Six of the seven leading amalgam manufacturers in 2020 have withdrawn from the market—either ceasing production or announcing plans to do so in the near future—while smaller companies have taken over the shrinking market.
In 2020 the key amalgam competitors on the international market were Kerr Dental (USA), Dentsply Sirona (USA), SDI limited (Australia), lvoclar Vivadent (Liechtenstein), Ardent (Sweden), Cavex (Netherlands) and Nordiska (Sweden).
Since then, both US major players Dentsply (in 2020) and Kerr (in 2021) have left the business due to FDA’s safety warning. Ardent left in 2022. Ivoclar stopped the production in October 2025, and Cavex ended the distribution by 31st December 2025 due to the revised EU Mercury Regulation.
Further European manufacturers like Merz, DMG Europe (both Germany), UnoDent, PrimaDent (both UK), CFPM (France), DMP (Greece), Madespa (Spain), BMS Dental or World Work Srl (Italy) have in the meantime left the business due to stricter requirements of the new EU Medical Device Regulation.
Other manufacturers like New Stetic (Colombia) or BAMC (China) have left the business due to national regulations (Colombia banned the import and manufacturing of dental amalgam in 2023 and China is restricting the construction, renovation, and expansion of dental amalgam production devices since 2019).
SDI limited was able to take over significant market shares from leaving manufacturers and is today by far the international market leader and responsible for a significant contribution to the mercury pollution worldwide.
It needs to be kept in mind that despite all available preventive measures, about 40%-60% of the mercury from amalgam capsules end up into the environment, with the potential of polluting more than 50.000 litres of drinking water per filling. Especially in countries without adequate hazardous waste management, it pollutes the soil, water and air during waste incineration or other disposal practices, but also via crematoria, burials or excretions.
Here is a list of remaining dental amalgam producers with further information:
– Stocks of manufacturers that cease the production might continue to be available up to the expiry date of about 10 years –
Note: This research is based on online market inquiries, reviews of manufacturers’ and distributors’ websites, consultation of regulatory databases such as the EUDAMED platform, or the FDA Medical Device Database, as well as direct inquiries to manufacturers, distributors and authorities.
1. Southern Dental Industries (🇦🇺 Australia, global distribution)
www.sdi.com.au
- SDI is the last publicly traded manufacturer of dental amalgam and was able to increase the sales, when Dentsply and Kerr left the business. SDI is distributing its products in more than hundred countries.
- In 2019, SDI received a $3 million Commonwealth Government Grant for the project "Dentistry without mercury – Glass fibre reinforced flowable dental composite restorative materials “and successfully developed the Riva and Stela lines as amalgam replacement products.
- In 2023, SDI became co-financing partner (with $ 4,5 million in-kind contribution) of the GEF7 Project to phase down dental amalgam, with the role to contribute knowledge and experience of the dental industry shifting from manufacturing dental amalgam to alternative mercury-free dental restorative materials.
- In 2024, SDI published a Corporate Governance Statement, declaring not to be aware of having any material exposure to environmental or social risks, although this has been repeatedly pointed out by civil societies.
- Faced with mounting opposition to its amalgam policy from investors and international NGOs, Samantha Cheetham, CEO of SDI, promised to stop producing dental amalgam by 2028 or earlier.
- At a call on 27 February 2025 Samantha Cheetham even said that the focus of SDI is now to exit the market by 2028, which should include the end of distribution.
- In the financial year 2024-25 SDI cites a 20.45% decline in amalgam sales, most pronounced in North America and Europe. The Daily Telegraph writes: "As with pliers, amalgam fillings no longer represent cutting-edge dental practice.“
- SDI was sold to InnoXvestDental Pty. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Beijing Guoci Kebo Technology Co.Ltd (Bidder), which is an entity controlled by Shenzhen Stock Exchange listed Shandong SinoceraFunctional Material Co. Ltd.. Qiang Xiao and Lei Yu have been appointed as directors of SDI. (7 July 2026)
2. Silmet Dental (🇮🇱 Israel, global distribution)
www.silmetdental.com
- Silmet probably became the second biggest manufacturer of dental amalgam on the global market, Producing dental amalgam for brands like R&S (France), Henry Schein (US) or Nordiska (Sweden). The former cooperation with
KentDental,Septodent(France) andSafinastopped, but there might be others. - "Co-Branding customers may keep selling their brand without the aggravation of any regulatory requirements or responsibility at all".
a) Nordiska (🇸🇪 Sweden, global distribution)
www.nordiskadental.se
- Nordiska Dental is a Swedish Company owned by "Dent a Pharm" (Germany).
- Southern Dental Industries (SDI) and Nordiska are dominating on the European distributors websites.
