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Thirteen patients with symptomatic oral lichen planus had been shown by patch testing to be allergic to ammoniated mercuric chloride. Replacement of amalgam restorations in these patients effected an improvement in all but one case. In some cases the resolution of symptoms was dramatic following the replacement of one or two fillings. The authors feel that the removal of all amalgam fillings need not be necessary except in the most intractable case
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Smart, E., Macleod, R. & Lawrence, C. Resolution of lichen planus following removal of amalgam restorations in patients with proven allergy to mercury salts: a pilot study. Br Dent J 178, 108–112 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4808663
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