A 'global phase-out' date has been set after which the manufacture, import, or export of dental amalgam will no longer be ...

The move is a win for human health: the WHO lists mercury as one of the top 10 chemical elements of major public health concern.

Many people are now having their dental amalgam, or silver, fillings removed over concerns about the mercury used in them — but should you?

Silver tooth fillings have been placed in the mouths of Americans since before the Civil War, an inexpensive, durable and reliable material that helped form the foundation of modern dentistry. For ...

The nations of the world have enacted an end to dentistry's notorious and toxic amalgam era. On 7 November, without dissent, they amended the Minamata Convention on Mercury to stop the use of ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final regulation classifying dental amalgam and its component parts--elemental mercury and a powder alloy--used in dental fillings. While elemental ...

Amalgam restorations contain about 50% elemental mercury by weight, the authors of both papers note. While high levels of urinary mercury are clearly associated with neurotoxicity and renal and ...

Mercury-containing dental amalgam fillings had no adverse health effects in children after five and seven years, according to the first randomized safety trials on the subject. Scientists supported by ...

We’ve all heard that mercury is poisonous — causes neurological damages, developmental defects, etc. Mercury thermometers have been phased out and replaced with non-mercury ones. But not so with ...

Getting a filling is a common dental procedure that is used to treat cavities and protect teeth damaged by tooth decay. There are several types of filling material currently available to repair ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: In another rule aimed at small business, the EPA has just issued a rule for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Dental Category. The rule will add more federal ...