Perinatal death and exposure to dental amalgam fillings during pregnancy in the population-based MoBa cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim was to gain knowledge regarding the risk of perinatal death related to exposure to dental amalgam fillings in the mother.

Design

Population-based observational cohort study.

Setting

The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, a Norwegian birth cohort of children born in 1999-2008 conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Participants

72,038 pregnant women with data on the number of teeth filled with dental amalgam.

Main outcome measures

Data on perinatal death (stillbirth ≥ 22 weeks plus early neonatal death 0-7 days after birth) were obtained from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.

Results

The absolute risk of perinatal death ranged from 0.20% in women with no amalgam-filled teeth to 0.67% in women with 13 or m

SUBMITTER: Bjorkman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286137 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature