Text file: 8804.txt
author: verso verso
downvotes: 10
end consideration date: 2017-12-15
id: '8804'
number comments: 34
number views: 5266
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Health\nIn accordance with Regulation (EU)\
  \ 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury\
  \ and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008, EU Member States are to phase out\
  \ the use of dental amalgam. In relation to the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2017/852\
  \ of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Health Insurance Fund is already\
  \ preparing a corresponding amendment to the Rules of Compulsory Health Insurance\
  \ relating to children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. In this part, the Regulation\
  \ will enter into force on 1 July 2018. The amendment to the Rules is expected to\
  \ be discussed by the Management Board of the HHIC in January 2018, followed by\
  \ a public debate.\nAs regards the other measures for phasing out the use of dental\
  \ amalgam, which have to be prepared in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852,\
  \ the development and expert opinion of the dental profession will have to be taken\
  \ into account in the formulation, while taking into account the financial possibilities\
  \ in the context of dental care.\nWith regard to the use of amalgam, it is worth\
  \ highlighting the current position of the Slovenian dental profession that dental\
  \ amalgams, when used according to the principles of good clinical practice, are\
  \ a safe, affordable and high-quality material that remains as one of the options\
  \ for the repair of damaged tooth surfaces.\nWith regard to the safety of dental\
  \ amalgam fillings and other dental restorations, we would also like to highlight\
  \ the opinion adopted in April 2015 by the European Commission's Independent Scientific\
  \ Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks - document \"The safety\
  \ of dental amalgam and alternative dental restorations\".\n "
response date: 2018-01-12
response due date: null
sent date: 2017-11-24
title: Grey fillings out, white fillings in - free replacement at no extra charge
upvotes: 54
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/8804
