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  "textContent": "STORY AT-A-GLANCE Mercury-based dental fillings have largely disappeared from private dental offices but remain common in public systems where patients have the least ability to refuse them These fillings persist not because they’re safer or more effective, but because insurance coverage and institutional defaults still favor mercury as the cheapest option Children, pregnant women, low-income […]",
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