Risk in the management of dental amalgam in dental medium and small entities in the department of Antioquia, Colombia

Authors

  • Jairo Antonio Ruiz University of Antioquia
  • Jorge Iván Pérez R. University of Antioquia
  • Gabriel Jaime Gómez M New Stetic S. A
  • María Eugenia Carmona University of Antioquia
  • Luis Alberto Zapata University of Antioquia
  • Rosaura Carmona C New Stetic S A

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.367

Keywords:

mercury, dental amalgam, dental offices, occupational health, labor risks

Abstract

This article is based on the applied research “Environmental Management of the Dental Amalgam in Antioquia, Colombia”, which was financed by the company New Stetic S. A. and the University of Antioquia. The research was carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the following groups: Biomedical Science and Technology, Precious Materials, and Pyrometallurgical and Materials Researches, and the Research and Development Division of the mentioned company. Objetive: to describe and characterize the activities about handling mercury, dental amalgam and its waste in 107 dental offices defined as medium and small, that is to say those with less than five dental chairs in the same workplace. Methodology: a poll was made in each
institution filling a questionnaire about personal details of the interviewee, mercury and amalgam handling, occupational health, training, environmental conditions, and waste management. Each dental office was visited by a research engineer and an advanced engineering student who were trained in advance in order to
collect the information. Results: a reflection aimed to establish integral actions and safe methodologies in the short term to promote a better quality service and a minimum risk for the people exposed to mercury and the ecosystem must be encouraged by dental and administrative staff, as well as by surveillance and
control institutions and the educational institutions devoted to the formation of dental professionals.
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2009-09-15

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Ruiz JA, Pérez R. JI, Gómez M GJ, Carmona ME, Zapata LA, Carmona C R. Risk in the management of dental amalgam in dental medium and small entities in the department of Antioquia, Colombia. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 31];27(2):1-11. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/fnsp/article/view/367

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2009)

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Research

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