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 ...

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 ...

Countries agreed Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change dentistry around the world. At a conference in Geneva, signatories ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug ...

Dentist Charles Hardin grew concerned that the prison system was over-relying on mercury amalgam when “safer alternative ...