print email comment close ADA Position Statements: Mercury in Dental Amalgams URL: http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/amalgam5.asp Description: This site features a 2002 statement by the American Dental Association (ADA) to a government committee studying safety and efficacy of dental amalgam, which contains mercury, in repairing teeth. Includes a chart that compares restorative dental materials (amalgams, composites, glass ionomers, and resin-ionomers) in areas such as uses, leakage and decay, aesthetics, cost, and biocompatibility. Publisher: American Dental Association (ADA) Extra Keywords fillings Library of Congress Subject Headings: Dental materials Fillings (Dentistry) Mercury -- Toxicology LII Database Information: Record 21164 created by Maria Brandt on 04/06/2006 Last modification on 04/16/2006 Published: 04/13/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21164