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Research into the electrical behavior of metallic dental restorations has always simply ignored any effect of the thermoelectric properties of dental materials.

A typical example of this lapse in scientific rigor can be seen in the paper:

"The Role of Electrical Potential Differences in the Etiology of Chronic Diseases of the Oral Mucosa", János Inovay and Jolán Bánóczy, Journal of Dental Research, 1960.

- which can be viewed at http://jdr.sagepub.com/content/40/5/884.full.pdf

For the benefit of any thermoelectricians who haven't read Professor Anatychuk's papers explaining the thermoelectric significance of Alessandro Volta's experiments with the dissected frog's legs more than 200 years ago, I've put them online at:

http://book.boot.users.btopenworld.com/Anatychuk_papers.html

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What I understand is, Seebeck effect is just the first Thomson effect (Thermal gradient on single conductor creating an electromotive force) for the both conductors in thermocouple.

But how is Peltier effect explained with Thomson effect?

Second Thomson effect states that current on a conductor with thermal gradient makes one part of the conductor heat up and another part cool down due to the current being resisted or accelerated by the electromotive force created by the thermal gradient.

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