Amalgam is not illegal, but it is not accepted.
It also gives a dentist a bad rep and showes s/he hasen't kept up to
date. Patients expect 'bad dentistry' in general at the amalgam users,
so no one dares to mention they use it. Even if they do. All in all,
the debate in Scandinavia is pretty much over.
We know mercury in human body comes from amalgam fillings in teeth:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=11799732
and it increases after amalgam is placed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=11778667
We know it is toxic:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=14651282
even if many are not affected. We know it gives more reactions thatn
other materials:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=12752546
and it causes electric currents in the mouth:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=12628436
and that is unsuitable for humans:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=12018634
Especially in Sweden amalgam is NOT used. one study showed that the
majority of Danish dentists suggested amalgam for restoring the
occlusal surface, while every fifth Norwegian dentist and just 3 % of
Swedish dentists suggests amalgam.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=11318041
I think it is a matter of time in all countries.
Hans
>Subject: Re: SMD re-visited
>From: "Rockyboy" hans.lennros@swipnet.se
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=11778667
>We know it is toxic:
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=14651282
>even if many are not affected. We know it gives more reactions thatn
>other materials:
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=12752546
>and it causes electric currents in the mouth:
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=12628436
>and that is unsuitable for humans:
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=12018634
>Especially in Sweden amalgam is NOT used. one study showed that the
>majority of Danish dentists suggested amalgam for restoring the
>occlusal surface, while every fifth Norwegian dentist and just 3 % of
>Swedish dentists suggests amalgam.
>
>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt
=Abstract&list_uids=11318041
>I think it is a matter of time in all countries.
>
>Hans
Fantastic! A delight to see you back posting the *truth*
Jan
>Amalgam is not illegal, but it is not accepted.
Same here. If you WANT amalgam, you can get it, but if you pick a
random dentist as from a plan, and you get a treatment plan, I doubt
you will find amalgam there. The first choice may be composite or
crown or CEREC.
Joel