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AADC Positions Committee Position Statement:
Amalgam Safety

Amalgam has been utilized as a restorative material in dentistry for more than 150 years (source: Statement by the ADA to the Government Reform Committee, US House of Representatives on "Mercury in Dental Amalgams: An Examination of the Science"; November 14, 2002). More recently the safety of dental amalgam has been challenged due to the fact that dental amalgam contains mercury. Free mercury, like other heavy metals, has been shown to be toxic. However, the mercury in dental amalgam is not free mercury and therefore does not share the same toxic characteristics.

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