It is best to use amalgam as mercury is a liquid. If you have mercury
fillings you must sleep with your head propped up on a pillow to avoid
sloshing the mercury over the sides of the tooth.

Stop back at the dentist for a "top off" from time to time and all
will be well.

Joel

Please check for heart disease too!

If you are not a troll, then most likely your problem is one of the filings
were very deep and the soft tissues inside the tooth have lost their blood
supply and have begun to die.  You would then need a root canal treatment.

Jeff-you need to educate yourself.
Search for mercury-amalgam on Google.
Trust and listen to all the victims-and the dentists-doctors and
scientists
working with victims and for the truth.
These dentists on this "group" are history-
they will be remembered as Quacks-participants in the greatest
cover-up ever-
and responsible for millions of people severely hurt.

Vanja K.Sweden.

http://www.web-light.nl/AMALGAM/EN/frame_r.html#I

I. Some Facts.

1. Dental amalgam contains about 50 % mercury.
The average filling has 1/2 gram of mercury.

2.Mercury is the most toxic of the toxic metals. Mercury is:

(a) cytotoxic (kills cells) (2,27,33) [106,147,148,150,160].
(b) neurotoxic (accumulates in the brain and damages brain cells)
(27,34,48) [85,111,147,148,160,162]
(c) immunotoxic (damages and weakens the immune system)
(27,34,35,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,60)
[77,78,105,117,127,128,146,155,160,226]
(d) nephrotoxic (toxic to kidneys) (59),[157,203,211,223]
(e) endocrine system-disrupting chemical (affects pituitary gland)
[85,105,113,146,149]
(f) reproductive and developmental toxin
(2,3,4,20,22,24,31,37,38,39,49,41,49) [105,146,149,160,204].
(g) causes cardiovascular damage and disease including damage to
vascular endothelial cells, increased white cell count, and decreased
oxyhemoglobin level (47,201,202,205,232).
(h) causes immune system damage resulting in alergies, asthma, and
multiple sensitivities(228,230)

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3. Mercury crosses the blood brain barrier and is selectively stored
in the pituitary gland of the brain. [48,85,113,146,162] The pituitary
gland controls the body's endocrine system and secretes hormones that
control most bodily processes, including the immune system and
reproductive systems[146].

4. Mercury's biochemical damage at the cellular level include DNA
damage, alteration of protein structure, alteration of the transport
of calcium, induction of free radical formation, inhibition of
glutathione peroxidase enzyme, endothial cell damage, and immune
system damage. Only a few micrograms of mercury severely disturb
cellular function and inhibit nerve growth(181). 98% of mercury found
in the brain is in the methyl mercury form, the most toxic form(220).
Most mercury in saliva was also organic.

5. Hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland that control bodily
processes are at extremely low levels and extremely low levels of
mercury are required to adversely affect hormonal secretions of the
pituitary gland. Hormonal secretions affected at levels much lower
than acute toxicity effects normally tested for[105,146].

6. Because of the extreme toxicity of mercury, only 1/2 gram is
required to contaminate a 10 acre lake to the extent that a health
warning would be issued by the government to not eat the
fish[151,160]. Over half the rivers and lakes in Florida have such
health warnings[160].

7. Some Florida panthers that eat birds and animals that eat fish
containing very low levels of mercury(about 1 part per million) have
died from chronic mercury poisoning[160]. Since mercury is an
estrogenic chemical and reproductive toxin, the majority of the rest
cannot reproduce. The average male Florida panther has higher estrogen
levels than females, due to the estrogenic properties of
mercury[105,160]. Similar is true of some other animals at the top of
the food chain like alligators.

8. In addition to having estrogenic effects, mercury has other
documented hormonal effects including effects on the reproductive
system resulting in lowered sperm counts, defective sperm cells, and
lowered testosterone levels in males and lowered levels of brain
neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, and
noreprenephrine[105,107,140,141],

9. An average amalgam filling contains 1/2 gram of mercury, and the
average adult had at least 5 grams of mercury in fillings(unless most
has vaporized). Mercury in solid form is not stable and vaporizes
continuously, so that within 10 years more than half has been
transferred to the brain and body of the host(34,47)[182].

