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http://www.vimy-dentistry.com/nhanesstudy.htm

The Link Between Dental Fillings and Disease


Author:  Ernie Mezei B.Sc. B.A.Sc



Mr. Mezei is a chemist and electrical engineer working in the high-tech
industry in Toronto, Canada.  





NHANES III SCREENINGS – “THE WAY THINGS ARE”.  NO B.S. STUDIES.  THE
TRUTH ABOUT

DENTAL FILLINGS AND DISEASE.  COST:  $120 MILLION DOLLARS TO COLLECT.



On graphs below:  None = No Fillings,  1-7 = 1 Filling, 8-16 = 2-3 Fillings,
17-33 = 4-5 Fillings, 34-up = 6 or more Fillings

(Reason is filled surfaces were used.  There are 140 filled surfaces,
corresponding to all 28 teeth, in the mouth)





Preamble:  A search of the Internet confirmed that the survey used to create
this paper cost $120,000,000 US Dollars to collect:

The National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention announces the availability of additional data files from the
third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) These
additional data files include the Household Adult Questionnaire, the Household
Youth Questionnaire and the remaining Dietary files. These data files are from
the full six years of the NHANES III, 1988-94 and contain nearly all the data
collected in the NHANES III including the following previously released survey
components: Laboratory, Physician's examination, Body Measurements, Total
Nutrient Intakes, Mobile Examination Center (MEC) Proxy Questionnaire, Dental
Examination, Allergy Skin Test, Audiometry, Tympanometry, WISC/WRAT Cognitive
Tests, Spirometry, MEC Youth Questionnaire, Dietary Food Frequency, Diagnostic
Interview Schedule (DIS), MEC Adult Questionnaire, Bone Densitometry, Home
Examination, Gallbladder Ultrasonography, Central Nervous System Function
Evaluation, Fundus Photography, Physical Function Evaluation as well as
selected demographic data, population weights and strata-PSU codes. The Total
Nutrient Intake data has been revised to correct rounding errors in the
previous release of this data. For further information call the Data
Dissemination Branch at 301-436-8500. Data will be released July 28, 1997. Two
months on CD ROMs will cost approximately $25. The data cost $120 million to
collect. NHANES IV will be pretested in March 1998 and will be in the field by
September 1998. The study will run six years, and U.S. estimates can be made
with each year of data.





1.0  Introduction



For nearly two centuries, the profession of dentistry has been at war with
itself.  Now, as then, there are charges that charlatans have invaded the
profession and are undermining the scientific standards upon which it is based.
Today, any dentist who removes mercury dental fillings from a patient for
health reasons is charged as Unethical, and faces expulsion from the American
Dental Association (ADA).  In 1850, any dentist who placed mercury dental
fillings in a patient was charged as unethical and expelled from the American
Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS), the forerunner of the ADA.



The reason for this controversy is longstanding, and simple:  Mercury Dental
Fillings, also known as Silver Amalgam, contain 50% Mercury, and mercury is the
most toxic non-radioactive element towards human life.  However, the fact that
Mercury is a poison has not been proof that Dental Amalgam is a poison, until
now.  I looked at the Survivor Rates using the International Classification of
Disease Codes (ICD-9-CM) from the U.S. National Health and Nutritional Exam
Survey 3 (NHANES III), and found dramatic differences in dental filling rates
for people suffering from a variety of diseases, as compared to the dental
fillings rate in the general population.  The NHANES III sample represents
180,072,328 Adult Americans, who are the General Adult Population 17 Years of
age and older between 1988 and 1994.



I found the General Population is 22% Filling-Free, and almost all major
disease groups were either Above or Below this number.  If Dental Fillings had
no effect on health, all disease groups would be at 22% Filling-Free, which is
clearly not the case.



In summary, the Larger the Survivor Group for a Particular Disease (ie
Circulatory Illness), the more this group is Filling-Free compared to the
General Population.



Example:  For Circulatory Disease, the Survivor Group in the United States has
a size of 27,200,000.  The Filling-Free percentage is 33% in this population,
the remaining 67% have Dental Fillings.  The General Population of 180,072,328
Adult Americans is only 22% Filling-Free, while 78% have dental fillings.



