You're entitled to your opinion.  Is your problem with my statement
that dental personnel are exposed to far greater quantities than the
general population a problem for you?

Steve

I'd also like to point out that research discussed/posted here
indicates that amalgam can be a significant source of mehtyl Hg,

Dental personell are never exposed to a toxic mix of methylated
Hg near a filling and Hg can be methylatied in the gut as well.
patients are never warned about this either!

In some cases the hg is actually leaking into the jaw and forming
a toxic brew of metals and bacteria.

It's easy to make a set of ideal assumptions and say, well the
amalgam will be mixed perfectly, it will always be stable, never
undergo any galvanic reaction or crevice corrosion, since we assume it
can't corrode therefore significant methylization cannot
occur either and therefore worst case dentist exposure will be much
greater. But is this string of assumptions really valid in the real
world, where deviations from the ideal are typical or just
unproven propganda? In fact i haven't seen any science in two years on
this list that

1) sets an upper limit on Elemental hg exposure from amalgam
2) characterises accurately all potential organic conversion
  from amalgam

So, to be brutally honest, who cares if some dentists are getting
more elemental Hg exposure than the average patient because they are
incredablity careless with Hg. I'm more concerned about the patient who
receives an amalgam mixed by that dentist! Nor is it really important
in these studies looking at elemental Hg exposure where the dental
effects clearly trend down to levels comparable with patient exposure
and I belive average dental exposure is roughly equivalent to what a
patient recieves from 4-5 amalgams.