Below you will find a series of articles documenting the effects of dental toxicity on human health.

This expose is intended to increase the reader's awareness of the effects of dental health on overall health.


Opinion Report on Mercury Toxicity from Dental Amalgams and Thimerosal Presented to Congressional Hearing 8 May 2003

By

Boyd E. Haley, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 50606-005


In developing an opinion on mercury toxicity from exposures to dental amalgam and thimerosal I have reviewed toxicologic data relevant to animal and human studies to environmental mercury, methylmercury, thimerosal and exposure to mercury from amalgam fillings. I have reviewed literature searches conducted on various computerized databases; evaluated published literature on primary studies as referenced in part herein.

I have reviewed relevant unpublished reports, consulted review articles, where appropriate, and held working meetings with experts in the field. I have also conducted experiments in my laboratory at the University of Kentucky with regards to the enzyme and cellular toxicity of both dental amalgams and thimerosal, including vaccine with and without thimerosal added as a preservative.

In addition, I have reviewed evaluations and conclusions of various governmental agencies, including the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Institute of Health (NIH), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other groups regarding this issue. I have come to the following conclusions.

1. Mercury is the most toxic, non-redioactive elements known to man. Virtually every industry has either reduced or banned the use of mercury with the exception of dentistry. Dental amalgam is approximately 50% mercury by weight. Each amalgam typically has between half of a gram to a gram of mercury. A typical person having between 5 and 15 amalgams, would have several grams of mercury implanted in his or her mouth. This amount is colossal using any standard. I am aware of no other situation today where grams of mercury are implanted in any human being. In fact, in the healthcare industry, mercury has been all but banned.

2. The concentration of thimerosal in vaccines that contain this agent as a preservative is approximately 125,000 nanomolar. In our studies pure thimerosal shows toxicity to neurons in culture at 10 to 20 nanomolar, a 12,500 to 6,250 dilution factor. Calculations, using a conservative approach, demonstrate that vaccinations of infants exposed them to concentrations of thimerosal that could biologically injure them, especially if they were exceptionally susceptible to mercury toxicity due to genetic predisposition, other concurrent toxic exposures (e.g. to lead, elemental mercury, cadmium, etc.) further, our research has shown that thimerosal, which releases the toxic agent ethylmercury, inhibits the same brain enzymes as does Hg2+. Therefore, multiple exposures from dental amalgams, food, and vaccines are all capable of adding to the toxic load of these infants.

3. Further, we need to emphasize that humans are not rats in a pristine cage, being fed chow that is tested to be free of other toxic agents. Humans are exposed to numerous toxic agents that may act in a synergistic fashion to enhance the toxicity of other toxicants. That is, and this is well established, low levels of lead will greatly enhance the toxicity of mercury. It is well known that levels of lead previously thought to be non-toxic are now associated with decreased mental abilities in children. Could it be that this lead is enhancing the toxicity of mercury exposures from dental amalgams and vaccines?

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See also Dr. Boyd Haley's site for further info and slides:

http://www.altcorp.com/DentalInformation/index.html

More good info on Mercury amalgam fillings:

http://home.earthlink.net/~berniew1/indexa.html

9 Steps to Detoxify from Mercury Fillings

http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/9steps.htm

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...s/mercury.html
http://www.drcranton.com/mercury/amalgams.htm

Quack! Quack! Quack!

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Man up.

Well played! Go ahead and give yourself one of those stickers that they put on quarterback helmets.

I agree. I'm at an age, where I've had a couple 25-year old fillings fall out.

Swallowed 'em.
Still alive.

I don't believe you or your source know where the term "Quack" comes from:

"Quick silver is the common name for mercury, both here and in Germany, and the 'quick' in German is pronounced quack, thus amalgam-using dentists became known as quacks - a term which has come to mean an inept and fraudulent medic - perhaps amalgam-using dentists should still be called quacks"

No quackery, arrogant one. It's all about the money. Mercury amalgams were cheaper, and therefore there was more profit to be made.

Be sure and put several of them in your childrens' mouths, raytri. Lots and lots of them.

Patients must be informed about the potential dangers of amalgam fillings in California.

Vermont also just passed a similar law:

"3/2/07 Advocates applauded the work of a Vermont House Committee which passed out two important bills on mercury that will significantly reduce pollution. The first requires dentists to have patients sign a consent form before receiving any procedure involving mercury amalgam, which informs them of the potential hazards to human health.

"Informed consent will empower Vermonters to just say no to mercury amalgam, and in the process this will help reduce mercury pollution," said MPP director Bender in a statement . "It also provides patients with the same information that many dentists have already received from manufacturers, which states that 'The use of amalgam in contraindicated...In children 6 and under....(and).... in expectant mothers'".

Link

Well, it looks like they were actually banned in California at the beginning of this year.

Long-term use and popularity also continue to be offered as evidence of amalgam safety.

Appeal to tradition and appeal to the majority fallacies.

I want someone to tell me how saliva allegedly makes mercury non-toxic in your mouth. I would like to see the "reasoning" and "evidence" behind this B.S. theory. Mercury is toxic to any organic compound - and saliva is organic.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer

LOL. Or not.

They don't kill you instantly, Einstein.

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"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer