Studies show too much mercury exposure can affect brain and kidney function. For 150 years, dentists have used a mercury-based silver amalgam to fill cavities. But is it safe? Andrea Kontos said she ...

A small cluster of protesters, carrying tooth-shaped signs with slogans such as "Ban Mercury," heralded the opening of a two-day meeting today in Washington, DC, called by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

An alarming new study reveals a correlation between the mercury vapor released from mercury dental fillings & elevated levels of mercury in pregnant women The FDA's warnings on amalgam are ...

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / October 13, 2020 / The FDA took an important step forward last month when they issued new guidance on dental amalgam - the material used to make "silver" fillings. Despite ...

Between 2017 and 2023, dental amalgam restoration placements in U.S. patients U.S. plummeted by about 80%, according to a study published on September 6 in the Journal of the American Dental ...

The government still considers mercury-containing dental fillings safe and is awaiting results from two major studies of children's cavities that may settle lingering public doubts. Amalgam fillings, ...

FARGO — A global message has begun in Fargo with a goal to positively impact the health of Indigenous people throughout the Americas. The call to end the use of dental amalgam — a mixture of metals, ...

Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug Administration ...

In the United States, mercury occupies a strange and troubling double status. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) treats it as a hazardous substance that must be tightly controlled, captured, ...