In 2010, advisory panelists told the FDA that dental amalgam should not be used in children and pregnant women. Not a single one of the panelists agreed with the FDA's eventual decision to permit amalgam use in children and pregnant women.
More recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its final report on dental amalgam. In the report, WHO committed itself to “to work for reduction of mercury and ... facilitate the work for a switch in use of dental materials”. The report states that amalgam raises general health concerns and releases a significant amount of mercury. It also notes that alternatives to amalgam are readily available.
According to the WHO report:
“When released from dental amalgam use into the environment through these pathways, mercury is transported globally and deposited. Mercury releases may then enter the human food chain especially via fish consumption ... Adhesive resin materials allow for less tooth destruction and, as a result, a longer survival of the tooth itself.”
In the second video, Charlie Brown of Consumers for Dental Choice details FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg's conflicts of interest with the current dental amalgam rule.