[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/dental-amalgam-fillings-linked-to-perinatal-death-pregnancy-risks\/#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/dental-amalgam-fillings-linked-to-perinatal-death-pregnancy-risks\/","headline":"Dental Amalgam Fillings Linked to Perinatal Death, Pregnancy Risks","name":"Dental Amalgam Fillings Linked to Perinatal Death, Pregnancy Risks","description":"Two new studies associate dental amalgam fillings (that contain roughly 50% elemental mercury) with perinatal death and pregnancy risks.","datePublished":"2018-12-19","dateModified":"2024-04-08","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/author\/farrah\/#Person","name":"Farrah Brennan","url":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/author\/farrah\/","identifier":633,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/4204d418cc24974aa41d2dd76261286c.jpg?ver=1778002331","url":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/4204d418cc24974aa41d2dd76261286c.jpg?ver=1778002331","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IAOMT-Schema-app-logo.jpg","url":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IAOMT-Schema-app-logo.jpg","width":120,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pregnant-Mother.jpg","url":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pregnant-Mother.jpg","height":240,"width":360},"url":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/dental-amalgam-fillings-linked-to-perinatal-death-pregnancy-risks\/","about":["Press Releases"],"wordCount":272,"keywords":["Pregnancy","The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine"],"articleBody":"PRNewswire-USNewswireScientific research has associated dental amalgam fillings with pregnancy risks, and some countries (not including the USA) have already banned this dental material for pregnant women and children because it contains mercury.CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla.,\u00a0Dec. 19, 2018\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ — Two new studies associating dental amalgam fillings with pregnancy risks confirm action is urgently needed to protect babies from the known risks of mercury, according to the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). A growing number of countries have taken measures to prevent the placement of dental amalgam “silver” fillings in women and children because it contains approximately 50% mercury. However, dental amalgam is still used widely in\u00a0the United States\u00a0with no restrictions for these or other susceptible populations.One of the new studies by researchers in\u00a0Norway\u00a0involved over 72,000 pregnant women with data on the number of teeth containing dental amalgam fillings.\u00a0Lars Bjorkman\u00a0and his co-authors discovered a “statistically significant association between the number of teeth filled with dental amalgam and the risk of perinatal death.”\u00a0Their research\u00a0was published earlier this month in the peer-reviewed journal\u00a0PLOS One.Another new study by researchers in\u00a0Egypt\u00a0investigated the pregnancy outcomes, urinary mercury levels, and blood antioxidant activities of a cohort of 64 pregnant dental staff and 60 other pregnant women. They found that pregnant dental staff “suffered higher odds of developing spontaneous abortion and pre-eclampsia and giving birth to babies smaller for gestational age.”\u00a0The study\u00a0appeared earlier this year in the peer-reviewed medical publication\u00a0The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.To read this press release on PR Newswire, visit the official link at: https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/dental-amalgam-fillings-linked-to-perinatal-death-pregnancy-risks-300768511.html\u044f\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043a\u0441"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Dental Amalgam Fillings Linked to Perinatal Death, Pregnancy Risks","item":"https:\/\/iaomt.org\/dental-amalgam-fillings-linked-to-perinatal-death-pregnancy-risks\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]