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Written question asked by Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 November 1995. It was answered by Gerald Malone (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 November 1995 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
What evaluation his Department has carried out in the past two years of the level of toxicity of mercury fillings in current use in dentistry and various questions on use of mercury-based and non-mercury-based amalgams, exposure of patients to mercury following the use of dental silver amalgam, ban imposed by the German Ministry of Health on the use of mercury amalgam, ban by the Austrian Government of the use of mercury amalgams in dental fillings for children from 1996, hypersensitivity from dental amalgam in patients giving rise to oral lichen planus lesions, mercury concentration in the hippocampus, the amygdala and the nucleus basalis of people who have died of Alzheimer's disease and Swedish phasing out of the use of mercury amalgam for dental fillings.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
267 c725-7W;267 c723-4W; 2488;2522;2489;2654;2521;2529;2523;2671
Session
1995-96
Subjects
Dental services Austria Alzheimer's disease Health hazards Germany Sweden Mercury