Shouldn’t you have the right to know before allowing mercury to be placed in
your mouth?‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

[[link removed]] [[link removed]]Tell the Maine Dental Board: It’s time to enforce this law!



Dear Supporter,



Should consumers have the right to know when dentists put amalgam fillings in
their patients' mouths, and what risks mercury poses to human health and the
environment?



We think so. And in fact, Maine law says dentists must inform patients.



Unfortunately, the Maine Dental Board isn’t enforcing the law.



TAKE ACTION: Tell the Maine Dental Board to rewrite the rules for Chapter 12
section III, part C on amalgam so that dentists are required to follow Maine’s
amalgam fact sheet law.
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TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Maine law requires that every dentist who still uses amalgam fillings give the
patient a specific fact sheet
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The fact sheet, written by the Maine Department of Health when Dr. Dora Mills
was its director, makes it clear that amalgam fillings are mainly mercury, that
mercury is a major pollutant and that non-toxic alternatives are available.



Unfortunately, we know from testimony before the Maine legislature last year,
that too many Mainers aren’t getting this fact sheet.



How can that be? Because the Maine Dental Board’s rules don’t require dentists
to follow the law.



TAKE ACTION: Tell the Maine Dental Board to rewrite the rules for Chapter 12
section III, part C on amalgam so that dentists are required to follow Maine’s
amalgam fact sheet law.
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[[link removed]]How can that be? Because the Maine Dental Board’s rules don’t require dentists
to follow the law.

Want to do more?



The Maine Dental Board will hold a public hearing on this issue on Friday,
November 8, at 2 p.m. Address: 161 Capitol St. 143 State House Station, Augusta.
Please attend if you can.



TAKE ACTION: Tell the Maine Dental Board to rewrite the rules for Chapter 12
section III, part C on amalgam so that dentists are required to follow Maine’s
amalgam fact sheet law.
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TAKE ACTION
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Katherine, for the OCA Team

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