Silver amalgam is the most common material for NHS permanent fillings across the UK. Fillings represent around a quarter of all courses of NHS treatment delivered in England, with amalgam used in around a third of procedures. The BDA estimates treatment times and costs of alternative materials are over 50 per cent higher than those of amalgam.
On 14 July, 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the Mercury Regulation, to introduce a total phase-out of the use of dental amalgam and prohibit the manufacture and export of dental amalgam from the EU from January 1, 2025 - five years earlier than expected.
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