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 ...

After we published an article last week detailing updated guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on dental amalgam, we started to get questions from our readers about what had ...

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 ...

Part of our role in protecting patients is to regularly evaluate, monitor and update scientific evidence on the risks from medical devices—including issues related to the materials used in devices, ...

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 the filling ...

Harborside Dental Expands Restorative Dentistry With Tooth-Colored Composite Fillings in Gloucester, MA Gloucester, ...