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European Parliament bans dental amalgam

STRASBOURG, France: Amalgam is the restorative material of choice for many dentists. It is the gold standard of dental care. However, its popularity has ...

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“Highly educated dental students mean lifelong tooth preservation”

Prof. Falk Schwendicke, head of the Department of Oral Diagnostics, Digital Health and Health Services Research at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin in...

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Amalgam: Gone for good?

For about a century, dental amalgam has been the standard restorative material for posterior carious lesions. Given its ease of placement, its moisture ...

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US dentists are using nearly half of country’s total mercury in products

CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., U.S.: Dental amalgam accounted for 46.8% of the total elemental mercury that was used to make products in the U.S. in 2018, a report by...

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Researchers call for thoughtful waste management in dentistry

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., U.S.: During Harvard University’s recent Worldwide Week, researchers at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) drew the ...

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Dental practices urged to install amalgam separator

SACRAMENTO, Calif., U.S.: The use of dental amalgam contributes to mercury pollution and poses an environmental threat to ecosystems. In accordance with the...

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Particulate mercury is significant source of exposure to mercury in dental profession

HANNA, Alberta, Canada: Dental amalgam has been used for almost two centuries. Now, a recently published paper has investigated the amount of exposure to ...

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NGO releases briefing about phasing down dental amalgam

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Dental amalgam is known to contribute to the accumulation of mercury in the environment globally, constitutes the largest use of mercury ...

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COP2 focuses on dental amalgam

GENEVA, Switzerland: The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury was held at the International ...

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EU-endorsed dental amalgam reduction enters into effect

BRUSSELS, Belgium: Though fillings made with amalgam are generally considered to be safe for patients, studies have shown that dental amalgam may cause ...

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High-strength MRI may cause mercury release from amalgam dental fillings

OAK BROOK, Ill., U.S./ANTALYA, Turkey: Exposure to ultrahigh -strength MRI may release toxic mercury from amalgam fillings in teeth, the Radiological ...

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First international dental mercury conference held in Rio de Janeiro

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and the Public Health and Environmental Program of the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ) along with ...

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160 countries commit to the fight against mercury

GENEVA, Switzerland: The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury was held at the end of September at the ...

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US Environmental Protection Agency reinstate amalgam management ruling

WASHINGTON, USA: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule on the management of dental amalgam discharges into sewer systems. The ...

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Global mercury treaty to be put into force

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union, together with seven of its member states, has ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury and resultantly provided ...

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