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<br /><p>Dental amalgam has been in use for over 150 years to restore teeth in millions
of patients and, apart from rare instances of hypersensitivity, no adverse reactions
have been identified. Alternative dental restorative materials are not so easily,
quickly and reliably placed. Neither are they so durable. Due to improvements in oral
health, the number of restorations is decreasing with the result that the safe management
and disposal of dental amalgam is more easily achieved.</p><br /><p>The World Health
Organization report <em>Future Use of Materials for Dental Restorations November 2009</em>
concluded that dental amalgam remains a dental restorative material of choice in the
absence of an ideal alternative. The Department concurs with the conclusions of the
report which can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.who.int/oral_health/publications/dental_material_2011.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.who.int/oral_health/publications/dental_material_2011.pdf</a></p><p><strong></strong></p>
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