ADA: Dental Amalgam Is Safe And Reliable: WebDentistry: Home of SmileFinder!
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Association offers comments for Nov. 13-14 FDA hearingBy Jennifer Garvin— “Dental amalgam is one of the safest and most affordable and durable materials available,” the American Dental Association (ADA) told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in comments filed ahead of the agency’s November 13-14 hearing on the immunological safety of metal implants, including amalgam. Some 50 stakeholders, including providers, patients and industry, testified during the two-day open hearing. “One of the greatest risks to our health is misinformation and misinterpretation of scientific findings,” said Dr. Seymour, who told the committee that nonevidence-based content often negatively influences policy decisions and is harmful to the public when decisions are made based only on emotional testimony rather than sound scientific data. In the ADA’s formal written comments, Association President Chad P. Gehani and Executive Director Kathleen T. O’Loughlin said that the scientific literature has repeatedly affirmed that dental amalgam is one of the safest and most affordable and durable materials available to restore damaged teeth. That review concluded that “there is not sufficient evidence of a relationship between clinically detectable adverse health outcomes and dental amalgam mercury exposure, which is consistent with previous analyses conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA.” The panel is expected to release its conclusions/findings in early 2020.