Oral Galvanism Side Effects: Comparing Alloy Ions and Galvanic Current Effects on the Mucosa-like Model
Natalia Chepelova, Artem Antoshin, Sergei Voloshin, Anna Usanova, Yuri Efremov, Maria Makeeva, Stanislav Evlashin, Mikhail Stepanov, Anna Turkina, Peter Timashev, Pankaj Vadgama · 2023
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Natalia Chepelova, Artem Antoshin, and their co-authors tested what harms mouth tissue when two dental metals meet in the mouth. Their 2023 study covers oral galvanism, where unlike alloys form a weak battery and can cause burning, inflammation, and worse. Two suspects could drive the harm: the electric current itself, or the metal ions freed by corrosion.
Using a lab model of mouth lining grown from human skin cells, the team compared three cases: current plus ions together, current alone, and ions alone. They used the alloy pairs with the highest known risk. The current proved to be the leading damaging factor when the metals coupled. The finding helps explain side effects of mixed metal dental work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Natalia Chepelova, Artem Antoshin, Sergei Voloshin, Anna Usanova, Yuri Efremov, Maria Makeeva, Stanislav Evlashin, Mikhail Stepanov, Anna Turkina, Peter Timashev, Pankaj Vadgama |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |