Ortendahl T W, Holland R I
Scand J Dent Res. 1986 Dec;94(6):545-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1986.tb01798.x.
Professional commercial divers working with electrical cutting and welding sometimes experience a metallic taste phenomenon. An enquéte study among divers showed no influence of different equipment on the occurrence of such metallic taste, but it seems to occur less frequently in low salinity water. It has been suggested that this metallic taste phenomenon is due to increased corrosion rate of dental restorations, especially of amalgam. Experimental results recording the potential of amalgam specimens placed in the oral cavity of divers during welding, showed influence on the potential, and thus probably on the corrosion rate, during welding only when the diver came into direct contact with the water, e.g. through leakage in the suit.
从事电气切割和焊接工作的专业商业潜水员有时会经历金属味现象。一项针对潜水员的调查研究表明，不同设备对这种金属味的出现没有影响，但在低盐度水中似乎出现得较少。有人认为这种金属味现象是由于牙齿修复体，尤其是汞合金的腐蚀速率增加所致。记录潜水员在焊接过程中置于口腔内的汞合金标本电位的实验结果表明，只有当潜水员直接接触水（例如通过潜水服泄漏）时，焊接过程中才会对电位产生影响，进而可能对腐蚀速率产生影响。
