Mercury Released By Dental Amalgam Fillings Are Not High Enough To Cause Harm, FDA Finds

Friday, July 31, 2009 - 02:22 in Health & Medicine

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 elemental mercury has been associated with adverse health effects at high exposures, the levels released by dental amalgam fillings are not high enough to cause harm in patients.

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