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 ...

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 ...

Dental amalgam has been shown to be safe and effective for years, yet unfounded controversy still surrounds it, a researcher says. Dental amalgam has been proven safe and effective for years, yet ...

In this issue of Evidence-based Dentistry, we are publishing our first Dental Evidence-based Topic (DEBT) on the use of dental amalgam in children. As we are hoping to develop this feature, I ...

December 7, 2010 — An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) next week will weigh a study claiming that 67 million Americans with mercury-based dental fillings are exposed to ...

Metal dental fillings have been a common solution for treating cavities for decades. However, several myths regarding their ...

Due to 40 CFR Part 441 (the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] amalgam rule), July 15, 2020, became the first day in U.S. history that any dental office that removes amalgam mercury in the ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized standards to reduce the discharge of mercury and other metals in wastewater from dental practices into municipal sewage treatment plants.

With the recent 2007/09 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), there is now an opportunity to explore this issue within the Canadian context. The purpose of the present study is to determine the ...