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- Consumer Update: Dental Amalgams (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)Questions and Answers on Dental Amalgam 1. What is dental amalgam? Dental amalgam is the silver-colored material used to fill (restore) teeth that have cavities. Dental ...
- What Is Dental Amalgam (Silver Fillings)? (Academy of General Dentistry)... Send to Printer Close Window What is Dental Amalgam (Silver Fillings)? Most people recognize dental amalgams as ... into a tooth cavity. Is mercury in dental amalgam safe? Mercury in dental amalgam is not poisonous. ...
- Amalgam Tattoos (Columbia University Medical Center, School of Dental & Oral Surgery)Amalgam Tattoos What Is It? Symptoms Diagnosis Expected Duration Prevention Treatment When To Call a Professional Prognosis ... looks like a tattoo. Dentists call these spots amalgam tattoos. They can appear in the mouth of ...
- Amalgam (Silver-Colored) Fillings (American Dental Association)... ORAL HEALTH LINKS Oral Health Topics A–Z Amalgam (Silver-Colored) Fillings Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) If ... the filling need to be replaced? Are dental amalgams safe? Is it possible to have an allergic ...
- Dental Filling Facts (American Dental Association) - Links to PDF... is between you and your dentist. Direct Restorations Amalgam The word “amalgam” when referring to dental fillings means a mixture ... metals in which mercury is a component. Dental amalgam is a mix of approximately 43 percent to ...
- Mercury (and Pregnancy)
(Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction) ... fish, and through the use of mercury based amalgams (fillings) in dental treatments. Mercury can also enter ... to unborn children is the use of dental amalgams (mercury-based fillings) in pregnant women. Some special ... - Mercury-Containing Products (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste)... Medical Pharmaceutical Products Antibiotics Contact lens solution Dental Amalgam Diuretics Ear and Eye Drops/Eye Ointment Hemorrhoid ... or phenylmercuric nitrate Disposal: No special handling. Dental Amalgam*: * Dental amalgam ("silver fillings") is used to fill ...
- Repairing Children's Teeth (Columbia University Medical Center, School of Dental & Oral Surgery)... both primary and permanent teeth — can be metal (amalgam) or plastic (composite resins, glass ionomers, or a ... ionomer called a resin-modified glass ionomer). Metal Amalgam has been used as a filling material for ...
- Dental Filling Options (American Dental Association)... such as gold, base metal alloys and dental amalgam. That’s because the strength and durability of ... s Right for Me? Types of Dental Restorations Amalgam Fillings Composite Fillings Ionomers Indirect Restorative Dental Materials ( ...
- Fillings: The Basics (Columbia University Medical Center, School of Dental & Oral Surgery)... composite fillings. It can also be done with amalgam. Certain types of fillings get hardened by a ... happen, for example, if you had a new amalgam filling in a bottom tooth and had a ...