A PREPARATION FOR INHIBITING THE RELEASE OF MERCURY AND FOR RENDERING MERCURY RELEASED FROM AMALGAN FILLINGS HARMLESS

摘要

A preparation intended to inhibit the release of mercury or to render mercury that is released when treating amalgam dental fillings or when inserting new amalgam fillings, harmless. The preparation contains at least 0.01 percent by weight of a physiologically acceptable organic sulphur compound, which includes at least one group chosen from SH and R1-Sn-R2, where n = 1-6. The use of such a preparation in mouth washes, mouth sprays, toothpastes, dental prophylactic pastes or rinsing/cooling liquids intended for use when drilling, abrading, polishing or cleaning with the aid of dental instruments. The use of cysteine in the preparation of a therapeutic treatment preparation for rendering Hg harmless in solution form and/or gas form in the oral cavities of human beings and animals.