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 ...

For decades, the American Dental Association has resolutely defended the safety of mercury fillings in the teeth of more than 100 million Americans, even muzzling dentists who dared to warn patients ...

A new European Commission (EC) report recommends phasing out dental amalgam use in the next five years and improving enforcement of existing European Union (EU) waste legislation. The report, authored ...

Connecticut’s Department of Social Services has taken a giant leap backward in providing dental care for Connecticut’s children. Without explanation, the state now mandates that Medicaid recipients ...

ORLANDO, Fla._The debate over dental fillings containing mercury was the focus an FDA-sponsored hearing in Orlando on Thursday, as more than a dozen anti-mercury activists demanded that the government ...

Federal panel deciding whether FDA relied on good science about mercury amalgam. Dec. 15, 2010— -- A federal advisory panel is trying to decide whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

The U.S. government declared Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions of Americans who have had cavities filled with them — including young children — and ...