Dental amalgam
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Mercury amalgam fillings and you
In England during the 1700s and 1800s, felt hats – very fashionable at the time – contained trace amounts of mercury, and many of the workers in the hat factories that produced them succumbed to mercury poisoning over time. Symptoms of mercury poisoning include dementia and other neurological complications, from whence came the term “Mad as a Hatter.” We’ve known for quite a while that quicksilver in large enough quantities does not do a body (or brain) good.
In the dental field, the two biggest battles we seem to continually wage deal with the safety of fluoride and the use of dental amalgam...
Dental amalgam is the most commonly used filling material for decayed and broken…
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The Case Against Amalgam Fillings
Chances are you’re at least tangentially aware of the storm of controversy in the holistic health care world around the dangers of amalgam fillings. What are the issues with amalgam fillings, why does it matter whether or not you’ve got them, and what should you do if you have them?
The Dental Amalgam Toxicity Fear: A Myth or Actuality
Amalgam has been used in dentistry since about 150 years and is still being used due to its low cost, ease of application, strength, durability, and bacteriostatic effect. When aesthetics is not a concern it can be used in individuals of all ages, in stress bearing areas, foundation for cast-metal and ceramic restorations and poor oral hygiene conditions. Besides all, it has other advantages like if placed under ideal conditions, it is more durable and long lasting and least technique sensitive of all restorative materials, but, concern has been raised that amalgam causes mercury toxicity.
Dental amalgam: An update
Dental amalgam has served as an excellent and versatile restorative material for many years, despite periods of controversy. The authors review its history, summarize the evidence with regard to its performance and offer predictions for the future of this material.
Dr. Oz Is Worried About Your Teeth. Should You Worry Too?
His latest startling revelation is that the metal fillings in your teeth are very, very bad for you. Or are they?
Dr. Oz is wrong about amalgam fillings
Dr. Oz is wrong about amalgam fillings. He’s super wrong. He couldn’t be more wrong if his name was W. Wrong Wrongington.
Environmental protection and the use of dental amalgam
This article provides a background of amalgam use in dentistry and current US Environmental Protection Agency regulations governing amalgam waste disposal.
F.D.A. Deems Mercury Level in Fillings Safe
After reviewing more than 200 scientific studies, the agency concluded that mercury vapor released by the filling was not enough to cause brain damage. Still, the agency for the first time classified the fillings as a Class II, or “moderate risk,” medical device. The move acknowledges the risk for patients and allows the agency to impose tighter safety controls.
Metal Fillings in Your Mouth Could Make You Really Sick
For more than 30 years, the US FDA has simply refused to issue any public warning about dental amalgam's neurotoxic risks. In 2009, the FDA actually declared it safe under Class 2 for adults and children over the age of 6 who are not allergic to mercury. This irrational declaration occurred despite the overwhelming evidence showing mercury to be highly toxic and easily released in the form of vapor each time you eat, drink, brush your teeth, or otherwise stimulate your teeth.
New science challenges old notion that mercury dental amalgam is safe
Mercury dental amalgam has a long history of ostensibly safe use despite its continuous release of mercury vapor. Two key studies known as the Children’s Amalgam Trials are widely cited as evidence of safety. However, four recent reanalyses of one of these trials now suggest harm, particularly to boys with common genetic variants. These and other studies suggest that susceptibility to mercury toxicity differs among individuals based on multiple genes, not all of which have been identified.
Still Carrying Around Mercury Next to Your Brain?
Unfortunately, while many have become well aware of the dangers of environmental mercury contamination, few are as well-informed when it comes to the dangers posed by dental amalgams.
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth
In this day and age when we know that mercury is devastating to human health and we know that humans will get incidental exposures from food, air and water, no purposeful exposure to mercury should EVER occur.
Mercury amalgam fillings and you
In the dental field, the two biggest battles we seem to continually wage deal with the safety of fluoride and the use of dental amalgam.
Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry
The goal of our Campaign for Mercury-Free Dentistry is to phase out the use of amalgam, a 50% mercury product -- worldwide.
Mercury Safe Dentist Internet Directory
Anyone who is concerned or has questioned whether or not amalgam fillings are a health hazard needs to know the following
Minamata Convention on Mercury
The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. It was agreed at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on mercury in Geneva, Switzerland at 7 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, 19 January 2013 and adopted later that year on 10 October 2013 at a Diplomatic Conference (Conference of Plenipotentiaries), held in Kumamoto, Japan.
World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry
The World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry’s mission is to phase out the use of dental amalgam worldwide. To accomplish this goal, we promote effective measures to phase down amalgam use,
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