Bisphenol A - A Possible Health Issue Arising from Dental Restoratives. A Review

Bisphenol A - A Possible Health Issue Arising from Dental Restoratives. A Review

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Mohammed Aldossary
Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. P.O.Box 13743 Riyadh 11414, Saudi Arabia

A B S T R A C T

Dental resin-based materials are increasingly used in the contemporary dentistry. The elution of Bisphenol A from such materials is still gaining attention because of the potential biological effects on human. This review will discuss the possible health issue and the adverse effects on living organisms. Comprehensively, this review will discuss Bisphenol A elusion and release from different dental resin-based materials including composites, fissure sealants and orthodontic adhesives. Furthermore, the factors affecting the elution of Bisphenol A from dental materials will be explored, with an overview of its release into saliva and urine, and the methods of detection.

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Article Type
Research Article
Publication history
Received: Sat 05, May 2018
Accepted: Fri 18, May 2018
Published: Fri 25, May 2018
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© 2023 Mohammed Aldossary. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOCR.2018.10.007