Dr. Katie ToThe Wellness Dentist, CEO and Founder of Center for Wellness Dentistry and Wellness Dentist Institute.

Europe Just Banned Dental Amalgam Entirely, Here's Why It Matters

26 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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The speaker outlines recent regulatory actions concerning dental amalgam. In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a non‑binding recommendation urging high‑risk groups—pregnant women, children, individuals with neurological conditions, and those with heightened sensitivity—to avoid receiving or to have existing amalgam fillings removed. The speaker questions why such a precaution is limited to vulnerable populations if the material poses broader risks. In 2025, the European Union enacted a comprehensive ban on dental amalgam across all member states, prohibiting its use entirely. The speaker concludes with optimism that, under United Nations coordination, a worldwide phase‑out of amalgam may eventually be achieved.

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In 2020, the United States, the FDA recommended not banned, but recommended that high-risk groups like pregnant women, children, patients with neurological diseases, people that are more sensitive to amalgam fillings stay away and avoid amalgam or like stay away from getting them even removed. And which is crazy because it's like if it's bad for these group of patients, then wouldn't we want to prevent that from happening for the general public? So in 2025, the European nation. A full dental amalgam ban across all of its states. And then our hope is that in the future, with all the United Nations, that it's going to be phased out altogether.