Dental Amalgam

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American Dental Association

• American Dental Association Dental Amalgam information
• Amalgam waste management (202KB)
• Amalgam separators
• Economic Impact of regulation the use of amalgam restorations  (83KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding (483KB) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Dental Association, and the National Association of Clean Water Agencies to establish and monitor the effectiveness of a Voluntary Dental Amalgam Discharge Reduction Program.
• Comments on the FDA’s proposal (264KB) to reclassify encapsulated dental amalgam and dental mercury as Class II devices and add special packaging and labeling controls for amalgam alloy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Amalgam Fact sheet

Other sources:

• Food and Drug Administration Consumer Update: Dental Amalgams
• Life Sciences Research Office Amalgam Report Press Release  (25KB)
• Life Sciences Research Office Amalgam Report Executive Summary
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Release: Recent scientific articles on health effects of amalgam on children

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