Mercury in Dentistry
- A silver filling is 50% mercury the correct label is
a mercury filling or dental amalgam.
- Mercury amalgam appears as shiny, blackened from corrosion or a dull metal.
- Mercury is not bound nor contained within an amalgam, it is seen to surface under a microscope.
- Mercury is easily released from an amalgam in the form of mercury vapor.
- When mercury vapor is inhaled as much as 80% may enter the bloodstream. Bacteria changes mercury vapor into methyl mercury now entering the blood stream, where it crosses the blood brain barrier promoting the uptake of toxins, upsetting chemical balance, causing neurological problems and brain function disturbances. The sheep experiment shows mercury from dental amalgam in every organ including the brain (this reduced image only shows the largest areas).
- Mercury fillings requires deeper drilling, expands when heated fracturing good tooth resulting in a greater loss of good tooth. And the preparation shapes classically taught for 'fillings' tends to weaken teeth by cutting through critical structural members. Furthermore, many dentists place amalgams that are far too large, thus further weakening surrounding tooth structure, since amalgams cannot bond to teeth and it helps to reinforce them.
- The release of mercury from the amalgam increases with agitation, chewing, heat, brushing, drilling, trauma, galvanism (electrical interactions with other metals/corrosion) and electricity.
- Galvanism is created between dissimilar metals in close proximity creating a galvanic current, each tooth and the tissues surrounding teeth contain nerves the signals pass through. Gold should not be placed in the same mouth with mercury, mercury is attracted to gold and creates a galvanic current. Furthermore, the nobler gold causes more rapid destruction of nearby amalgams through corrosion. Make sure that gold crowns do not have mercury amalgam underneath. Sometimes the galvanic current can be felt when a new amalgam is placed next to old fillings. Galvanism can cause ringing ears, headaches, and the phenomena of receiving radio signals.
- Root canals and extractions can result in pockets of necrotic waste products that increase the toxicity of mercury or focal infection. Current techniques may not be able to remove all necrotic waste-products. Even extractions, if not done meticulously, may leave dead materials that can chronically fester and lead to other symptoms or pain not even directly associated with the infected or damaged structures. This is called referred pain and can manifest itself into the jaws, neck, sinus, and other parts of the body.
- The degree of risk of mercury poisoning depends on the total placements, duration of exposure, number of times drilled, galvanism, root canal and necrotic bone bacteria, the cumulative risk factors and the age of the exposed person. Mercury travels from mother to child creating a unique genetic factor, in the development of neurological and chemical growth factors. Some people have protective enzymes that pick up the stray metals, some do not.
- Mercury exposure from dental fillings and drilling prior to or during pregnancy travels through to the fetus and through lactation of the nursing mother.
- The child through pregnancy and early childhood is far more susceptible to the risk hazard of mercury at far lower exposures due to their small and forming organs. Avoid all possible exposure and contaminants not
only due to dental work but the premises where mercury may be in the air. Mercury is heavier than air and may be present in the air at the level the child is breathing. Without warning or notice mercury may be present in any building from where mercury is utilized, mercury rests in
porous surfaces of floors, walls, foundations and carpets. Mercury rises with a little heat and breeze from an open window and can travel to unsuspecting places.
- Mercury is sometimes also found in paint along with lead. Lead is heavy and easily detectable, mercury is very difficult to detect, research shows a relationship between the concentration of lead in bone and mercury in the brain.
- Fluorosis is the brown staining of teeth caused by an excess of fluoride.
- Some advancements have been made to understand how dentistry plays an important role in medicine such as Autism, MS, CFS, Alzheimer's and heart disease, but more attention is needed at the onset of minor symptoms such as reflux disease, perimenopause, pain management, the immune system and psychiatry. The most prominent medical relationship of dental amalgam is multiple symptoms and chronic disease normally recognized as a ten year delay between exposure and surmountable symptoms, the range is so broad that the only logical solution is to eliminate mercury completely. The discovery needs to be made early by recognizing mercury as the influence in the mouth, the altered biological environment affected by association with galvanism, necrotic bone and focal infection.
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