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Comparison of Restorative Dental Materials Reference List

1. US Public Health Service. "Dental Amalgam: A Scientific Review and Recommended Public Health Service Strategy for Research, Education and Regulation." January 1993 (Section on Dental Materials for Restoring Posterior Teeth.)

2. US Public Health Service. "Dental Amalgam: A Scientific Review and Recommended Public Health Service Strategy for Research, Education and Regulation." January 1993 (Table 2: Selected Characteristics of Posterior Restorative Materials.)

3. American Dental Association, Council on Dental Materials, Instruments and Equipment. "Choosing Intracoronal Restorative Materials." JADA 1994; 125:102-3.

4. American Dental Association, Council on Scientific Affairs; Council on Dental Benefit Programs. "Statement on Posterior Resin-Based Composites." JADA 1998; 129:1627-8.

5. Douglass CW. "Future Needs for Dental Restorative Materials." Adv Dent Res 1992; 6:4-6.

6. Reich E. "Risks and Benefits of Direct Restorative Materials as Alternatives to Amalgam." Dental Amalgam and Alternative Direct Restorative Materials, Oral Health, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva 1997; 1-15.

7. American Dental Association, Division of Communications. "Answers to Your Questions About Silver Fillings." 2000.

8. American Dental Association, Division of Communications. "Dental Materials." 1993.

9. US Public Health Service, "Update Statement by the U.S. Public Health Service on the Safety of Dental Amalgam." Annex A and Appendix B, 1995 & 2001.

10. Burgess JO, Norling BK, Rawls HR, Ong JL. "Directly Placed Esthetic Restorative Materials - The Continuum." Compendium 1996; 17:731-748.

11. US Food and Drug Administration, "Consumer Update: Dental Amalgams February 2002." http://www.fda.gov./cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html, February 8, 2002.

12. Mackert, J.R., Berglund, A. "Mercury Exposure from Dental Amalgam Fillings: Absorbed Dose and the Potential for Adverse Health Effects." Ctir Rev Oral Biol Med 1997; 8:410-436.

13. Smith, C.T., Gold as a Historic Standard and its Role for the Future, Operative Dentistry 2001;Suppliment 6:105-110.

14. Peutzfeldt, A., Indirect Resin and Ceramic Systems, Operative Dentistry 2001:Suppliment 6:153-176.

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