Fillings in your teeth? If both local and global trends are anything to go by, soon they won't have anything to do with mercury. A study into filling materials used at the University of Otago Faculty ...

Dental amalgam, commonly known as the "silver filling," has been used to treat cavities for more than a century because of ...

The European Union banned mercury amalgam fillings to protect the environment. Should you worry about protecting your health, too? By Justin R. Silverman When the European Union adopted a ban on ...

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 ...

Amalgam dental fillings release low levels of mercury in the form of a vapor that can be inhaled and absorbed by the lungs. Developing neurological systems in fetuses and young children may be more ...

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 ...

Dr. Griffin Cole of the IAOMT discussing the study findings of elevated levels of mercury from amalgam dental fillings in the blood of 16 million Americans. CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE ...

The U.S. 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 ...

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 ...

(HealthDay)—Certain people are at higher risk for health problems from mercury-containing amalgam dental fillings and should avoid them if possible, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The group Ban Toxics calls on government to change the dental curriculum in schools to exclude the required use of the cancerous alloy MANILA, Philippines – Environmental activist groups are pressing ...