I also found that the Smaller the Survivor Group, the more this group has
Dental-Fillings compared to the General Population:



Example:  For ICD Codes 340-349, “Other disorders of the central nervous
system”, which includes Multiple Sclerosis, Other demyelinating diseases of
central nervous system, Other paralytic syndromes, Epilepsy, Migraine,
Cataplexy and narcolepsy, Cerebral cysts, and Other and unspecified disorders
of the nervous system, the Population Size is 1,600,000.  In this survivor
group, fully 95% have Dental Fillings, as compared to 78% in the General Adult
American Population of 180,072,328.



It is the stark increased ABSENCE of Dental Fillings in the Circulatory Disease
Survivors and the simultaneous increased PRESENCE of Dental Fillings in the
MS/Paralysis/Seizures/Migraines Survivors that is cause for alarm.  The General
Population has a Filling Rate of 78%, and yet in these two survivor groups the
filling rates are 67% and 95% respectively.  Clearly, something is occurring.



The differences between the Large Survivor Groups and Smaller Survivor Groups
are even more dramatic when you consider that the Large Groups are surviving
illnesses which are acute, and often fatal.  People don’t “live” with
Heart Disease like they do with Multiple Sclerosis.  Medical science today
still cannot predict which people will get which illness, but we can
confidently say that Dental Fillings have an impact on survival, and one key
may be to remove Mercury Dental Fillings to lower your risk in both categories,
Large and Small Survivor Groups.



This discovery is based on government health data, freely available to any
researcher, and can be easily verified at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/datalink.htm by downloading the
NHANES III datafile, and verifying the statistical analysis which will be
discussed throughout this paper for many disease groups.





2.0   SURVIVAL DATA.



Methodology:  I did not look merely at all 28 teeth, a more granular analysis
was done by looking at all 140 Tooth Surfaces as defined by modern dentistry.
Groupings were made as follows:  No Filled Surfaces, 1-7, 8-16, 17-33, 34-up.
This allowed for a fairly even distribution for the General Population in the
United States (approximately 20% in each of the 5 categories, for a total of
100%).  Then the Filled Surfaces distribution was computed for each ICD Disease
Chapter, Sub-Chapter, or Individual Code.  The two resulting groups
(Distribution of Fillings of those who have the Disease <Yes> and Distribution
of Fillings of those who do not have the Disease <No>) were then plotted.  



Note:  In all cases, the Distribution of those who don’t have the disease was
nearly identical to the General Adult Population Distribution (180 Million
people), as the largest chapter looked at (Circulatory System) had only 27
Million persons, as compared to its corresponding non-disease group of 157
Million.  This feature is evident as you look at all the graphs to follow, and
is a powerful element of this analysis.





2.1   Diseases of the Circulatory System



Population Size:  27,200,000 are survivors of diseases in this category.



ICD Chapter 7 Codes: Diseases of the circulatory system (390-459).  Includes:



    acute rheumatic fever (390-392)

    chronic rheumatic heart disease (393-398)

    hypertensive disease (401-405)

    ischemic heart disease (410-414)

    diseases of pulmonary circulation (415-417)

    other forms of heart disease (420-429)

    cerebrovascular disease (430-438)

    diseases of arteries, arterioles, and capillaries (440-448)

    diseases of veins and lymphatics, and other diseases of circulatory system
(451-459)



Legend:  The dotted line on the graph below is the dental filling distribution
of survivors who have the diseases above (Chapter 7), the solid line is the
remaining U.S. Population that does not have these diseases.  The solid line is
almost identical to the “norm”, as in this case it represents 153,000,000
people.







Authors:  I found that the Survivor Group for Circulatory Disease was 33%
Filling-Free, compared to 22% in the General Population and 19.5% in the
Non-Disease Group.



Conclusion:  Survivors of Circulatory Disease have a Filling-Free Rate 50%
Higher than the General Population, and 60% Higher than the Group that does not
have the disease.









2.2   Diseases of the Central Nervous System - Other



Population Size:  1,600,000 are survivors of diseases in this sub-category.



ICD Chapter 3 - Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (320-389)



Sub-Chapter Presented Here:  OTHER DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
(340-349)



    340 Multiple sclerosis

    341 Other demyelinating diseases of central nervous system

    342 Hemiplegia and hemiparesis

    343 Infantile cerebral palsy

    344 Other paralytic syndromes

    345 Epilepsy

    346 Migraine

    347 Cataplexy and narcolepsy

    348 Other conditions of brain

    349 Other and unspecified disorders of the nervous system



Legend:  The dotted line on the graph below is the dental filling distribution
of survivors who have the diseases above (Chapter 3 Subchapter 3)), the solid
line is the remaining U.S. Population that does not have these diseases.  The
solid line is identical to the “norm”, as in this case it represents
178,400,000 people out of a total U.S. Adult population of 180,072,328.





