Mercury exposure during amalgam removal procedures may be seven times higher than the limits recommended by some occupational safety organizations, a new study has found. The research findings suggest ...

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 ...

(CNN) -- The US Food and Drug Administration warned Thursday that silver dental fillings, known as dental amalgam, may cause health problems for some high-risk groups. The updated FDA guidance said ...

Patients are becoming increasingly aware of the perceived potential dangers associated with dental amalgam 1 and it is not uncommon for them to associate local and general health problems with their ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning against the use of dental amalgam – a popular filling material that contains mercury – in certain groups of people. Dental amalgam contains a mixture ...

CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Research published this week in the peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (JOMT) shows that the safety thresholds for mercury ...

The fact that dental amalgam uses 50% metallic mercury content to bind various other metals (eg, silver, tin, copper) into a durable shape commonly used in fillings may come as a surprise to many ...

A group of dentists, dental hygienists and lobbyists have petitioned Rhode Island’s Medicaid office to ban its coverage of dental amalgam fillings. The advocates argue that dental amalgam exposes ...

GENEVA, Nov. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...