Contents of mercury dental fillings test
Colour chart to check for mercury in saliva
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Amalgam Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity Test Kit
Test saliva for amalgam mercury poisoning.
If you wish to check for mercury in water or urine use the mercury poisoning test kit.
Over time small amount of the mercury from dental amalgam fillings can enter the blood stream and this has been related to serious health problems .Simple safe and easy to test mercury amalgam dental fillings.
Test for mercury - saliva mercury amalgam toxicity specimen preparation
Sputum (Saliva) Specimen preparation depending on the surface condition of amalgam fillings from dental treatment, their release of mercury ions into the oral cavity may be screened accurately.
Users need to chew a stick of sugarless gum for about 10 minutes prior to using the general metal testing kit for mercury. Please do not swallow the saliva and collect about 8 ml. of saliva for screening.
Amalgam Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity Test Kit - Contents
Mercury poisoning from amalgam fillings can lead to sever health problems, test using our simple to use procedure for mercury poisoning from dental fillings.
Contents of dental mercury poisoning test kit
- Colour chart on plastic packing
- 1 Test tube with special white cap
- 1 vial containing clear test solution
- Pipette / Dropper
- Instruction sheet
Amalgam Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity Test Kit - Preparation
Preparation of mercury poisoning dental fillings test
How to use this heavy metal testing kit
- Add the required volume of the sample solution (saliva, urine, water, etc) to be tested for heavy metals in to the green solution in the test tube using the pipette provided
- Close the test tube with the cap and shake vigorously. Allow the solutions to stand on the cap of the test tube for 1 minute (see below if testing urine for heavy metals).
- Observe a band or ring of about 1 cm. wide just below the surface of the solution in the test tube A colour change will indicate the presence of the heavy metals (chart on label of kit).
- If the ring turns grey it indicates that there is more than one of the heavy metals present at the same level of concentration (see chart on label of kit).
- If there is no colour change, i.e. the solution stays green, there are no heavy metals present.
When heavy metal urine test is conducted, the solution may be more stable and the colour may not occur for up to 10 minutes. The solution turns to a bright yellow-orange after 30 minutes caused by the decomposition of the solution and should be ignored
Amalgam Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity Test Kit - Use
How to test for mercury
- Add the required volume of the sample solution (saliva, water, etc) to be tested into the green solution in the test tube using the pipette provided
- Close the test tube with the cap and shake vigorously. Allow the solutions to stand on the cap of the test tube for 1 minute.
- A colour change will indicate the presence of mercury (chart on label of kit).
- If there is no colour change, i.e...., the solution stays green, there are no mercury present.
Mercury heavy metal testing water Preparation
No preparation is necessary for testing mercury contamination in water. Mercury drinking water test, urine test for mercury or other water samples collected can be tested for mercury and the reaction (result) would be immediate. Always use first morning water sample from faucet or tap. Use 3-4 ml of the water sample.
Amalgam Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity Test Kit - Results
Results from heavy metal testing kit
- A Green colour result - no heavy metals present
- A Gray colour result - presence of a combination of the heavy metals at the same concentration at a low level
- A Bluish Purple to Brown colour result - presence of Copper and possibly Cobalt
- A Beige colour result - presence of Cadmium and possibly Nickel
- An orange colour result - presence of Mercury and usually when no other heavy metals are present
- A pink to red colour result - presence of Zinc and Lead
It is good to confirm possible heavy metal poisoning with our heavy metal test specific kits, for the particular metal, where the result is measured accurately in parts per million or billion.
