Study finds silver fillings not harmful
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060902/ap_on_he_me/dental_mercury"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20060902/capt.c39eb298f50ea45c97983afd8638d66c.pjpeg?x=130&y=83&sig=kJM68gEve7UbOvZPxzm1eQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Using a small video camera, Registerd Dental Assistant Sandy Silva, left, looks at a television monitor to inspect a silver filling in the tooth of Megan Karr, 5, Dec. 3, 1999, in Sacramento, Calif." border="0" /></a>AP - Silver fillings used to patch cavities aren't dangerous even though they expose dental patients to the toxic metal mercury, federal health researchers said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>