Mercury Safety Course For Dentists Launched In Multiple Languages
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CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla., Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is pleased to
announce that its renowned mercury safety course (
) is now available to dentists around the globe in English, French, Japanese,
Portuguese and Spanish. Additionally, the course is being offered on a new,
user-friendly online learning system so that dental professionals everywhere
can learn how to reduce mercury exposure from amalgam fillings, all of which
contain approximately 50% mercury.
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The curriculum is based on the IAOMT's Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique
(SMART) (
), which is a series of special precautions dentists can apply to protect
patients, themselves, their office staff, and the environment by immensely
decreasing the levels of mercury that can be released during the amalgam
filling removal process. The IAOMT's course includes pertinent peer-reviewed
journal articles on the subject, as well as video activities and hands-on
scientific resources that explain the purpose of the safety measures and how to
enact them in a clinical setting.
"This is a landmark moment for dentistry," explains David Edwards, DMD, IAOMT
President. "Mercury-containing, silver-colored dental fillings have been used
since the 1800s and are still being used today. However, the nations of the
world recently agreed to reduce mercury use with the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)'s Minamata Treaty on Mercury (
). So, it's clearly time for dentists to learn these crucial, up-to-date
practices for mercury safety."
The IAOMT has examined scientific literature related to dental mercury since
the non-profit organization was founded in 1984. This research has led the
group to educate others about the important need to end using mercury, a known
neurotoxin, in dental amalgam fillings due to the serious health risks it poses
to patients and dental professionals and the devastating impact of harmful
releases of dental mercury into the environment.
The IAOMT (
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3359626-1&h=1735654445&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iaomt.org%2F&a=IAOMT
) is an accredited member of UNEP's Global Mercury Partnership and was involved
in the negotiations leading to the Minamata Treaty on Mercury. IAOMT
representatives have also been expert witnesses about the need to end dental
mercury before the US Congress, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
Health Canada, the Philippines Department of Health, the European Commission
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks, and other
government bodies around the globe.
Contact:
David Kennedy, DDS, IAOMT Public Relations Chair, info@iaomt.org
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT)
Phone: +1-(863)-420-6373; Website: www.iaomt.org
SOURCE: International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
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