Dental Amalgam
Updated: Global Dental Amalgam Tracker
Global Overview of Countries Phasing Out Dental Amalgam: According to the Minamata Conventions Full National Reports 2021, the MIAs, or other official documents, the global transition to a mercury-free dentistry is fully underway…
Updated: Manufacturers leave the business of Dental Amalgam in Europe
Since the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745) entered into force on May 26, 2021, the legal safety requirements for dental amalgam capsules have increased significantly, why manufacturers start leaving the European business…
Adoption by the Council: Dental Amalgam will be banned by January 2025
Brussels, 30 May 2024: With the adoption by the Council, the phase-out of dental amalgam by January 2025 has been finalized. The European Parliament had already given its approval on April 10 with a majority of 98%. After being signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament and the Council, the legal act will soon be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and enter into force…
Giving evidence to NI Windsor Framework Committee
Stormont risks putting dentists’ wallets over people’s health, say toxics campaigners. Ending Northern Ireland’s use of neurotoxic mercury in tooth fillings will bring significant benefits, without having an adverse impact on everyday life, MLAs have been told…
EU agrees to phase out Dental Amalgam by January 2025
Dental amalgam will be phased out by 1 January 2025 with few limited exceptions. This was agreed today by representatives of the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament…
Progress in the revision of the EU Mercury Regulation
The revision of the EU Mercury Regulation is well underway: In the Council, the Member States have examined the Commission proposal, in the Parliament the rapporteurs of the ENVI Committee have submitted their proposed amendments and set dates for votes, and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has issued a positive opinion…
COP5 Decision on Dental Amalgam: Parties shall submit National Action Plans
COP 5 of the Minamata Convention agreed that all countries which have not yet phased out dental amalgam shall present a national action plan to do so. The first plan is due by 31 December 2025 and may consider that the next Conference of the Parties will discuss to phase-out the manufacturing and trade of dental amalgam by 2030…
Added to the Global Dental Amalgam Tracker: Gabon bans Dental Amalgam
With effect from 24 October 2023, the Gabonese Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is banning the manufacture, import, export, distribution and use of dental amalgam…
10 Reasons to Support Mercury-Free Dentistry
Amalgam pollutes our environment, endangers our health, damages teeth, endangers dental workers, is frequently implanted without informed consent, perpetuates social injustice, costs taxpayers, is diverted to illegal gold mining, is interchangeable with mercury-free filling materials and drives up the price of mercury-free alternatives…
