This is the set up between Ted Nidiffer and Mark Probert.

This is the first post under this title on smd.

(the addy has no posting history)

Note he mentions *silicone* resins.

My. my, such a mystery,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOT

Subject: Safety procedures generally used when removing mercury amalgams
From: xyzer@hotmail.com
Date: 12/25/2004 1:04 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <1104008397.130040.87320@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

My purpose in posting this is not to try to incite a debate about
mercury amalgam safety.  I assume this group gets PLENTY of that.  Even
so, this will probably make me look neurotic, but really I'm just
curious about what most dentists do and will most likely not even be
getting my amalgams removed, or if I do will be getting it done at my
normal dentist.  In my mouth now, I actually only have 3 mercury
amalgam fillings and the rest are silicone resins (at least I think
that's what the name of it is).  I actually was relatively young when I
had all of these fillings (different times though of course), so some
dentist I don't even remember decided to use the silicone on me instead
of the mercury amalgam.  Otherwise, I'd have many more mercury amalgams
in my mouth, not that I necessarily think it would matter much.  But,
anyway, assuming one has made up one's mind to remove mercury amalgams,
is it true that the removal process itself can be damaging to one's
lungs, requiring certain safety procedures (e.g., oxygen, hood), or is
this just something only relatively few dentists do to ease neurotic
(perhaps my included in that category) patients?  The reason I ask
about the lungs in particularly is because I read about the alloy being
broken up by the removal process and releasing significant amounts of
harmful mercury vapors.  I assume most of the professionals in here
would say that the levels are too low and that these people are just
being alarmists, correct?

But have any of you ever had your mercury amalgams replaced?  Probably
had no problems, right?

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OrgName:    Road Runner
OrgID:      RRMA
Address:    13241 Woodland Park Road
City:       Herndon
StateProv:  VA
PostalCode: 20171
Country:    US

Now, who do we know who posts from VA?

Nana,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Ted Nififfer.

Herndon   

Herndon, town (1990 pop. 16,139), Fairfax co., N Va., inc. 1874, rechartered
1938. A suburb of Washington, D.C., Herndon has a mix of light and high-tech
industries. Dulles International Airport (including extensive facilities of the
National Air and Space Museum) and the National Weather Service's
Baltimore/Washington forecast office are to the west.

Reston   

Reston, uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,556), Fairfax co., N Va., a planned community
established in 1961. With over 2,000 businesses, it is headquarters for several
major corporations. High-technology research and development are important.
Also a Washington suburb, Reston is organized in a series of residential
villages and commercial areas.

BTW, I have been getting numerous hits on my firewall from:

Dulles, VA            Using AOL

US-VA-Washington/Arlington/Vienna/Reston: Service Agent - Dulles ...

So Teddy, you are waisting your time.

You both are really pathetic