Authors:  I found that for the Survivor Group Other Diseases of the Central
Nervous System, 95% had Dental Fillings compared to 78% in the General
Population.  Only 5% of the Survivors were Filling-Free.



Conclusion:  The General Population is Filling-Free 400% more than the
Survivors of Chronic Other CNS Disease.







2.3  Review of All Diseases Screened, for Filling-Free Rates vs. Filling Rates.



I grouped the Diseases studied from NHANES III by population, and this table
shows dramatic results:





Chapter
Has this Disease
Fillings %
Filling-Free %
 U.S. Population


 
78
22
          180,072,328

CATEGORY A
 
 
 

7
Circulatory
67
33
            27,200,000

3
Endocrine
69
31
            18,800,000

16
Symptoms
69
31
            14,500,000

13
Connective
70
30
            11,800,000


 
Average
31.3
            72,300,000

CATEGORY B
 
 
 

9
Digestive
75
25
              9,400,000

5
Mental
79
21
              3,800,000

1
Infectious
81
19
              2,200,000

11
Pregnancy
81
19
                  44,865


 
Average
21.0
            15,444,865

CATEGORY C
 
 
 

6
Nervous Sys
82
18
              5,200,000

8
Respiratory
82
18
            12,100,000

12
Skin
84
16
              3,020,000

10
Genitourinary
86
14
              6,700,000

2
Tumors
88
12
                333,000

4
Blood
88
12
                  39,125

17
Injuries/Poison
89
11
              4,500,000


 
Average
14.4
            31,892,125




Note:  People can belong to more than One Disease Group (which will make them
very sick indeed).

To calculate the non-disease Group size, subtract the Group Size for a specific
disease from 180,072,328.



Analysis:



1)      For Category A, the 4 Groups have a much higher Filling-Free average
than the General Population.  This group includes the Symptoms Group, that
special group of people who suffer from a myriad of symptoms having no organic
cause.  Clearly, suffering severe symptoms combined with Dental Fillings does
not bode well for survival if you are in this group.  Connective (Arthritis)
and Endocrine (Pancreas) are members of this group.  Survivor Category A has
far fewer dental fillings than the general population.



2)      For Category C, the 7 Groups have a much lower Filling-Free average
than the General Population.  These people suffer diseases of the nervous
system, skin, reproductive system, kidneys, and tend to injure themselves at a
rate far higher than the general population.  Survivor Category C has mouths
full of dental fillings as compared to the average, and endures terrible
suffering from the diseases of this category.



3)      Category B looked most like the Average Filling Rates of the U.S.
Population.  Interestingly, this group suffers from Digestive Problems and
Mental Stress, which are the Number 1 and 2 Complaints found at Doctor’s
Offices.  They are most often prescribed sedatives, tranquilizers,
anti-depressants, and stomach upset medication, and told there is no cause for
their complaints.  They also suffer Infections that require treatment.  







3.0  Conclusions



It is, for example, the stark increased ABSENCE of Dental Fillings in the
Circulatory Disease Survivors and the simultaneous increased PRESENCE of Dental
Fillings in the MS/Paralysis/Seizures/Migraines Survivors that is cause for
alarm.  The General Population has a Filling Rate of 78%, and yet in these two
survivor groups the filling rates are 67% and 95% respectively.  Clearly,
instead of a “small” effect, Dental Fillings are a “massive” effect.



This pattern repeated itself across all ICD-9-CM Codes we studied in the NHANES
III data set.  It is the simultaneous ABSENCE and PRESENCE of dental fillings
in Disease Survivors that was most alarming.  It has long been hypothesized,
for example, that Multiple Sclerosis is caused by mercury dental fillings, but
there was no proof linking the dental filling to the survivor.  The General
Population is 400% More Filling-Free than the 1.9 Million Americans who suffer
diseases in the MS Category.



