There are several options for dental filling materials today, but mercury amalgam fillings used to be the standard. They’re made from about 50 percent liquid mercury (also known as “elemental…

Mercury-free dentistry is the practice of preventing the use of mercury-containing amalgam fillings due to the long-term effects this neurotoxin can have on patients. Instead, mercury-free dentists use white-colored BPA-free…

In the European Union, dental filling regulations have begun to take effect. Last year, the European Union adopted a regulation that banned amalgam use in children under the age of…

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Starting in July 2018, the European Union will ban the use of dental mercury in children under the age of 15, as well as in pregnant women and nursing mothers.…

On March 14, 2017, the European Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority of 663 to 8 to approve regulations that will reduce the use of amalgam within the European Union.…

An "amalgam" filling is a metal-based filling that uses gold, silver, mercury, and other metals and combinations of these metals in dental work. Metal fillings date back as far as…