10. The level of mercury in people with amalgam fillings causes a body
burden of mercury much higher than they could get from eating
contaminated fish from Florida waters with government health warnings.
(WHO,183)

11. Running shoes with 1/2 gram of mercury in the heels were banned by
several states, because the amount of mercury was considered dangerous
to public health and created a serious disposal problem. Mercury from
dental offices and human waste from people with amalgam fillings has
much higher levels and is a major source of mercury in Florida waters.
One study found dental offices discharge into waste water between 65
and 842 milligrams per dentist per day(231), amouting to several
hundred grams per year per office. This is in addition to air
emissions.

* More detailed descriptions and references are contained in
[105,160]. References in parentheses were compiled by the Australasian
Society of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. References in brackets were
compiled by Bernard Windham.

II. Systemic Mercury Intake Level from Amalgam Fillings

1. Mercury in solid form is not stable and evaporates continuously
from amalgam fillings in the mouth, being transferred over a period of
time to the host(211). Mercury vapor from amalgam is the single
largest source of systemic mercury intake for persons with amalgam
fillings. (16,17,19,57,)
[78-82,94,111,126,129,130,138,161,183,211,216]. Amalgam also releases
significant amounts of tin and copper which also have toxic effects,
with organic tin formed in the body being much more neurotoxic than
mercury[185,222].

2. Mercury vapor is absorbed at a rate of 80% through the lungs into
the arterial blood and is also absorbed my oral mucosa. (18,31,40)
[77,79,84,94,96,117,133,211,222]

3. On average for a person having amalgam fillings, vapor from amalgam
fillings amounts to about 80% of total systemic intake.
[78-82,93,94,179,211]

4. Having dissimilar metals in the teeth(e.g.-gold and mercury) causes
electrical currents and much higher mercury vapor levels and levels in
tissues. (19,27,30) Average mercury levels in gum tissue near amalgam
fillings are 250 ppm, but are often 1200 ppm near a gold cap on an
amalgam filling(30,25,47)[186,194]. Concetrations of mercury in oral
mucosa for a population of patients with 6 or more amalgam fillings
taken during oral surgery were 20 times the level of controls[174].
The level of mercury and copper released from high copper amalgam is
as much as 50 times that of low copper amalgaums[191]. High levels of
mercury vaporize and are picked up by the body and bloodstream during
dental work(high-speed grinding) on amalgam fillings, which results in
much higher levels in the heart, brain, liver, and
kidneys(219,205,etc.).

5. The average level of mercury in the urine of a person with amalgam
fillings(1.9 parts per million) is approximately twice that of the FDA
and EPA Action Level for bans on eating fish and food due to high
mercury level(1 ppm) and can be as much as 50 times the EPA Critical
Level. [134, 154,etc.,160]
The U.S. Agency for toxic Substnces and Disease Registry standard
(MRL) for acute inhalation exposure to mercury vapor is 0.02 mcg Hg/m3
and the MrL for chronic inhalation exposure is 0.014 mcg Hg/m3. Common
levels found in persons with amalgam fillings are over 100 times these
MRLs(217,209). Thus persons with amalgam fillings have levels of
intraoral mercury vapor higher than the level considered to have
significant health risk.

6. There is only a weak correlation between blood or hair mercury
levels and body burden or level in a target organ[157]. Feces has a
significant mercury burden in people with amalgam fillings, having a
higher correlation to systemic body burden than urine or blood, which
tend to correlate with recent exposure level.(47) [79,80] As damage
occurs to kidneys over time, mercury is less effeciently
eliminated[157].

7. Mercury accumulates in the brain, liver, kidneys, heart,and oral
mucosa(1,20,31,34) [77,79,84,85,94 ,111,149,205,211,219]

8. The number of amalgam surfaces has a statistically significant
correlation to :

(a) blood plasma mercury level (17) [84,133,211]
(b) urine mercury level (16) [76,77,138]
(c) oral mucosa and saliva (18)[77,79,94,117,199,211,222]
(d) feces mercury [79,94,117]
(e) pituitary gland (14,16,19,25) [85,113]
(f) brain occipital cortex (14,16,19,25,34) [85,111,149,211]

9. A person with amalgam fillings has daily systemic intake from
mercury vapor of between 3 and 70 micrograms of mercury, with the
average being at least 12 micrograms per day.[77,83,85,179,211]. Total
intake is proportional to the number and extent of amalgam surfaces,
but other factors such as chewing gum and drinking hot liquids
influence the intake significantly.(18,28,31,56) [135-139,193,211].
Vapor emissions range up to 200 mcg/M3 (47)[193] and are much higher
after chewing. Approx. 39% of those having amalgam fillings tested in
a large German study had ingested mercury levels exceeding the WHO
mercury standard(199).

