Tooth Fillings and Sensory Disorders In recent years, concerns have been expressed about adverse health effects from amalgam dental restorations, which include mercury. The table below shows results from a study in which some patients were treated with amalgam restorations and others were treated with composite restorations that do not contain mercury

(based on data from “Neuropsychological and Renal Effects of Dental Amalgam in Children,”

by Bellinger et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 295, No. 15). Use a 0.05 significance level to test for independence between the type of restoration and sensory disorders.

Do amalgam restorations appear to affect sensory disorders?

Amalgam Composite Sensory Disorder 36 28 No Sensory Disorder 231 239