When considering dental fillings—composite, amalgam, gold, or ceramic—their immediate benefits often take center stage.

Dental fillings are routine restorative dental treatments. They are placed in cavities (small areas of tooth decay or damage) in tooth enamel (the thin outer layer of your teeth). The process ...

There are numerous dental filling materials available. Gold, porcelain, silver amalgam (mercury mixed with metallic silver, ...

The ban would prohibit the use of silver fillings or dental amalgam, with a move to mercury-free fillings. It could be introduced next year after the EU said mercury posed a "global and major ...