Re: Uranium in dental crowns

[Brian Rees <brees@LANL.GOV>]

Joey,



Do you have access to NCRP 95?  Section 3.2.7.4 addresses this.



Brian Rees





At 03:29 PM 8/15/2003 -0500, Joey Michael wrote:

>I recieved a phone call from a woman who wanted to know about Uranium used

>in dental crowns.  I had not heard of this.  She wants to know how to find

>out if her crown has U in it.

>

>What kind of exposure rate would one expect from something like this?  How

>much U was used?  Or is this just some more junk science that is scaring

>the general public.

>

>Joey Michael

>Health Physicist Assistant

>The University of Iowa

>Health Protection Office

>319-335-8518

>

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