Asociación entre daño renal agudo y neurológico con el uso de amalgamas de mercurio en profesionales de la salud oral que laboran en la ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

Objectives: To check by means of standard measurements of glomerular filtration rate if there is evidence of kidney damage in dentists who have worked with mercury amalgams throughout their careers and to quantify the percentage of professionals who suffer from it; Check through the expression of clinical neurological symptoms if there is true evidence of neurological damage in dentists who have worked with mercury amalgams throughout their careers and demonstrate it through percentage data and ,. Demonstrate whether kidney or neurological involvement is due to mercury poisoning. Method: Prospective, cross-sectional, analytical and non-experimental study, with a population of 30 workers from the health centers of the Ministry of Public Health of the city of Riobamba. Instruments: complete neurological examination and analysis of the glomerular filtration level by the cockcroft-gault method. Expected results: Evidence of neurological and kidney damage, by measuring two factors: neurological symptoms developed by the exposed population and kidney damage only associated with prolonged exposure to mercury amalgams. Implications: Provide a beneficial contribution to the community of dentists who work with mercury amalgams and to society in general; providing statistical contributions as a reference for future research in the field of occupational toxicology, so that in this way both public and private institutions can provide maximum protection to their employees and in this way they can have a better performance in their daily work. Limitations: Reduced bibliographic base on mercury toxicology applied to oral health professionals. Strengths: the willingness to collaborate on the part of the study participants, in addition to the easy and quick application of the proposed study method, will help us to have real data more easily and quickly.