Tooth filling materials Dental amalgams & alternative materials
Links about tooth filling materials and mercury
- Factual links
Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Dental Amalgams:
- Partner links
1. Factual links
1.1 Information of the European commission on dental amalgams and mercury
- The SCENIHR (Scientific Committee on Emerging and
Newly Identified Health Risks) Opinion on "The safety of dental amalgam
and alternative dental restoration materials for patients and users",
that served as the source for the questions 1 to 6 of this publication:
- The SCHER (Scientific Committee on Emerging and
Health and Environmental Risks) Opinion on "The environmental risks and
indirect health effects of mercury in dental amalgam", that served as
the source for the questions 7 to 9 of this publication:
- The EU strategy on mercury presented
- by the SCADPlus Information service
https://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28155.htm - by the DG Environment of the European Commission:
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/mercury/
- by the SCADPlus Information service
1.2 Organizations addressing dental amalgams
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Health Canada, addresses the safety of dental amalgams
and makes recommendations at:
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/md-im/applic-demande/pubs/dent_amalgam_e.html
- The American dental Association (ADA) addresses
dental amalgam in it’s A-Z topics at: www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/amalgam.asp
and published a statement on dental amalgam at:
www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/amalgam.asp - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) of the US Department of Health and Human Services addresses dental
amalgam use and benefits at:
www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/publications/factsheets/amalgam.htm
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
proposes “Questions and Answers on Dental Amalgam” at:
www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html
- The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) proposes
questions and answers on dental amalgam at:
www.agd.org/public/oralhealth/
1.3 Organizations addressing mercury in general
- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mercury Programme published a "Global Mercury Assessment” in 2002, at: www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/
- summarized by GreenFacts:
www.greenfacts.org/en/mercury/mercury-1.htm
- summarized by GreenFacts:
www.greenfacts.org/en/mercury/mercury-1.htm
- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional
Office for Europe provides information on the chemical safety of
mercury:
www.euro.who.int/chemsafety
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Environment Canada dedicates a website to “Mercury and
the Environment” at: www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EN/index.cfm
- The
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(CCOHS) provides extensive information on mercury under the form of
questions and answers at:
www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/mercury/
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US
EPA) mercury site with FAQs, fact sheets, reports and legislation on
mercury:
www.epa.gov/mercury/
- ToxFAQs on mercury by the
American Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR):
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cabs/mercury/
1.4 Other websites addressing dental amalgams and mercury
- The Australian A to Z of Materials website (AZoM)
extensively covers health and environmental aspects of mercury,
including mercury amalgam fillings, at:
www.azom.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2091
- The WebElements periodic table describes
elemental mercury at:
www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Hg/key.html
2. Other views
2.1 Some websites opposed to dental amalgams
-
Earthtym, a Holistic Health and Healing site, presents
dental amalgam as something that “could kill you, or, make you wish you
were dead” in its “Mercury Amalgams Index” at:
www.earthtym.net/merc-index.html
- Another Holistic Healing web page addressing
“The Amalgam / Mercury Dental Filling Toxicity” claims that health
effects are much greater:
www.holisticmed.com/dental/amalgam/
2.2 Some websites reacting to opponents to dental amalgams
- The National Council Against Health Fraud
(NCAHF) published a “Position Paper on Amalgam Fillings” in 2002 at:
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Quackwatch published an article entitled “The "Mercury
Toxicity" Scam: How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People” at:
www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html
The Three-Level Structure used to communicate the SCENIHR & SCHER Opinions is copyrighted by GreenFacts asbl/vzw