Dental Amalgam Waste

Dental Wastes Best Management Practices in Ontario
October 2003

• 
  • Dental amalgam and mercury wastes
• • Lead containing and other chemical wastes
• • Silver containing wastes
• • Biomedical/pathological wastes

UofT Amalgam Study

RCDSO-funded research study by leading biomaterials expert Dr. Philip Watson leads to one key point: It is inconceivable that testing wastewater from dental offices for compliance enforcement of a sewer by-law like the one in the City of Toronto would be practical or justifiable.

A Study of the Fate of Mercury from the Placement and Removal of Dental Amalgam Restorations - Final Report Part I: Removal of Dental Amalgam Restorations, 2002

A Study of the Fate of Mercury from the Placement and Removal of Dental Amalgam Restorations - Final Report Part II: Survey of Dentists in the Province of Ontario, Canada Placement and Removal of Dental Amalgam Restorations, 2002