopsy depth to compare lead contents in samples from similar biopsy depths. A surface enamel acid-etch microbiopsy was performed in vivo on a single upper deciduous incisor for each sample. Lead was measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) while phosphorus was measured colorimetrically to establish biopsy depth. Samples from both populations were classified into categories of similar biopsy depths based on biopsy depth quartiles. Median lead contents were statistically different between the Ribeirão Preto population (206 microg/g, range: 5-1399 microg/g) and the Bauru population (786 microg/g, range: 320-4711 microg/g) (p<0.001); however, biopsy depth did not differ between the Ribeirão Preto (3.9 microm, Standard Deviation, SD=0.9) and Bauru (3.8 microm, SD=0.9) populations (p=0.7940). Pearson's correlation coefficient for biopsy depths versus log10 lead values was -0.29 for Ribeirão Preto and -0.18 for Bauru. Lead contents were statistically different between the two populations for all quartiles of biopsy depth. These findings suggest that lead accumulated in the surface enamel of deciduous teeth is linked to the environment in which people reside, indicating that this tissue should be further explored as an accessible biomarker of lead exposure.
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- Glauce Regina Costa de Almeida
- Department of Morphology, Estomatology and Physiology, Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo-FORP/USP, Av. do Café, S/N, Monte Alegre, CEP 14040-904, Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil
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Zaichick V, Ovchjarenko N, Zaichick S. In vivo energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence for measuring the content of essential and toxic trace elements in teeth. Appl Radiat Isot 1999; 50:283-93. [PMID: 10081141 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(97)10150-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The calibration and application of a facility, based on energy dispersive X-ray fluorescent analysis (EDXRF) using 109Cd as an excitation source, for in vivo and in vitro estimation of Ca, Pb, Sr and Zn in tooth enamel is described. During the in vivo measurements, the device ensures tissue protection of face and mouth cavity from radiation, and only a small part of tooth surface under study is irradiated. To calibrate the facility, the contents of Ca, Sr and Zn were analyzed simultaneously in the enamel of 50 teeth by EDXRF and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Standards prepared from powdered tooth enamel with additions of chemically pure lead compounds were used to calibrate for lead graduation. Enamel calcium is suggested as an internal standard during in vivo EDXRF of teeth. The content of enamel Sr, Zn and Pb was determined by EDXRF in 35 permanent intact teeth of teenagers and adults. It was shown that lead concentration didn't exceed 3 micrograms/g for all the teeth.
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- V Zaichick
- Medical Radiological Research Centre, Obninsk, Russia
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Analyses of human bone material expand our knowledge of aspects of modern and historical population ecology, the etiology of diseases, reconstruction of historical diets, and the social and economic status of human groups. 35 adult lower jaw tooth sequences from the 17lh-century Cracow population were analysed. The skeletons were found in crypts of the medieval St. Mark’s church, following international standards. Levels of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd were determined in undamaged permanent teeth PI, P2, Ml, M2 and M3, using anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV), while strontium concentrations were determined using AAS method. There were statistically significant differences in the levels of the analysed trace elements within the investigated tooth sequences. High interspecimen variability in the amount of accumulated microelements, probably resulting from nutritional, developmental and physiological stress, was also observed. The accumulation of Pb, Cd and Zn was the highest in M3 teeth and the lowest in M l. The results indicate that only one type of teeth should be used for intergroup and intragroup comparison of trace element content.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships of lead content in the human tooth with the prevalence of caries, dental plaque, pH of saliva, levels of Salivalis lactobacilli (SL) and Mutans streptococci (MS), degree of dental abrasion, tooth colour and toothbrushing frequency. A total of 220 teeth (one per person) were analysed using a microwave oven digestion procedure and lead content was measured by atomic absorption spectrometry. Tooth lead content followed a logarithmic-normal distribution and it increased with the prevalence of caries. Tooth lead concentrations were positively correlated with all the considered dental health factors except the pH of saliva, for which there was a significant negative correlation. Coloured teeth and teeth subject to abrasion showed the highest lead content. The highest number of colonies of SL and MS in saliva paralleled the highest lead tooth levels. Teeth obtained from irregular brushers presented higher tooth lead contents than subjects with a regular toothbrushing frequency. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed a significant association between tooth lead levels and dental plaque surface, Salivalis lactobacilli number, dental abrasion and dental colour. We conclude that accumulation of lead in teeth is associated with those dental health factors.
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- F Gil
- Department of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Madrid, Spain
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