In an audacious move of brazen deception, the American Dental Association (ADA), an amalgam patentholder, promoted dental amalgam as “silver fillings” — and doubled down on the cover-up by adopting a rule of conduct that barred dentists from discussing the (obvious) toxicity of mercury. Well, I’m here to tell you that the “silver” filling…
Consumers for Dental Choice has engineered a tectonic shift in dentistry — modern dentists no longer place mercury-based fillings (dental amalgam) — and aware consumers shun them. Unlike a decade ago, neither the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor the World Health Organization (WHO) defends amalgam — and the major dental products companies stopped…
In celebration of our 2024 Mercury Awareness Week, I invited Charlie Brown, founder and president of Consumers for Dental Choice, to share with us some of the recent developments in the fight for mercury-free dentistry. Charlie and his team have made monumental leaps in their advocacy, not just in the U.S., but worldwide as well….