- Nordiska distributes relabelled dental amalgam manufactured by Silmet in Israel
b) Wykle Research (🇺🇸 US, national distribution)
www.wykleresearch.com
- Wykle Research (US) is one of the few companies focussing its business primarily on amalgam.
- Wykle is relabelling dental amalgam and distributing it also for Nordiska.
c) Henry Schein (🇺🇸 US, global distribution)
www.henryschein.com
- Henry Schein, a FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500®, is an American distributor of health care products and services with a presence in 33 countries.
- Henry Schein manufactures dental amalgam and distributes it as a private brand. Subsidiaries are DE Healthcare Products, Essentials Healthcare Products and CyberTech
- Despite criticism, Ethisphere named Henry Schein as one of the 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th consecutive year.
- The distribution of Henry Schein's own brand amalgams "Ionosphere", "Stratosphere" and "Troposphere" stopped in the EU by May 2026. The distribution continues through it's subsidiary brand "DE Non-Gamma II" manufactured by Silmet
d) R&S (🇫🇷 France, global distribution)
www.rs-dental-products.com
- R&S continues to offer dental amalgam produced by Silmet in Israel on their website
3. Cooksondental (🇬🇧 UK, South America distribution, EU supply)
www.cooksondental.com
- Cookson Dental supplies a range of dental alloys, tools and accessories to dental laboratories in the UK and internationally. It produces metal powder for dental amalgam capsules and has its own brand Aristaloy.
- The production of dental amalgam moved from Czech Republic to the UK after the EU banned the Export by January 2025
a) Global Dental Trading Ltd (🇨🇿 Czech Republic, global distribution, EU supply)
www.gdentaltrading.com
- Global Dental Trading continues to distribute dental amalgam world wide now manufactured by Cookson Gold in Birmingham, UK
- Global Dental Trading is not listed on the EUDAMED Plattform. The Distribution in the EU has stopped.
4. Inci Dental (🇹🇷 Türkiye, Middle East distribution)
www.incidental.com.tr
- Incidental is mainly exporting dental amalgam to the middle east.
5. Kuanta (🇹🇷 Türkiye, Middle East distribution)
www.kuantadental.com
- Kuanta is mainly exporting dental amalgam to the middle east.
6. Foshan SCS Medical Instrument Co., LTD (🇨🇳 China, global distribution)
www.scsdental.cn
- One of the last Chinese producing manufacturer.
- China is restricting the construction, renovation, and expansion of dental amalgam material production devices since 2019
7. AT&M Biomaterial (🇨🇳 China, global distribution)
www.atmbio.com
- AT&M Bio produces GK and apparently had to move its production from China to Iran because of national restrictions.
8. CY International (🇨🇳 China, global distribution)
www.cyinternational.com
- CY International produces Honghai Alloy. It is the main supplier of dental amalgam in China.
9. Maarc Dental / Shiva Products (🇮🇳 India, national distribution)
www.maarcdental.com
- Shiva Products (India) is selling liquid mercury for mixing it with powdered alloy, a product which should have been banned in line with the Minamata Convention on Mercury since 28 September 2023. But, India is an OptIn Country under the Minamata Convention, why the new amendment form COP4 is not applying directly and still needs to be ratified.
10. Owzan (🇮🇷 Iran, regional distribution)
www.owzan.com
- Owzan produces Amalgam powder and Amalgam Capsules.
- Owzan is the largest producer of Dental Amalgam in the Middle East.
11. Sepehr Fellez Negin (🇮🇷 Iran, regional distribution)
www.sites.google.com/view/sepehr-fellez-negin/english
- Sepehr Fellez Negin is producing dental amalgam only.
- According to the contact person in Germany it is the cheapest amalgam in the world. Companies are offered to buy and resell it on the international market.
12. Raycadent (🇮🇷 Iran, regional distribution)
www.raycadent.com
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According to the first full national report to the Minamata Convention, Iran is prohibiting production permissions for manufactures of amalgam capsules since 2014 and only 5 manufacturers are still active in the country. These should be: Raycadent, Sepehr Fellez Negin, Owzan, Trent Dent and Nordiska Dental.
Global Player that left already:
1. Dentsply Sirona (🇺🇸 US, global distribution)
www.dentsplysirona.com
- In its annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Dentsply announced: “[W]e have discontinued sales for all amalgam products as of December 2020.” It explained, ““In September 2020, the FDA issued an updated recommendation that certain people are at higher risk for health problems from mercury-containing amalgam dental fillings, such as pregnant women and their developing fetuses, women who are planning to become pregnant, nursing women and their newborns and infants, children, especially those younger than six years of age, people with pre-existing neurological disease such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer disease, or Parkinson disease, people with impaired kidney function, and people with a known allergy to mercury or other components of dental amalgam.”
