尸检研究已发现脑枕部皮层总汞量与牙汞合金充填数显著相关,作者对7例尸检者垂体的汞含量进行了分析,3例为牙科医师,惊奇地发现牙科医师的垂体汞含量比其枕叶高得多(见表)。 4例对照者无汞职业接触史(2例曾装有假牙2颗数年),枕叶和垂体的汞浓度低。对照者之一做过多次汞合金充填,另1例也做过多次汞合金充填,在生前最后一年里已去除。 Autopsy studies have found that total mercury in the occipital cortex is significantly related to the amount of dental amalgam filling. The authors analyzed the mercury content of the pituitary gland in seven autopsies and three were dentists, who were surprised to find that the dentist's pituitary mercury ratio Its occipital lobe is much taller (see table). There was no history of occupational exposure to mercury in 4 controls (2 patients had dentures 2 years), and occipital lobe and pituitary gland had low mercury concentrations. One of the controls had done multiple amalgam fillings and the other one had done multiple amalgam fillings that had been removed in the last year of life.