Sweden and Norway banned mercury fillings in 2009, Japan eliminated them entirely, and the U.S. FDA advised pregnant women, children, and people with neurological conditions to avoid them in 2020. Countries worldwide are moving away from amalgam as safer alternatives become available.
The bigger picture, one thing is the world is starting to move away from the mercury fillings. The segue of it was in 2009 when Sweden and Norway started banning it from the countries having any type of dental amalgams. Japan is one of them that doesn't have any type of amalgam fillings anymore. 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, fillings stay away and avoid amalgam, or like stay away from getting them even removed.
