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. 2018 Aug 30;43(4):e39. doi: 10.5395/rde.2018.43.e39

Table 1. Unwanted effects of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-dental material interaction.

Type of unwanted effect Description
Artifactual The accuracy of the image is affected by the dental material.
Mechanical (magnetically-induced displacement) The external strong magnetic field may dislodge or move a ferromagnetic material into a position parallel to the lines of that field.
Physical (radiofrequency heating) The ferromagnetic material is heated by the high-frequency electromagnetic field.