Like all things over time, silver fillings wear out. You use your teeth every day to bite, chew, grind, and digest food. As silver fillings begin to age, their function, appearance, and strength begin ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning against the use of dental amalgam – a popular filling material that contains mercury – in certain groups of people. Dental amalgam contains a mixture ...

TIFF CHRIS THANK YOU. WELL, THE SAFETY OF SILVER FILLINGS IS MAKING HEADLINES AGAIN AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM REMOVED. THIS COMES AFTER THE FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL RECOMMENDED AGAINST ...

New scientific evidence from animal studies has rekindled the controversy over whether ”silver” dental fillings are dangerous. Since its founding 130 years ago, the American Dental Association has ...

Q. I have been to my new dentist three times for cleaning only. I am 62 years old and have no problems that I am aware of. Every time I go, he wants to take out three silver fillings that were done ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an updated regulation on dental amalgam, sometimes called “silver fillings,” due to potential risks to certain high-risk individuals. Amalgam, the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study adds to evidence that mercury-containing dental fillings do not harm children's brain development, as some have feared. Silver fillings, called amalgams, have ...

One filling material that has withstood the test of time is silver amalgam, commonly known as silver filling. It provides a hard, strong, durable and cost-effective filling. It consists mainly of ...

Why the controversy around silver fillings? Mercury is what’s put in them, and it expands and contracts, and when you do that to a tooth over a long period of time, it “percolates.” After a while, ...

The European Union banned mercury amalgam fillings to protect the environment. Should you worry about protecting your health, too? By Justin R. Silverman When the European Union adopted a ban on ...

COSTA MESA — Councilman Gary Monahan wants the city to adopt a resolution opposing the use of mercury in dental clinics. Monahan brought the largely symbolic item forward after a request was made by ...

Many people are now having their dental amalgam, or silver, fillings removed over concerns about the mercury used in them. Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo recommended against the use of ...