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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...