Amalgam dental fillings may not pose health risk
Experts weighed in on the safety of amalgam dental fillings following a decision by the European Union to ban the use of the fillings.
As part of the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the ban will be initiated in early 2025 and is expected to prevent 10 tons of amalgam from entering the environment over the next five years, according to a news report published in The New York Times.
The United Nations’ Minamata Convention resolved that all participating countries were required to reduce the use of amalgam dental fillings. The ADA has since supported the continued phasing down of the use of amalgam dental fillings but did not call for the fillings to be immediately phased out because of the lack of evidence linking the products to adverse health effects or diseases. The ADA stated that any dentist’s advice to remove existing amalgam fillings and replace them with alternatives is unwarranted and violates the ADA’s Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct.
After examining 100 studies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined that trace exposure to amalgam dental fillings did not increase health risks among the general population.
Read more: The New York Times
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