Addendum to the Dental Amalgam White Paper: Response to 2006 Joint Advisory Panel Comments and Recommendations.

Author: United States Food and Drug Administration.

Source: FDA Website

Year: 2009

Comment:

FDA published this Addendum in support of its 2009 Final Rule,  which attempts to address the recommendations of the joint panels that convened in September 2006 when they rejected the proclamations of dental mercury amalgam safety set forth in the FDA’s White Paper on amalgam fillings.  

Abstract / Excerpt:

“This Addendum was prepared in response to the recommendations of the Dental Products Panel and the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee (the Panel) concerning a 2006 White Paper presented in draft form to the Panel on September 6 and 7, 2006. FDA prepared this Addendum to address the Panel’s comments on the White Paper.”

Citation:

United States Food and Drug Administration.  Addendum to the Dental Amalgam White Paper: Response to 2006 Joint Advisory Panel Comments and Recommendations. July 2009.  http://www.fda.gov/downloads/medicaldevices/productsandmedicalprocedures/dentalproducts/dentalamalgam/ucm173908.pdf.