Adebate has been running for decades about the safety of amalgam tooth fillings (the silvery-looking ones most people are familiar with). Some public interest groups and consumers say that since such ...

Countries agreed Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change dentistry around the world. At a conference in Geneva, signatories ...

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 ...

Mercury in dental work does not hinder children's mental development, according to two new studies. The findings, published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, found no ...

Multiple countries including the United States called Monday for a worldwide ban on mercury-based dental amalgams by 2030, at a meeting of signatories to a treaty on limiting the toxic metal. "It's ...

DULUTH — Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, dental fillings to mercury emissions. As Minnesotans increasingly choose cremation, mercury pollution from the practice has risen, too, even as mercury emissions ...

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, ...

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 Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who've had cavities filled with them — including young children — and that only ...