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An interview study of persons who attribute health problems to dental filling materials: part two in a triangulation study on 65 and 75 years old Swedes
Malmö högskola, Faculty of Odontology (OD).
2013 (English)In: Swedish Dental Journal, ISSN 0347-9994, Vol. 37, no 3, p. 121-130Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Dental materials are perceived as a health problem by some people, although scientists do not agree about possible causes of such problems. The aim of this paper was to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of experiences from living with health problems attributed to dental materials. Addressed topics were the type of problem, both as to general and oral health, perceived causes of the problems,their experienced effect on life, and reception by health professionals. Persons, who in a previous large questionnaire study had answered that they had experienced troubles from dental materials and also agreed to answer follow-up questions, were contacted with a request to take part in an interview study. Eleven individual interviews were held.The interviews were transcribed verbatim and the material was analysed according to the Qualitative Content Analysis method. Meaning units were extracted and condensed into a number of codes, which were combined into subcategories, categories, and themes. Four themes were identified: 1) Long-term oral, mental, and somatic difficulties of varying character, caused by dental amalgam. 2) Problems treated mainly by replacement of dental material in fillings. 3) Powerful effects on life, mostly negative. 4) The reception by health professionals was generally good, but with elements of encounters where they felt treated with nonchalance and lack of respect. In conclusion, people who attributed their health difficulties to dental materials had a complex range of problems and the perception was that amalgam/mercury was the cause of the troubles. The reception from health professionals was perceived as generally good, although with occasional negative experiences.

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Swedish dental association , 2013. Vol. 37, no 3, p. 121-130
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-15413ISI: 000326953000003PubMedID: 24341165Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84887960353Local ID: 17729OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-15413DiVA, id: diva2:1418934
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