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jay - 13 Jun 2007 03:01 GMT
>From www.cemmed.com

For years the use and safety of mercury in dental amalgam "fillings"
has been at the forefront of discussions related to modern-day
dentistry. The American Dental Association (ADA) defends mercury's
safety record, all the while permitting in its publications only
research that defends this position. It contends that mercury is safe
because it has been used in dentistry for over 150 years. However,
there are many conscientious dentists who have studied this issue and
do not agree. Deciding that such substances may be or are definitely
harmful to their patients, staff and themselves, they choose not to
place or restore mercury fillings. By offering amalgam-free offices
they provide a more healthful environment. They use products that have
the appearance and strength of natural teeth, some stronger than
others. The Scandinavian countries, as well as Germany, Austria, and
Japan, among others, have banned or restricted the use of dental
amalgam.

It is important to realize that sometimes it is politics within the
scientific and medical communities that determines what information is
provided to the consumer. The World Health Organization states that
exposure to mercury from dental amalgam is greater than from all other
sources of environmental exposures, while the ADA states that mercury
is harmful only when vaporized. However, research shows that mercury
vaporizes from fillings through the normal process of chewing food,
drinking hot beverages, brushing teeth, and polishing teeth during a
routine dental visit. Also, constantly changing conditions in the
mouth cause corrosion of dental materials.

There are many ongoing arguments about the use of mercury in
dentistry. Some points, however, cannot be argued. For example,
transfer of mercury from dental fillings to body tissue is proven and
the amount of mercury found in body tissues is proportionate to the
number of fillings present. Also, electric, galvanic currents are
always present in amalgam fillings due to the mixture of several
dissimilar metals. Of concern to expectant mothers, in animal studies,
mercury from amalgam fillings has been shown to accumulate in fetal
tissues and maternal milk. In the State of California, dentists must
post a warning that placement of mercury containing fillings during
pregnancy may cause spontaneous abortion. It may well be that public
demand will be the only economical way for amalgam fillings to become
obsolete.
Jan Drew - 13 Jun 2007 03:44 GMT
> >From www.cemmed.com
>
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> demand will be the only economical way for amalgam fillings to become
> obsolete.
catapam - 13 Jun 2007 13:53 GMT
Dentistry
Elemental mercury is the main ingredient in dental amalgams.
Controversy over the health effects from the use of mercury amalgams
began shortly after its introduction into the western world, nearly
200 years ago. In 1845, The American Society of Dental Surgeons,
concerned about mercury poisoning, asked its members to sign a pledge
that they would not use amalgam. The ASDS disbanded in 1865. The
American Dental Association formed three years after and currently
takes the position that "amalgam is a valuable, viable and safe choice
for dental patients,"[10] In 1993, the United States Public Health
Service reported that "amalgam fillings release small amounts of
mercury vapor," but in such a small amount that it "has not been shown
to cause any ... adverse health effects". This position is not shared by
all governments and there is an ongoing dental amalgam controversy. A
recent review by an FDA-appointed advisory panel rejected, by a margin
of 13-7, the current FDA report on amalgam safety[citation needed],
stating the report's conclusions were unreasonable given the quantity
and quality of information currently available. Panelists said
remaining uncertainties about the risk of so-called silver fillings
demanded further research; in particular, on the effects of mercury-
laden fillings on children and the fetuses of pregnant women with
fillings, and the release of mercury vapor on insertion and removal of
mercury fillings.

So removal of those fillings are far more dangerous then keeping them.
jay - 14 Jun 2007 05:00 GMT
> So removal of those fillings are far more dangerous then keeping them.

Significant mercury deposits in internal organs following the removal
of dental amalgam, & development of pre-cancer on the gingiva and the
sides of the tongue and their represented organs as a result of
inadvertent exposure to strong curing light (used to solidify
synthetic dental filling material) & effective treatment: a clinical
case report, along with organ representation areas for each tooth.

Omura Y, Shimotsuura Y, Fukuoka A, Fukuoka H, Nomoto T.
Heart Disease Research Foundation, New York, USA.

Because of the reduced effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria
(e.g. Chlamydia trachomatis, alpha-Streptococcus, Borrelia
burgdorferi, etc.) and viruses (e.g. Herpes Family Viruses) in the
presence of mercury, as well as the fact that the 1st author has found
that mercury exists in cancer and pre-cancer cell nuclei, the presence
of dental amalgam (which contains about 50% mercury) in the human
mouth is considered to be a potential hazard for the individual's
health. In order to solve this problem, 3 amalgam fillings were
removed from the teeth of the subject of this case study. In order to
fill the newly created empty spaces in the teeth where the amalgams
had formerly existed, a synthetic dental-filling substance was
introduced and to solidify the synthetic substance, curing light
(wavelength range reportedly between 400-520 nm) was radiated onto the
substance in order to accelerate the solidifying process by photo-
polymerization. In spite of considerable care not to inhale mercury
vapor or swallow minute particles of dental amalgam during the process
of removing it by drilling, mercury entered the body of the subject.
Precautions such as the use of a rubber dam and strong air suction, as
well as frequent water suctioning and washing of the mouth were
insufficient. Significant deposits of mercury, previously non-
existent, were found in the lungs, kidneys, endocrine organs, liver,
and heart with abnormal low-voltage ECGs (similar to those recorded
1-3 weeks after i.v. injection of radioisotope Thallium-201 for
Cardiac SPECT) in all the limb leads and V1 (but almost normal ECGs in
the precordial leads V2-V6) the day after the procedures were
performed. Enhanced mercury evaporation by increased temperature and
microscopic amalgam particles created by drilling may have contributed
to mercury entering the lungs and G.I. system and then the blood
circulation, creating abnormal deposits of mercury in the organs named
above. Such mercury contamination may then contribute to intractable
infections or pre-cancer. However, these mercury deposits, which
commonly occur in such cases, were successfully eliminated by the oral
intake of 100 mg tablet of Chinese parsley (Cilantro) 4 times a day
(for average weight adults) with a number of drug-uptake enhancement
methods developed by the 1st author, including different stimulation
methods on the accurate organ representation areas of the hands (which
have been mapped using the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test), without injections
of chelating agents. Ingestion of Chinese parsley, accompanied by drug-
uptake enhancement methods, was initiated before the amalgam removal
procedure and continued for about 2 to 3 weeks afterwards, and ECGs
became almost normal. During the use of strong bluish curing light to
create a photo-polymerization reaction to solidify the synthetic
filling material, the adjacent gingiva and the side of the tongue were
inadvertently exposed. This exposure to the strong bluish light was
found to produce pre-cancerous conditions in the gingiva, the exposed
areas of the tongue, as well as in the corresponding organs
represented on those areas of the tongue, and abnormally increased
enzyme levels in the liver. These abnormalities were also successfully
reversed by the oral intake of a mixture of EPA with DHA and Chinese
parsley, augmented by one of the non-invasive drug-uptake enhancement
methods previously described by the 1st author, repeated 4 times each
day for 2 weeks.

PMID: 8914687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
 
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