Good News!!! U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Encourages States to End Mercury-Containing Dental Fillings.
On July 22, 2026, HHS announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a notification urging every State Medicaid Director to phase out the use of mercury-containing dental fillings by restricting or ending their respective state’s Medicaid coverage for dental procedure codes for “dental amalgams.” The HHS letter states that “dental amalgams