10. The blood and kidney mercury load of a person with amalgam
fillings is often 5 times that of a similar person
without.(16)[79,80,82,84,93,111,136,138 The average blood level for
one large population was 24.8 nmol/l[176]. Normal blood levels are
less than 20 ppb, but health effects have been observed in patients in
the upper part of this range[196]. A Swedish study estimated the total
amount mercury swallowed per day from intra-oral vapor was 10
micrograms per day[177]. Other studies have found similar
amounts(211).

11.Teeth are living tissue and have massive communication with the
rest of the body via blood, lymph, and nerves. Mercury vapor (and
bacteria in teeth ) have paths to the rest of the body. (34,etc.) One
German study of mercury loss from vapor in unstimulated saliva found
the saliva of those with amalgams had 5 times as much mercury as for
controls[179].

12. Mercury crosses the blood brain barrier and is stored
preferentially in the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, and occipital
cortex in direct proportion to the number and extent of amalgam
surfaces.(1,13,19,20,25,34,55a) [85,111,113,149] Thus mercury has a
greater effect on the functions of these brain areas.

13. Some mercury entering nasal passages is absorbed directly into the
olfactory lobe and brain without coming from blood.(34,47,55a).

14. Mercury is transported along the axons of nerve fibres
(33,34,47,50).

15. Mercury from amalgam is transported freely via the blood after
entering the blood through the lungs (19,34,35).

16. Mercury has a long half life in the body and brain, and chronic
low level intake results in a slow accumulation in body tissues.
(20,26,34,47) [etc.]

17. Methyl mercury is more toxic to some body processes than elemental
mercury. Mercury from amalgam is methylated by bacteria and candida
albicans in the mouth and intestines(51,53,54) [81.185,225]. Methyl
mercury is 1000 times more potent in causing genetic damage than any
other known chemical(Ramel, in(47)).

18. The level of mercury in the brain tissue of the fetus, new born,
and young children is directly proportional to the number of amalgam
surfaces in the mother's mouth. (61,etc.) [112,113,114,204]

19. Mercury from amalgam in pregnant women crosses the placenta and
appears in amniotic fluid and fetal blood, liver, and pituitary gland
within 2 days of placement(18,31) [113,162,204]. Mercury is often
stored in breast milk and the fetus at much higher levels than that in
the mother's tissues (18,19,22,23,40,41,61) [112,114,204]. The highest
level is in the pituitary gland of the fetus which affects development
of the endocrine,immune, and reproductive systems.

20. There is a significant correlation between the number of amalgam
fillings of the mother and the level of the fetus and older
infants[112,113,114,204], and also with the level in mothers
milk(18,19,61) [112,113]. Fertile women should not be exposed to vapor
levels above 10 mcg/M3 (38,61)[195].

III. Medical Studies Finding Health Problems Related to Amalgam
Fillings

1. Toxic/allergic reactions often result in lichen planus lesions in
oral mucosa or gums and play a roll in pathogenesis of periodontal
disease. Removal of amalgam fillings usually results in cure of such
lesions. [82,86,87,90,94,101,133,145,192]

2. Numerous studies have found long term chronic low doses of mercury
cause neurological, memory, behavior, and mood problems(34)
[71,74,107,108,109, 115, 119,140,141,196,222]. Organic tin compounds
formed from amalgam are even more neurotoxic than mercury(222).

3. Studies of groups of patients with amalgam fillings found
significantly more neurological, memory, mood, and behavioral problems
than the control groups. (34) [107,108,109,140,141,196,222]

4. Mercury binds to hemoglobin in the red blood cells thus reducing
oxygen carrying capacity(1,16,17,21,26,35,47), and at 1 ppm can
destroy the membrane of redblood cells(35,47,22,17) and damage blood
vessels- reducing blood supply to the tissues(34). These effects
often result in fatigue and reduced enery levels
[115,119,140,141,202,212,235]. Mercury also accumulates in the heart
and damages mycardial and heart valves(Turpayev, in 47)& 205).

