Title: News: Report Finds Health Claims Against Dental Amalgam Lack Scientific Evidence

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Section/SPIG: Oral Health

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A review of seven years' worth of scientific studies concludes there is insufficient evidence of a link between dental mercury and health problems, except in rare instances of allergic reactions," according to a report released by the Life Sciences Research Office, Inc. (LSRO) in Bethesda, Md.

LSRO conducted the independent scientific review of dental amalgam at the request of a work group made up of representatives from the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Public Health Service. The report, "Review and Analysis of the Literature on the Potential Adverse Health Effects of Dental Amalgam," updates and reaches the same conclusion as two earlier reviews by the U.S. Deptartment of Health and Human Services of the widely used dental material.

Read the report here.