Comments on: Amalgam Provokes Passion in Dentists

By: paul

paul — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:26:44 +0000

If your dentist is still using amalgam fillings he is either a sadist, mentally retarded or a complete dimwit

By: Mercury Fillings Battle Heats Up in D.C. « Daily News

Mercury Fillings Battle Heats Up in D.C. « Daily News — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:17 +0000

[...] excellent article in this week’s issue of Wealthy Dentist illustrates the intensity of debate going on WITHIN dentistry about whether or not amalgam should [...]

By: john

john — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:03:20 +0000

tired of convincing by my endless chatter. i need to do something. help! i am cofused and this is not first time i have tried to forget this issue…merc builds and builds…mostly it deposits in the brain. i want it removed but kant get the funds…any lawyers out there? i am a good case…merc free dentist says i have 7 physical symptoms….i have been unemployed for 30 years…but thank god for the intervals…i didnt say i was stupid or lazy…just never know when i will be a basket case. its not stress related either bingo brain. mercury sucks. right now i take beta carotene and zinc…it helps so far. cant eat hot or crunchy foods..except cold veggies etc…no nuts…(my favorite foods) so i hope i can discipline. take care

By: john

john — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:53:08 +0000

i have a split tooth and a double cap came off….revealing nearly a gram of amalgam…and the split tooth had old crumbles that would come loose now and then. my dentist wanted to drill them out and replace with.you guessed it….i have 14 large(my teeth are large) huge amalgam fillings….some from 30 years ago…I am 48 and needless to say i have been exposed and am having problems functioning lately. i need 20 grand to get this poison out and cant go to a toxicolgist tl i get insurance,,,guess what…that means another 3 months to get ins to kick in, and still they will probably worm out due to pre existing….get all my tooth pulled? decapitation? what? what now? sue the dentist (probably he put in over half them nasty devil glitter…) any suggestions…for 35 years i have complained of metallic taste….my skin burns and my mouth is white and has bled all over for 35 years. at 17 i noticed aluminum can drinks made me feel pale and weak and metallic taste would amplify. i have been thru 10 drillings of old ones and they all made me sick for days…the dentist says” no…its safe…no…these symptoms are poor brushing…whats next lock jaw? brain dead monkey symtoms? can i bee anymore crazier than i am? you wann walk in these shoes…like when i flipped out and then was fine then wham…cant function….called sorry…ADD…manic…cant concentrate…(am prodigious at the interval) the interval is a lull in the symptoms….no hot foods…no crunchy foods…eat food excessively to purge the merury…does your body lie? i salivate excessively and have constant face burn where secretions gather…i went to a merc free dentist…he said bingo…the whole room is fuming and heres some gum and the technicians left the room….80 microns at the doorway…yeah…eat hot acidic lasagna then coffee and then chew nicotene gum….radioactive….terrible headaches…constant bone pain…oh its my imagination…this new dentist said its obvious all my symtoms are obviously that poison…tuna? forget it….it makes me cringe…too much pain to chelate it…any suggestions?

By: Ruth, RDH

Ruth, RDH — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:52:24 +0000

Just had to chuckle over the pronunciation issue of composite. I was a Canadian Dental Assistant and went to Texas to go to Hygiene school… Sure enough the dentist at my Texas college looked at me REALLY funny when I said “compo-sit” in our dental materials class! We say ‘COMpo-sit’, they say ‘com-POS-it’!

By: Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:24:06 +0000

The scientific debate about amalgam is over.

Melisa Diagnostics has a blood test that cultures a patient’s live white blood cells with different forms of mercury (inorganic, methyl mercury, thimerosol) to determine whether there is an inflammatory immune response to it. Especially in patients with chronic health conditions and mouths full of metals, there usually is an immune response on top of the direct toxic effects of the mercury. But it’s interesting that in a minority of patients, thimerosol (from injections) or methyl mercury (from fish) is the culprit, but these are usually patients without metal in their mouths.

It’s nice to be able to prove to a patient that their amalgam fillings are killing them before they make the decision to get them replaced with something safer.

Mercury is just the tip of the iceberg – significant percentages of patients are allergic to titanium or even gold, not to mention nickel, beryllium, and other metals found in dental implants.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:59:33 +0000

I am not a dentist. I am a 69-year-old man who was so damaged by his amalgams that he became obviously senile. I am now teaching physics again. The first part of my cure was getting rid of the mercury fillings. I conclude dentists cannot be trusted – especially the one who removed the last filling without protecting me from it; I couldn’t speak for 10 days afterwards. That was the last time I have been in a dentist’s chair. That is the last time I will ever sit in a dentist’s chair. I predict my lack of trust is where your patients will go. Have a good time with with the effects of mercury on you and your dental assistants. I have found other ways to take care of my mouth.

By: Kerry Searle

Kerry Searle — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:20:13 +0000

The day the insurance companies support alternative fillings to mercury fillings, mercury fillings will be gone. Most will only pay for the front teeth for “cosmetic reasons”. You’re on your own financially to use the resins with many policies. I know mine doesn’t pay. So are the amalgam production companies also in kahoots with the insurance companies?

The next question is what resins are the safest? If we are going to jump onto another boat, let’s make sure it’s the best one possible.

Also, dentistry products are one of the leading sources of mercury contamination of the environment. That’s another incentive to change right there.

And if dentists are warned about their risk to mercury exposure while practicing their profession, maybe reality will hit home just that much more.

By: Dr. David W. Maloney, Pharm D., MBA. MA ( Lt Colonel, USAF, Ret)

Dr. David W. Maloney, Pharm D., MBA. MA ( Lt Colonel, USAF, Ret) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:10:23 +0000

After being treated with amalgam by at least a score of dentists for over 40 years, I can thank my board certified internal medicine/cardiologist for saving my life. Amalgam wiped out my immune system and left me vulnerable to infections (many), viral and fungal invasions, and squamous cell skin cancer. After 4 years, I am still in recovery and still pulling mercury off my body. For a full account of my ordeal, please go to Drug Topics magazine, 8 October 2007, p.56 for the full story. Amalgam is an abomination to humanity.

By: Sandra Duffy

Sandra Duffy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:07:39 +0000

A technical error? Julie Frey makes a statement on the video that 22% of surveyed dentists answered: “yes, I tell them they have other potentially safer options,” yet the first graphic shows that 66% chose that answer. The second graphic (pie chart) matches Ms. Frey’s statement of 22%. You might want to correct that.

Dr. Young’s comment is of interest. The ADA apologists use the studies showing the lowest mercury vapor emissions, including one claiming an exposure of only 0.0014 mcg/Hg per day for an amalgam. In fact, at the high end there are studies showing 43 mcg/hg per day.

Not very many people have just one amalgam. Even the new FDA classification decision includes statistics that show that the average adult has four amalgams. That is 4 x 18 mcg = 72 mcg/hg per day. Other studies show that the average American emits 32-190 mcg of mercury per day in their feces (Osterblad, Skare, http://www.cfsn.com/dental.html ). It is logical to assume that their exposures correlate to those emissions, not counting the mercury retained in the tissues of the body.

Also, approximately 25% of the population has genetic markers that are correlated to the inability to detoxify mercury from the body (see Echeverria studies). Those people may be retaining most of their daily mercury exposure.