by Office | Jun 8, 2022 | Mercury / Dental Amalgam
Our thanks to the office of fellow biologic dentist Dr. Sam Parsi out in San Diego for letting us share this post from their blog with minor modifications… Back in 2020, the FDA made a big, big change in their guidance on dental amalgam. For decades, they...
by Office | Oct 7, 2020 | Mercury / Dental Amalgam
It was a long time coming, but the FDA finally issued guidelines acknowledging that “silver” mercury amalgam fillings can and do pose a risk to human health. The agency now holds that some people “may be at greater risk for potential harmful health effects of mercury...
by Office | Nov 27, 2019 | Mercury / Dental Amalgam
Amid ever-growing awareness of the risk mercury amalgam poses to your health and the health of the environment, and with many other countries in the process of phasing it out, here in the states, the FDA has seemed stuck and silent on the issue. But last week, an FDA...
by Office | May 15, 2019 | Mercury / Dental Amalgam
Last month, landmark legislation was introduced to bar the state of Maine from using in taxpayer money to pay for mercury amalgam fillings. “If amalgam were a necessity in dentistry, it would be one thing,” wrote the bill’s sponsor, Senator Mike Carpenter with Maine...
by Office | Oct 17, 2018 | Heavy Metals
Of all the heavy metals, mercury is one of the worst for your health – and the most commonly encountered one in dentistry, thanks to its use in so-called “silver” amalgam fillings. Oh, there’s a little bit of silver in them, along with some tin, copper, and zinc....
