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Germany: Broad support for phasing out Dental Amalgam by 2025

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June 2, 2021

The new EU Medical Devices Regulation enters into force: stricter requirements for dental fillings

On May 26 the new EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) entered into force and current approvals in line with the Medical Device Directive (MDD) will lose their validity by May 26, 2025, at the latest. Unlike the previous Directive, the MDR has direct validity and

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May 26, 2021

Minamata insight publication on Gender & Mercury highlights the exposure of female dental assistants

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May 12, 2021

UN Minamata Convention on Mercury: COP4 postponed – EU and African Region propose Amendments on Amalgam

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP4) will be held in two parts: a first online part in the period from November 1-5, 2021, and a second face-to-face part in the first quarter

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May 6, 2021

EU Commission starts legislative process: NGOs call for amalgam phase-out by 2025

On March 5, the European Commission presented an inception impact assessment and a roadmap for the revision of the EU Mercury Regulation, which will be revised not only for amalgam fillings but also for mercury-added products. A Public consultation for a first draft of the

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April 6, 2021

Overview: 23 of 27 member states have submitted national plans to phase out the use of dental amalgam

Ranking of  the most far-reaching measures to reduce the use of Dental Amalgam in Europe Some European countries like Sweden or Denmark had already banned dental amalgam or significantly regulated its use and further countries have adopted measures to reduce the use through National Action

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March 20, 2021

Italy announces to phase out the use of dental amalgam by the end of 2024

The Italian Ministry of Health published its National Action Plan to reduce the use of dental amalgam on Feb. 23, 2021, and “describes the actions necessary to achieve the gradual phasing out of the use of dental amalgam in dentistry, with the ultimate goal of

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February 25, 2021

New guideline in the US: No more dental amalgam for patients with neurological diseases and women who wish to have children

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new guideline on the use of dental amalgam. The FDA recommends that mercury-containg fillings should no longer be used for patients with neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, as well as patients

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September 29, 2020

Croatia submitted National Action Plan to Phase Out Dental Amalgam by 2025

The Croatian Ministry of Health presented their National Action Plan to significantly reduce the use of dental amalgam under the EU Mercury Regulation by 2025(!), the plan of a country with a curent share of 20% – 70% use of dental amalgam. Here are the

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September 19, 2020

EU Commission reports about feasabillity to phase out amalgam before 2030 and announces legislative proposal

In the report of 17.08.2020 to the Parliament and Council, the European Commission concluded that a phase out of dental amalgam in Europe is “technically and economically” feasible before 2030 and announced to present a legislative proposal in 2022. With this report, the Commission has

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September 8, 2020
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