5. Mercury amalgam exposure adversely affects the immune
system(27,34,48) [77,78,118,199,226]. One of several effects is to
increase the average blood white cell count by 2000 to 10000 (47). The
increased white count usually normalizes after amalgam removal.
Mercury also blocks the immune function of magnesium and zinc [197].

6. Mercury from amalgam interferes with production of cytokines,
disabling early control of viruses and leading to enhanced
infection[131].

7. A group of patients with amalgam fillings and complaints of
systematic symptoms including central nervous system problems and a
group of controls were given MRI tests. 81% of the group with health
complaints had pathological MRI results including signs of
degeneration of the basal ganglia of the brain, but none in the
controls. 60% of the symptom group tested positive for immune system
reaction to mercury. The authors concluded that immune reactions have
an important role in development of brain lesions ,and amalgam
fillings induce immune reactions in many patients[118].

8. Among a group of patients testing positive as allergic to mercury,
low level mercury exposure was found to cause adverse immune system
response, including reduction of in vitro production of tumor necrosis
factor TNF alfa and interleukin-1. [152]

9. Patch tests for hypersensitivity to mercury have found from 2% to
42% to test positive[87,154,178]. In a study of medical students,
12.8% tested positive as allergic to mercury, and those testing
positive had significantly higher average number of amalgam fillings
than those not testing positive(and higher levels of mercury in
urine[132]. Other studies have found increasing allergy to mercury
related to amount of exposure and time period of exposure[156,etc.].
If this is a good estimate of the percent of Americans allergic to
mercury, this would be about 30 million people especially vulnerable
to increased immune system reactions to amalgam fillings. However,
patch tests do not measure the total population getting toxic
reactions from mercury. The most sensitive reactions are immune
reactions, DNA mutations, and systemic effects(47).

10. Low level mercury exposure including exposure to amalgam fillings
has been found to be associated with increased auto immune diseases ,
including lupus,Chrons disease, lichen planus, endometriosis (1, 14,
17, 19, 21, 25,27,34,35,42,43,44,45,47,49,55,60) [77,78,215,226].
Silver, like mercury, is released from amalgam fillings and stored in
the body and has been shown to cause immune reactions and autoimmunity
in animal studies [77, 78, 129,226]

11. People with amalgam fillings have an increased number of
intestinal microorganisms resistant to mercury and many standard
antibiotics. (47,58)[116,117] Studies have found a significant
correlation between mercury resistance and multiple antibiotic
resistance[116,117,161].

12. Mercury from amalgam binds to the -SH (sulphydryl) groups,
resulting in inactivation of sulfur and blocking of enzyme function,
producing toxicity. Sulfur is essential in enzymes, hormones, nerve
tissue, and red blood cells. These exist in almost every enzymatic
process in the body. Mercury also blocks the metabolic action of
manganese and the entry of calcium ions into cytoplasm. Mercury from
amalgam thus has the potential to disturb all metabolic
processes(25,33,47,60)[180,197}. Mercury is transported throughout the
body in blood and can affect cells in the body and organs in different
ways.

13. Several studies found adverse health effects at mercury vapor
levls of 1 to 5 mcg/M3 (47).

14. Mercury accumulates in the kidneys with increasing levels over
time. Mercury exposure has been shown to adversely affect kidney
function in occupational and animal studies(59,203,211,etc.). The
Governent's toxic level for mercury in urine is 30 mcg/L [189], but
low levels in urine often mean high mercury retention and chronic
toxicity problems.

15. Amalgam fillings produce electrical currents which increase
mercury vapor release and may have other harmful
effects(19,27,28,29,35,47,56)[194]. These currents are measured in
micro amps. The central nervous system operates on signals in the
range of nano-amps, which is 1000 times less than a micro amp(28).
Negatively charged fillings or crown apear to cause higher mercury
vapor losses(47).

16. Mercury from amalgam fillings is transferred to the fetus of
pregnant women and children who breast feed at levels often higher
than those of the mother(18,19,31,61) [112,113,114,195,204]. Mercury
has an effect on the fetal nervous system at levels far below that
considered toxic in adults, and background levles of mercury in
mothers correlate significantly with incidence of birth defects and
still births[204,38].

