Smoking Teeth Doesn’t Get You High
Do Burning Teeth Release Poison Mercury Gas?
Ah, YouTube… what else could possibly be worth $1.65 billion? Any adolescent can tell you that you can find anything —anything — on YouTube. There are a few real gems out there, along with a whole lot of duds. After the controversy over our amalgam survey (one man told me that “any dentist who places amalgam fillings is a MURDERER”), I’m just going to let you decide how to categorize the following video.
Smoking Teeth = Poison Gas is a production of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT). The alarming video shows a recently-extracted tooth with an amalgam filling, dipped in water and heated to body temperature. Mercury vapors can be seen escaping against the phosphorescent background.
“All mercury silver fillings leak substantial amounts of mercury constantly. The amount increases with any kind of stimulation,” declares the video. Even more vapor is released when the tooth is heated to “coffee temperature,” rubbed to simulate general dental care, and scraped to simulate drilling. The 10-minute video goes on to discuss research in sheep and monkeys, and it touches on the possibility of passing on toxic mercury to one’s unborn children.
The IAOMT claims that this “dramatic video of mercury vapor outgassing from an amalgam dental filling has outraged the world since it was first demonstrated in 1995.” Indeed, a number of alarmed YouTube viewers announced their intention to immediately have all their amalgam fillings removed.
But not everybody’s so quick to believe. A skeptical viewer wonders why the so-called “mercury” vapor rises when mercury is heavier than air; in fact, one doctor has posted his “proof” of why the video’s a sham: He claims we’re not seeing mercury vapor at all, merely water.
What do you think of this controversial video? Post your comments below!
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September 3rd, 2007 at 6:48 am
If water vapor were visible, it would be streaming off his hand.
We don’t live in a still pond of air. We live in a world where air currents are swirling all around us.
Other similar mercury videos that have nothing to do with teeth also show plenty of rising vapor.
I think this “debunk” has been debunked.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Actually, I’ve experimented with my own extracted amalgams, and the mercury that leaches from them is not trivial.
What really irritates me is how DISHONEST dentists are on the subject. The ADA has gone to great lengths to LIE to the public and rename mercury-amalgams to “silver-amalgams” - which is fraud in most states, lying about what’s IN a product.
The ADA has been so aggressive about “debunking” the whole mercury issue that Maine had to pass a law to force dentists to admit that amalgam fillings actually DO contain mercury.
Dentists are not toxicologists, nor are they free to tell you the hazards of the mercury they put into patients - the ADA forbids it.
There’s a LOT dentists don’t tell you - they are NOT serving the patients interests as much as their own and the ADA’s.
Shame on them !