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HugNet is devoted to providing information and education to the public about dental materials (such as mercury, dental amalgam, nickel, and root canals) and practices that may be connected to health issues. HugNet also discusses some of the emerging techniques being utilized to ensure safer dentistry.

Dental amalgam - 150 years of Russian roulette Dental amalgam, the material in silver tooth fillings, contains approximately 50 per cent of the highly toxic heavy metal mercury. Given this fact, and the fact that most people in the industrialized part of the world have amalgam fillings in their mouths, it should be a high priority of dental organizations and health authorities to make sure it is ...