Author: State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.
Source: CT DEP
Year: 2011
Comment:
This fact sheet, required to be presented to dental patients in CT, addresses mercury vapor, the use of amalgam fillings in pregnant women, children, breastfeeding women, patients with braces, patients with kidney problems, as well as mercury's impact on the brain and nerves, and amalgam's impact on the environment.
Abstract / Excerpt:
“In 2002, the Connecticut State Legislature passed a law telling the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection to develop best management practices for the handling of dental amalgam. The purpose of these best management practices is to ensure that mercury from dental amalgam does not threaten human health or the environment. As part of the revised Dental Office Best Management Practices, all Connecticut dental offices who use amalgam, must provide a copy of this brochure to their patients to help explain the advantages and disadvantages to human health and the environment of the use of mercury amalgam fillings and other filling materials used in dental procedures. This brochure explains the possible effects that the use of such fillings may have on your dental health, general health or the environment. This brochure is intended to assist you in making choices regarding your dental and total health needs that are right for you.”
Citation:
State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. Fillings: The Choices You Have: Mercury Amalgam and Other Filling Materials [brochure]. Hartford, CT: DEP; May 2011. http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/mercury/gen_info/fillings_brochure.pdf.