Citation

Katzgraber F, Rabl W, Stainer M, Wehinger G. Blutalkohol 1995; 32(5): 274-278.

Vernacular Title

Die Zahnprothese--ein Alkoholdepot?

Affiliation

Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin der Universität Innsbruck.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7576430

Abstract

The possible influence of complete or partial dental prosthesis when detecting breath alcohol by means of the breath alcohol analyser "Alcomat" was investigated in a study. During the study, volunteers were asked to rinse their mouths with different types of alcohol such as beer, wine, schnapps and sweets containing alcohol. No influence of the dental prosthesis on the results could be detected. A dental prosthesis neither prolongs the duration of residual alcohol detection, nor does it affect the period of false positive breath alcohol detection. In individual cases the waiting period of 15 minutes between the last alcohol consumption and the breath alcohol test--as legally enforced in Austria--has proved to be too short.

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