Dental Restoration Guide

Media reports on foreign made dental crowns discovered in laboratory tests that they contained lead at 200 parts per million. This alarmed the American Dental Association, which then alerted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. The ADA conducted tests on foreign and locally made dental crowns. The CDC has said that the amount of lead is “highly unlikely” to be dangerous. Domestic dental laboratories may outsource production overseas, in which case it has to import crowns, bridges, and other dental devices. As a precaution and for your own peace of mind, find out from your dentist where the crowns come frome and what they are made of.