Table 1.

Titanium implant patients

Patient no.	Sex	Exposure	Nail Ti (μg g−1)	Yellow nails	Sinusitis	Pleural effusion	Lymphedema
1	F	Ti in knee, gold in teeth	120	+	+
2	F	-"-	3	+
3	M	Ti in knees, gold in teeth	7	+
4	M	Ti in femur, amalgam in teeth	48	+		+	+
5	F	Ti clips in guts, gold in teeth	20		+
6	F	Ti pin + gold crown in tooth	41	+	+
7	F	-"-	4	+	+
8	F	-"-	15	+	+
9	M	-"-	–	?	++
10	F	Ti pin in tooth, gold ring	6		+
11	F	Ti fixtures + gold	3		+
12	F	-"-	32		+
13	F	-"-	111				+
14	F	-"-	3		+
15	F	-"-	170	+	+
16	F	-"-	1.6	+
17	F	-"-	1.1		+
18	F	-"-	7	+	+		+
19	F	-"-	20	?	+		(+)
20	F	Ti bridge + gold screws	4		+
21	F	-"-	35	+
22	F	Ti crown + amalgam	13		+
23	F	Ti bridge + fluoride	1.8		+
24	F	Ti in teeth + fluoride	1.5		+
25	F	-"-	4		+
26	F	Ti in specs, gold in teeth	2.3	+	+

Ti titanium, M male, F female