LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) and the Dental Amalgam Mercury Solutions (DAMS INC) have joined forces to petition ...

Silver amalgam fillings, which have plugged American cavities for more than 150 years, have lost their luster over the last couple of decades thanks to the rise of more attractive tooth-colored ...

Multiple countries including the United States called Monday for a worldwide ban on mercury-based dental amalgams by 2030, at ...

Agency posted the revised assessment online Tuesday as part of a settlement. PHILADELPHIA — After years of asserting that mercury in fillings was safe, the Food and Drug Administration now says it may ...

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, ...

Amalgam fillings, commonly called "silver" fillings, are a combination of mercury, silver, tin and other metals. They were first introduced in the United States by two Frenchmen in the early 1800s.

A Tulsa lawyer who has spent nearly 20 years studying mercury in dental fillings will testify this week during a hearing for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The hearing will be Tuesday and ...

WASHINGTON — The government declared last week that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who've had cavities filled with them — including young children — and that ...

In January 2012, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appeared ready to prohibit the use of mercury-based dental fillings, or dental amalgam, in pregnant women, nursing mothers, children aged ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. LAKELAND, Fla., Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) ...