Dental treatment method
AssigneeBoliden Contech AB
InventorsBjorn M. Ludvigsson, Ulf D. L. Stromberg
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of decreasing the risk of injury from mercury in conjunction with dental treatment. The invention is characterized by passing an effective air flow immediately outside the oral cavity in which the dental treatment is effected. The air flow, together with air removed by suction from the oral cavity when sucking saliva therefrom is passed through a first filter in which solid and liquid particles are extracted from the air flow. The air is then passed through a second filter which is capable of taking up essentially all of the mercury vapor present in the air. This filter is preferably a selenium filter.
Claims13
A method of reducing the risk of injury from mercury in conjunction with dental treatment comprising passing an air flow immediately outside an oral cavity in which the dental treatment is taking place;
- passing the air flow , together with air removed by suction from the oral cavity when removing saliva by suction during the dental treatment, through a first filter for extracting solid and liquid particles from said air flow;
- and passing the air flow through a second filter which comprises a selenium filter so that essentially all of the mercury vapor is adsorbed on the selenium filter.
A method of reducing the risk of injury from mercury in conjunction with dental treatment comprising passing an air flow immediately outside an oral cavity in which the dental treatment is taking place;
- passing the air flow, together with air removed by suction from the oral cavity when removing saliva by suction during the dental treatment, through a first filter for extracting solid and liquid particles from said air flow;
- drying or heating the air;
- and passing the air flow through a second filter which is capable of adsorbing essentially all of the mercury vapor in the air flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.