Mercury sold in the U.S. for amalgam restorations declined by almost half from 2004 to 2007, according to a report by the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse. In 2001, the country ...

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 ...

Dentists vary widely in their use of amalgam from place to place and among types of practice, according to a new survey. The study, published in the April 2010 Journal of the American Dental ...

Geneva, Switzerland — A landmark decision was reached at the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, where Parties agreed to set 2034 as the global phase-out date ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers for Dental Choice and its dentist allies salute Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo for urging a stop to dental amalgam in routine fillings "due ...

In both the case of the user fees and dental amalgam, FDA did it again: It missed a promised deadline and, in doing so, demonstrated why its officials habitually avoid giving an explicit time for when ...

In Canada, the mumc in people with or without dental amalgam restorations are well below the levels associated with any health risks. In general, the mumcs tend to increase with the number of amalgam ...