TY - JOUR AU - Kristoffersen, Agnete E. AU - Musial, Frauke AU - Hamre, Harald J. AU - Björkman, Lars AU - Stub, Trine AU - Salamonsen, Anita AU - Alræk, Terje PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/22 TI - Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients with health complaints attributed to former dental amalgam fillings JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 22 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The dental filling material amalgam is generally well tolerated. However, a small proportion of dental patients experience health complaints which they attribute to amalgam. The symptom pattern is often similar to patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) and the health complaints may persist after amalgam removal. Among patients with MUPS, the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) seems to be high. The aim of this survey was to describe the prevalence and range of CAM use among people with health complaints attributed to dental amalgam fillings in which the health problems persist after the removal of all amalgam fillings. Specific attention was paid to (1) self-reported effects of CAM, (2) differences in CAM use dependent on self-reported health, and (3) gender differences in self-reported CAM use. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-0996-1 DO - 10.1186/s12906-016-0996-1 ID - Kristoffersen2016 ER -