17. Since mercury is documented from studies of humans and animals to
be a reproductive and developmental toxin[105,146,224], mercury can
reduce reproductive function and cause birth defects and developmental
problems in children. (2,3,4,20,24,31,37,38,39,40,41,49)[224].
Clinical evidence indicates that amalgam fillings leads to hormone
imbalances that can reduce fertility(199,38). Some researcher's advise
pregnant women should not be exposued to mercury vapor levels abouve
10 mcg/M3 (61)[195] and several governments have bans or restrictions
on use of amalgam by women of child-bearing age.

18. Mercury causes breaks in DNA (41,42,)[197]. Low non-cytotoxic
levels of mercury induce dose dependent binding of mercury to DNA and
significantly increased cell mutations[142] and birth defects[197,38].

19. Mercury by its effect of weakening the immune system contributes
to increased chronic diseases and cancer[222,234,etc,]. Amalgam
fillings have also been found to be positively associated with mouth
cancer(206).

20. In addition to the endocrine system disrupting effects of high
mercury accumulation in the pituitary gland, mercury causes a
reduction in thyroid production and an accumlation in the thyroid of
radiation. Mercury's adverse influence on thyrocytes can play a major
role in thyroid cancer etiology[144]. Mercury has been found to affect
hormone production at very low concentrations(199).

21. Allergies and hair-loss were found to be 2-3 times as high in a
group with large number of amalgam fillings compared to controls(199).
Higher levels of hormone disturbances, immune disturbances,
rececurrent fungal infections were also found in the amalgam group.

22. There has been no evidence found that there is any safe level of
mercury in the body that does not kill cells and harm body
processes(WHO,183, etc.). Mercury levels of 10ppm severely disturb
cellular function, and growth of nerve fibers are affected at much
lower levels[181]. This is especially so for the pituitary gland of
the developing fetus which is the most sensitive to
mercury(2-4,19-24,30,31,36,37,39-44).

23. The level of mercury released by amalgam fillings is often more
than the levels documented in medical studies to produce adverse
effects(see previous text).

IV. Health Effects from Dental Personnel Exposure to Mercury Vapor.

1. Dentists and dental personnel who work with amalgam are chronically
exposed to mercury vapor.(1,6-12,32,34,36)
[72,122,123,124,171,172,173] Studies note that carpeting in dental
offices should be avoided as it is a major repository of mercury[188].
Mercury levels in urine of dental personnel average about 2 times that
of controls(123,124,171) and was 43 nmol/liter for a population
surveryed in Sweden(171), which is above the Swedish occupational
exposure guideline.

2. Drilling old amalgam fillings with only a saliva extractor and no
other precautions produces mercury vapor levels 2 to 15 times
occupational threshold limit values(30 micrograms/cubic
meter)[120,219].

3. The average dental office exposure affects the body mercury level
approximately the same as having 19 amalgam fillings[123,124,173].

4. Body burden increases with time and older dentists have median
mercury urine levels about 4 times those of controls, as well as
higher brain and body burdens(13,34) [70-74,122]. Some older dentists
have mercury levels in some parts of the brain as much as 80 times
higher than normal levels(14,34).

5. Dentists and dental personnel experience significantly higher
levels of neurological, memory, mood, and behavioral problems, which
increase with years of exposure(13,34,49) [69-74,88,122,188].

6. Female dental technicians who work with amalgam have significantly
reduced fertility and lowered probability of conception(3,24,38)[121],
and their children have significantly lower average IQ compared to the
general population(13). The level of mercury excreted in urine is
significantly higher for female dental assistants than
dentists(171,172,173).

7. Many homes of dentists have been found to have high levels of
mercury contamination aused by dentists bringing it home on shoes and
clothes[187]. 8. Some studies have found increased risk of lung,
kidney, brain, and CNS system cancers among dental
workers(14,34)[143].

8. Autopsies of former dental staff found levels of mercury in the
pituitary gland averaged over 10 times that of controls(99), as well
as higher levels in the occiptial cortex and renal cortex and thyroid.

V. Results of Removal of Amalgam Fillings.

1. For the week following amalgam removal, body mercury levels
increase approx. 30 % (unless Chelation is also used), but within 2
weeks levels fall significantly.[82,89]

2. Removal of amalgam fillings resulted in a significant reduction in
body burden and body waste product load of
mercury[75,82,88,89,93,95,96,125,200].