2. Kerr (🇺🇸 US, global distribution)
www.kerrdental.com
- Envista sent a letter to the World Alliance for Mercury-free Dentistry stating that it has “…ceased manufacturing all Alloy products, including all of our amalgam products that may contain mercury.” Kerr goes on to explain that “Specifically, we ceased manufacturing these products in the third quarter of 2021 and communicated this decision to our customers in November of 2021. As part of this communication, we cancelled many of our customers outstanding orders for amalgams containing mercury and directed our customers to our other materials that do not contain mercury. We also engaged in a vigorous campaign to assist our customers in swapping their amalgam products containing mercury to materials that do not contain mercury.”
3. Ardent (🇸🇪 Sweden, global distribution)
www.ardent.se
- "AB Ardent, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-class dental amalgam filling materials, has stopped the production and sale of amalgam products at the end of June 2022 after more than 30 years."
4. Ivoclar Vivadent (🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, US distribution)
www.ivoclar.com/en_us/
- Ivoclar only sells and manufactures dental amalgam in the US.
- Ivoclar stopped the production of dental amalgam worldwide in October 2025
- "We will subsequently phase out our Valiant amalgam line, with the current plan being to discontinue marketing and sales by the end of the first quarter of 2027, subject to applicable regulatory and contractual obligations."
5. Cavex (🇳🇱 Netherlands, global distribution)
www.cavex.nl
- Cavex belongs to the Japanese Mitsui Chemicals Group.
- On 19 December 2024 Cavex announced on their website that the production is officially discontinued: "From 01 January 2025, Cavex Holland will no longer export Dental Amalgam to countries outside the EU. The last produced orders are being delivered to customers in Europe until 31st December 2025."
6. Tinid by Quila Quina (🇦🇷 Argentina, national distribution)
https://www.solerson.com.ar/marcas-odontologia1/quila-quina/
- Only national producer in Argentina
- Certificate Expired on 23 April 2023
7. BMS Dental (🇮🇹 Italy, global distribution)
www.bmsdental.it
- BMS stopped distributing and advertising for Dental Amalgam in January 2025
8. Madespa (🇪🇸 Spain, Africa, Middle East)
www.dentalmadespa.com
- Madespa is based in Toledo, a historic city of metal industries.
- Madespa stopped advertising for Dental Amalgam in November 2024
- The EU Certificate expired on 28 February 2024.
9. Pyrax Health Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (🇮🇳 India, national distribution)
www.pyraxpolymars.in
- Pyrax stopped producing mercury products. Amalgam ran out of stocks in January 2025.
10. Yotadent (🇮🇷 Iran, regional distribution)
www.yotadent.ir
- Dental Amalgam Brand of the Negar Azin Zagros Company (Iran)
- The Website is no longer available (03.02.2026)
11. Nais (🇧🇬 Bulgaria, UK distribution)
www.dental-polishers.com
- Nais bought the machines to produce dental amalgam from Ardent (Sweden), which left the business in 2022.
- Due to the EU Export ban by January 2025, Nais shifted its production to Serbia.
- Upon request Nais informed the EnvMed Network that it has ceased the production of dental amalgam (03.02.2026)
12. Trent Dent (🇬🇧 UK, UK and Middle East distribution)
www.trentdent.co.uk
- Trent Dent Products Limited was engaged in the manufacturing and global distribution of dental restorative materials
- The Website went down in 2026
13. Dental Products of India (DPI) (🇮🇳 India, national distribution)
www.dpi.co.in
- Dental Products of India is a division of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd, a pioneer in the manufacture of dental materials in India.
- DPI offered loose amalgam powder as well as amalgam capsules
- Dental Amalgam is no longer advertised on the website (2026)
14. Technical & General Ltd. (🇬🇧 UK, UK and Middle East distribution)
www.tgdent.com
- Technical & General Ltd's portfolio covers a wide range of applications and products are distributed worldwide.
- Dental Amalgam Powder is still offered on the website but disappeared from the Product Catalogue 2026.
15. Bome (🇨🇿 Czech Republic, EU Supply)
www.bome.cz
- Bome is probably Europes main recycler of dental amalgam waste and manufacturer of mercury pillows for amalgam capsules, supplying the international market.
- Bome stopped exporting amalgam pillows as it is subject to the EU ban on exports from 1 January 2025. Potential Clients of Bome, like Silmet or Cooksondental were affected.
- Bome is not listed on the EUDAMED Plattform. The distribution of mercury pillows has stopped.
16. DMG America (🇩🇪 🇺🇸 US, national distribution)
www.dmg-america.com
- The European and international branch of the company already left the business of dental amalgam in 2021
- DMG America removed all advertisements for dental amalgam from their website in December 2025, but may continue to sell off the stocks
- DMGs Amalgam Alternative is expected to be marketed by August 2026
Further Information:
Updated: Manufacturers leave the business of Dental Amalgam in Europe