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Silver Fillings Leak 10ug More Per Day of Mercury Into Body

by thunderbird
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Dentists usually assert that mercury in silver fillings is harmless, and say "science" shows it. Science has extensively documented that mercury is highly toxic.

10 ug or more per pay of mercury are released in vapor form (straight into lungs and bloodstream) into the body if someone has silver fillings. Harmless? I don't know, but I don't want to experiment with my own body on this matter.
http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/library/pd..._tissues_2.pdf
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    Bio-dentistry is becoming popular here because people are starting to realize that silver fillings are poison. The Dental community isn't real ready to change things though. Not sure what their problem is. If there's even a strong chance something is poisonous and there are alternatives - what's the big damned deal in switching?

    I'll never let a dentist go near my mouth with amalgam again in my life, so for me it's a closed issue.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Bio-dentistry is becoming popular here because people are starting to realize that silver fillings are poison. The Dental community isn't real ready to change things though. Not sure what their problem is. If there's even a strong chance something is poisonous and there are alternatives - what's the big damned deal in switching?

      I'll never let a dentist go near my mouth with amalgam again in my life, so for me it's a closed issue.
      Using mercury in fillings sure seems medieval and can be traced to medieval times. 3d printers, though in their infancy, are already starting revolutionize dentistry. I'm pretty sure dentistry as we know it today will be gone and obsolete in 10 years time.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Bio-dentistry is becoming popular here because people are starting to realize that silver fillings are poison. The Dental community isn't real ready to change things though. Not sure what their problem is. If there's even a strong chance something is poisonous and there are alternatives - what's the big damned deal in switching?

      I'll never let a dentist go near my mouth with amalgam again in my life, so for me it's a closed issue.
      Well, they have dug themselves SO deep that revealing the lie could open up a HUGE lawsuit! AND, until they reveal the lie, etc... insurance feels they can ban rear non amalgam fillings. MANY dental insurance policies, last I knew anyway, would NOT pay for rear non amalgam fillings. They claim they are more economical and that the only reason for others is COSMETIC, which applies only visible teeth surfaces.

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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    Dentists usually assert that mercury in silver fillings is harmless, and say "science" shows it.
    That is a MYTH spread by the american Dental association. The FACT is that even the American Dental Association knowns it is NOT true. Have you seen how they say dentists should handle waste?
    Amalgam Waste, Best Management - American Dental Association - ADA.org

    Dental amalgam is used to repair a tooth damaged by decay. It is a mixture of metals that are bound together by elemental mercury. It is a hard, durable material that is safe and affordable.

    To protect the environment, water treatment plants keep an eye on mercury levels in the water. Dental amalgam has (an) little effect on the environment. Less than one percent of the mercury released into the environment comes from dental amalgam.1 Even this amount is not in the form found in fish, which is the greatest concern.

    Dentists care about the environment. They want to limit the release of dental amalgam waste to the environment. To help them do this, the ADA has developed "Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste," or BMPs, which outline ways to handle and dispose of amalgam waste.

    Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Office of Research and Development. Mercury Study Report to Congress. Volume II: An inventory of anthropogenic mercury emissions in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Environmental Protection Agency. Publication No. EPA-452/R-97-004. December 1997, p. ES-6.

    Please note: The ADA does not provide specific answers to individual questions about fees, dental problems, conditions, diagnoses, treatments or proposed treatments, or requests for research. Information about dental referrals, complaints and a variety of dental procedures may be found on ADA.org
    as you can see, they spread the myth, but I bolded the truth! Amalgam is one of the FEW man used home used sources of mercury that is STILL around. They used to have a LOT of sources.

    Science has extensively documented that mercury is highly toxic.

    10 ug or more per pay of mercury are released in vapor form (straight into lungs and bloodstream) into the body if someone has silver fillings. Harmless? I don't know, but I don't want to experiment with my own body on this matter.
    http://www.darrp.noaa.gov/library/pd..._tissues_2.pdf
    Yeah, AVOID MERCURY! Mercury is PROVEN to cause MANY symptoms including ones now associated with seemingly mysterious diseases! Is there a link? WHO KNOWS!? If there IS, WHY RISK IT!? If there ISN'T, you can be misdiagnosed and find that nobody will even TRY to help you. HEY, maybe you can be misdiagnosed as having LYME disease, and be loaded up with many things that would NEVER help!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    BTW: http://www.ada.org/sections/publicRe...algamwaste.pdf

    NOTE that, in some areas, they say that even using WATER to rinse amalgam waste is a bad idea because it can spread mercury. Water NEVER goes above 212f, and few even have the ability to get it that high, outside of cooking it, so you know this flies in the eyes of the earlier claim of incineration.

    Steve
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