3. Total reduction in mercury levels in blood and urine is often over
80% within a few months[82,89,93,96,200].

4. There are extensive documented cases (many thosands) where removal
of amalgam fillings led to cure of serious health problems such as
periodontal diseases, immune system problems,allergies,
asthma,multiple sensetivites, epilepsy, blood conditions, stomach
pain, depression, mental confusion, infertility, lupus, MS, chronic
fatigue syndrome(CFS),arthritis, tachycardia, universal reactors, etc.
or significant improvement in symptoms
[75,86-91,94- 103,125,148,165.167.168,170,180,182,192,199,200,222,229,233,234,235,237].
Interviews of a large population of Swedish patients that had amalgams
removed due to health problems found that virtually all reported
significant health improveents and that the health improvements were
permanent(233).(study period 17 years) A compilation of an even larger
population found similar results (237). For example 89% of those
reporting alergies had significant improvements or total elimination;
extrapolated to U.S. population this would represent over 17 million
people who would benefit regarding allergies alone.

5. Some studies of patients with major neurological or degenerative
diseases such as Alzheimers ,ALS,MS,Parkinson's,etc. have found
evidence amalgam fillings may play a major role in development of that
condition
(66,67,92,97,98,100,102,145,148,158,159,163,166,169,170,175,183,184,207,213,218,221,228].<
BR> Very high levels of mercury are found in brain memory areas such
as the cerebral cortex and hippocampos of patients with diseases with
memory related symptoms[158]. Studies have found mercury related
mental effects to be indistinguishable from those of MS(207). Mercury
at extremely low levels interfers with formation of tubulin producing
neurofibrillary tangles in the brain simiar to those observed in
Alzheimers patients with high levels of mercury in the brain(207).
Also mercury binds with cell membranes enterferring with sodium and
potassium enzyme functions, causing excess membrane permiability,
especially in terms of the blood-brain barrier [159,207]. Less than
1ppm mercury in the blood stream can impair the blood-brain barrier.
Mercury was also found to accumulate in the mitochodria and interfer
with their vital functions, and to inhibit cytochrome C ensymes which
affect energy supply to the brain. Persons with extra Apo-E4 gene
copies are especially susceptible to this damage(207,221). In many
cases (many thousand documented)removal of amalgam fillings and
treatment for metal toxicity led to "cure' or significant improvement
in health[97,100,102,148,170,207, 213,222,234,237]. There is some
evidence that some forms of leukemia are abnormal response to
antigenic stimulation by mercury or other such toxics and removal of
amalgam has led to remission in some cases(47)[180].

6. Mercury exposure through fillings appears to be a major factor in
chronic fatigue syndrome(CFS) through its promotion of growth of
candida albicans in the body and the methylation of inorganic mercury
by candida to the extremely toxic methyl mercury form which crosses
the blood brain barrier and also damages and weakens the immune system
[225,226,234,235,237,etc.]. Methyl mercury has also been shown in
animal studies to induce autoimmune reactions and disease through its
affects on immune system T cells(226,etc.)

VI. Scientists and Government Panels or Bodies That Have Found Amalgam
Fillings to be Unsafe.

1. A World Health Organzation Scientific Panel concluded that there is
no safe level of mercury exposure(183,208,238). The Chairman of the
panel, Lars Friberg stated that "dental amalgam is not safe for
everyone to use(208,238).

2. In 1987 the Federal Dept. of Health in Germany issued an advisory
warning aginst use of dental amalgam in pregnant women(61). A Swedish
National Mercury Amalgam Review Panel found that "from a toxicological
point of view, mercury is too toxic to use as a filling
material"[164]. The U.S. EPA found that removed amalgam fillings are
hazardous and must be exposed of as hazardous waste(214). Most
European countries require controls on dental waste amalgam emissions
to sewers or air. A Canadian Government study for Health Canada
concluded that any person with any number of amalgam fillings receives
expsoure beyond that recommened by the USPHS Standard(209). Many of
those researching amalgam related health effects including several
very prominant scientists have concluded that the health effects are
widespread and serious so that mercury should not be used as a filling
material
(1,18,19,26,36,38,61)
[88,94,99,100,113,115,125,126,148,153,164,170,183,208,
209,210,222,227,236,237,238,239].

3. The use of mercury amalgams has been banned for children and women
of child-bearing age or put on a schedule for phase out by 4 European
countries. The use of amalgam is declining in Europe and Germany's
largest producer of amalgam has ceased production, The director of the
U.S. Federal program overseeing dental safety advises against using
mercury amalgam for new fillings.

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