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
New Minamata Convention amendment protects children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers from amalgam! At the fourth conference of the UN Minamata Convention on Mercury (March
In a new report, WHO supports minimally invasive techniques in order to avoid unnecessary pain, infection and permanent damage to teeth while preventing and treating
Due to the European Mercury Regulation (EU 2017/852), as of 1 July 2018, amalgam may no longer be used in the EU for the treatment
„Phasing out dental amalgam: An emerging need to eliminate mercury in products“ on 10 March at 17:00 CET This side event focuses on disseminating information
Preparatory on-line side events for COP4.2 of the Minamata Convention (in Bali from 21 to 25 March) will be held on the week 7 –
Poland removes dental amalgam from public health care benefits, effectively phasing it out without any transition period. While adjusting its guaranteed benefits to the EU-phase
With the Bonn Declaration on Dental Amalgam, more than 50 non-governmental organizations and researchers are calling for a decision by the German government to phase