It is important to note that this report is a Screening of NHANES III for
dental fillings rates versus disease, not a study of how mercury vapor from
dental amalgam causes illness.  The statistical research company that worked as
a sub-contractor on this project advises that they are concerned with such a
dramatic discovery in such a short time, and urged caution.  They advised us
that in the case of a Full-Blown Study of how dental amalgam causes illness,
“Intervening Variables” would have to be eliminated.  In the case of this
paper, what you are seeing is not a study, but a very simple screening of the
most expensive health survey in human history.  NHANES III cost $120,000,000 to
collect over a 6 year period between 1988 and 1994.  If this were a study (and
it is not clear exactly how one would go about “studying” how dental
amalgam causes illness, as that question has been going on for over 150 years),
we would have to perform statistical tricks like removing the effects of age or
diet from analysis to see if the statistics change (age becomes an intervening
variable if it affects the results).  For example people get more fillings as
they age, so if you remove the effects of age you remove fillings.  At any
rate, that is not the intent of this paper, to play games with the most
important health survey ever done.  The dramatic results in this paper, on the
first pass of screening analysis in an area previously unexplored, are strong
evidence that dental fillings are the True Intervening Variable.  The
implications of this report are that current health “studies” are wrong,
because dental fillings have never, ever been considered a “variable”.
Examples of this would be the Framingham Heart Study, which for 50 years
studied 5,000 citizens of Framingham, MA.  Dental fillings were simply never
looked at or considered a factor in human health.



We are aware that other scientists will attempt to duplicate and challenge
these screening results, but that is missing the point. The data is freely
available on the Internet, and the screening was carefully done and is correct.
Anyone with a statistical analysis package can duplicate this work in 2 days.
The point is actually that dental fillings are simply making people sick, and
that the most simple screening of the world’s most expensive health survey
found something that looks wrong.  Ask yourself this:  Dental fillings are a
physical feature.  Now when people get sick, they still have the same physical
features as before, don’t they?  Two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, ten
fingers, ten toes, etc.   Except for dental fillings.  The sick people have
different rates of a physical feature called dental fillings than the people
who aren’t sick.  The difference is, this physical feature is made of 50%
mercury, unlike your eyes or ears that are made of bio-compatible materials.
That’s why what you are reading here isn’t a study.  What you are reading
here is a set of screenings that are showing us The Way It Is, from a survey
that cost $120,000,000.  The facts are these:  People get better from a host of
health problems (as seen on 60 Minutes in 1990) when they remove mercury dental
fillings, this screening now show that groups of people have different rates of
dental fillings based on disease.  No other medical analysis has ever
considered dental fillings as an effect, and tried to eliminate them through
statistical analysis.  I have done so, and these results are evidence that the
effect is strong and damaging to the health of the American People. If people
did not recover from illness by removing dental fillings, I would not have done
this screening in the first place

StovesNewAddy@sympatico.DOTnet (StovePipe) wrote in message

The above mentioned? You mean people who question the use of amalgam.
What about your great quest to find a replacement material for amalgam.
Are you just going to abandon that?

Hello SP,

The Charter serves mainly as a guideline.  But if you examine it as a
guideline, you can see how easily the group's orderliness can dissolve
even when it is reasonable to expect exactly what you have described.

I have suggested (now and then) that the group discuss the contemporary
issues facing the newsgroup with regards to its original goals and
purposes.  For example, if "we" know to expect posters to introduce
"legislation issues in dentistry", then maybe the way to manage
discussions related to that could be better handled.

Maybe it is time to reexamine the "Discussion of dentally related
topics".

TW
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Don't forget to ignore the entire Hydra.
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Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA

Writing on a tablet PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my poor handwriting.

Agreed.

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W_B

wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com
Take out the G'RBAGE

SP, if you only follow this newsgroup, do you intend to never see any
posts that go to more than one group by way of a tool on your news
reader?  

I am finding that our collective laziness at allowing a thread to wander
too far from the original subject line is a big issue.  I'm to the
point, somewhat like you described, of skipping the majority of the
threads that have gone on far too long.

Maybe we could change the subject lines when we *know* that we are
taking our thoughts into a totally new direction from the original plan
for the thread.  Example:

"NTI in Los Angeles? Any recommendations fro Dentist?"

We are talking about our dogs now in that thread!!!!!  We should change
the subject line to "Dog ownership in smd".  But instead, myself as
guilty as anyone, we just keep the same old subject line and next thing
you know, we'll be talking about cars or something in the thread about
NTI availability in a particular city.

So, we should keep in mind that if we are going to criticize anyone, we
should begin with ourselves.  ;-)

Guilty me...
TW