FDA stands by its dental amalgam mistake.

Author: Dickinson J.

Source: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

Year: 2015

Comment:

Abstract / Excerpt:

“After another of its customary multi-year stalls on politically fraught issues, FDA in January substantially denied three five-year-old petitions seeking to rid American dentistry of mercury-based dental amalgams that have been scientifically linked to kidney damage and neurological disabilities and diseases like multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s.”

Citation:

Dickinson J.  FDA stands by its dental amalgam mistake.  Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI).  February 13, 2015.