Tooth filling materials Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Dental Amalgams :

   • 1.1 Information of the European commission on dental amalgams and mercury
   • 1.2 Institutions addressing mercury and dental amalgams
   • 1.3 Questions & answers on dental amalgams and mercury
   • 1.4 Other websites addressing dental amalgams and mercury
2. Other Views
   
   
   • 2.1 Some websites opposed to dental amalgams
   • 2.2 Some websites reacting to opponents to dental amalgams

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:

 http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_011.pdf

• 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:

 http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scher/docs/scher_o_089.pdf

• The EU strategy on mercury presented
  • by the SCADPlus Information service
    http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28155.htm 
  • by the DG Environment of the European Commission:
    http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/mercury/ 

1.2 Institutions addressing mercury and dental amalgams

• The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Mercury Programme published a "Global Mercury Assessment” in 2002, at: www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/Report/Final%20Assessment%20report.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/mercury/20071221_3 
• 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 
• Environment Canada dedicates a website to “Mercury and the Environment” at: www.ec.gc.ca/MERCURY/EN/index.cfm 
• 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 its 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. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) mercury site with FAQs, fact sheets, reports and legislation on mercury: www.epa.gov/mercury/ 

1.3 Questions & answers on dental amalgams and mercury

• GreenFacts summary of UNEP’s "Global Mercury Assessment” presented as questions & answers in increasing levels of detail www.greenfacts.org/en/mercury/mercury-1.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/Default.asp?IssID=286&Topic=F&ArtID=1242 
• 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/ 
• 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 

Links in this section have been selected as examples of other views on Dental Amalgams. This list of links is only a sample and it is not suggested that it is complete nor that it is fully representative of all the existing views. GreenFacts asbl takes no position concerning the views expressed in these linked documents.

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 its “Position Paper on Amalgam Fillings” at:  www.ncahf.org/pp/amalgampp.pdf
• Quackwatch published an article entitled “The "Mercury Toxicity" Scam: How Anti-Amalgamists Swindle People” at: www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html