Study Finds Dental Amalgam Does Not Damage Children’s Brains

January 26th, 2008 Julie Frey Posted in Dental News, Science |

From The Journal of the American Dental Association

We all know that amalgam fillings are a hot-button issue in the dental world. (Remember how dentists were divided over our mercury filling survey?) Well, February’s Journal of the American Dental Association includes a report that finds amalgam fillings do not damage children’s brain development.

The study monitored 500 Portuguese children. After seven years, researchers were unable to find developmental or neurological difference between the children with mercury fillings and those without.

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