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Volume 43, Issue 1 for January 2016

An amalgam-free world – are we and our patients ready?

The bsspd debate highlighted that many dentists attending the conference admitted to not feeling engaged with those making the decisions on the potential phase-down and potential future ban of dental amalgam in the UK. There was concern that, if dental amalgam is not available, then more teeth are likely to be extracted and more people will likely suffer significant biological complications as an unintended consequence of the loss of the material..