Dental Amalgam definition

Dental Amalgam means a dental filling material consisting of an amalgam of mercury, silver and other materials such as copper, tin or zinc.

Dental Amalgam means an alloy of elemental mercury and other metal(s) that is used in the practice of dentistry.

Dental Amalgam means an alloy of mercury with another metal, used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.

Examples of Dental Amalgam in a sentence

• All other aspects of the Dental Amalgam Management Plan shall, at a minimum, conform to the BMP for amalgam waste as developed by the American Dental Association (ADA) and effective on June 2, 2006.

• Within 180 days of the effective date of these regulations, any health care facility using dental amalgam shall develop, maintain, and comply with a Dental Amalgam Management Plan that is designed to capture mercury in dental amalgam waste and excess.

• The Minamata Convention on Mercury: Attempting to Address the Global Controversy of Dental Amalgam Use and Mercury Waste Disposal.

• If work in a dental office is limited to work that does not involve placing or removing Dental Amalgam then this Code of Practice does not apply.

• Dental Amalgam Inspections Effective October 1, 2009, all dental facilities that generate amalgam waste were required to install amalgam separators (N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1 et seq.).

More Definitions of Dental Amalgam

Dental Amalgam means a dental filling material consisting of an amalgam containing any of the following:

Dental Amalgam means dental amalgam chunks, dental amalgam fines, mixtures containing dental amalgam fines, single-use dental amalgam traps that contain dental amalgam, dental amalgam sludge, vacuum pump filters that contain dental amalgam, and extracted teeth with amalgam restorations.

Dental Amalgam means a mixture of mercury and other metals used as a dental restorative material.

Dental Amalgam means a material used in dental fillings that consists of mercury, silver, and other metals;

Dental Amalgam means an alloy which contains mercury and other metals used in the practice of dentistry.

Dental Amalgam means a mixture of silver and mercury used to restore dental integrity.

Dental Amalgam means an alloy of elemental mercury and other metal(s) that is used