Press Announcements: FDA Issues Final Regulation on Dental Amalgam.

Author: United States Food and Drug Administration.

Source: FDA Website

Year: 2009

Comment:

In this press announcement from July 28, 2009, FDA announced that it was classifying dental mercury amalgam for the first time in Class II without requiring any significant special controls.

Abstract / Excerpt:

“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final regulation classifying dental amalgam and its component parts – elemental mercury and a powder alloy—used in dental fillings. While elemental mercury has been associated with adverse health effects at high exposures, the levels released by dental amalgam fillings are not high enough to cause harm in patients.”

Citation:

United States Food and Drug Administration. Press Announcements: FDA Issues Final Regulation on Dental Amalgam [press release]. July 28, 2009.  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/Pressannouncements/ucm173992.htm.