Does the mercury in amalgam fillings pose a health risk?
Amalgam fillings have been in use for over 100 years. There has been extensive research on their safety. The Department of Health, the British Dental Association and the World Health Organisation agree that none of the studies show that dental amalgam has an adverse affect on general health. To read an extensive paper on the possible health effects of amalgam please click on the link below. This document It is provided for downloading here in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format. This format allows more complete display and indexing than a normal text document, but requires the Adobe Reader software to be installed on your computer.
