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Respiratory Medicine

Volume 98, Issue 8, August 2004, Pages 791-794
Respiratory Medicine

CASE REPORT
Silicosis in dental supply factory workers

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Abstract

Dental products contain a variety of potentially hazardous materials, including metals, organic chemical compounds, plastics, and inorganic mineral dusts. The risk of silicosis has been documented for workers of dental laboratories, but not dental supply factories, where the exposures could be expected to be higher. We report in this article five cases of silicosis, four of them with progressive massive fibrosis, in workers from two dental supply factories. This report underlines the need for effective occupational health programs in this type of industrial facilities.

Keywords

Occupational diseases
Dental materials
Hazardous substances
Silicosis
Occupational lung diseases

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