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 ...

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(CNN) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their warning about silver dental fillings, stating they may cause health problems for some people. For years, the American Dental Association ...

The debate over whether mercury in dental fillings can leach out and cause a wide range of health problems — from multiple sclerosis and cancer to Alzheimer's disease — refuses to die down. The ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - We call them silver fillings, but their real name is dental amalgam, a mixture of metals that’s been used to fill cavities in teeth for 150 years. Dental amalgam is inexpensive and ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the past, most of the filling materials used in dentistry were silver fillings, also referred to as amalgam fillings. Therefore, anyone who had a silver filling placed more than 10 years ago might ...

Dental fillings are routine restorative dental treatments. They are placed in cavities (small areas of tooth decay or damage) ...

If you have to get a filling, you and your dentist have lots of materials to choose from. Before your appointment, get up to speed on your options. Composite fillings are the most widely used dental ...

(CNN) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their warning about silver dental fillings, stating they may cause health problems for some people. For years, the American Dental Association ...