Dental Amalgam Fillings Are Making You Sick
'Silver' Fillings are loading you up with mercury
Quick Summary:
Your ‘silver’ fillings are actually mostly mercury and leak every time you chew
Mercury is one of the most toxic substances on earth and is linked to 250 different adverse symptoms
Teeth are luxury bones that many people can’t afford to pay for good care due to no dental insurance
Mercury In Dental Fillings
If you were alive in the 90s you watched Terminator 2 and thought liquid metal was the coolest thing ever. Serious, T1000 walks through bars, heals, shapeshifts, makes sword arms, and is nearly indestructible.
If you were alive in the 90s and dropped an old school thermometer you would see liquid metal just like the T1000 and want to play with it. However, mercury is one of the most dangerous elements on earth. There is a 15 step process to clean up every remaining droplet. And, then you need to call hazardous waste to get rid of it. Drops of it in a lake can ruin the entire ecosystem.
Therefore, I guess mercury is the metal most like the T1000. Mercury is as dangerous as a “futuristic mimetic polyalloy android assassin”.
Mercury toxicity has been linked with over 250 different symptoms. Side affects of mercury exposure include (from same EPA link):
Tremors;
Emotional changes (such as mood swings, irritability, nervousness, excessive shyness);
Insomnia;
Neuromuscular changes (such as weakness, muscle atrophy, twitching);
Headaches;
Disturbances in sensations;
Changes in nerve responses;
Poor performance on tests of mental function
Higher exposures may also cause kidney effects, respiratory failure and death.
Mercury may look cool as hell, but clearly it is nasty stuff if you get exposed to it.
Now, did you look at the above and say, “You know what would be a great idea, lets put this super toxic metal in our mouths so that we inhale a little mercury every time we eat”? Oh. No you didn’t? Well, you are more qualified than the American Dental Association (ADA) and the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to give advice, in my opinion.
Dental amalgam fillings are usually called silver fillings. They are majority mercury however. You may have a mouth full of them right now. They are around 50% liquid mercury and 50% some metal powder mix of silver, tin, copper, zinc, etc.
Additionally, mercury is especially potent when vaporized.
Don’t worry though, mercury vapor is only created during chewing so it is not a common occurrence with teeth* (*citation needed).
How Did Mercury End Up In My Mouth?!?!
Maybe the FDA is unaware of the dangers?
Here is a quote from the FDA:
When amalgam fillings are placed in or removed from teeth, they can release a small amount of mercury vapor. Amalgam can also release small amounts of mercury vapor during chewing. People can absorb these vapors by inhaling or ingesting them.
-FDA, who then goes on and somehow says inhaling mercury when you chew is perfectly fine
How about the ADA?
Welll….They were essentially formed solely to make money for dentists by allowing the placement of tiny liquid metal terminators in millions of mouths….
Introduction Of Mercury Mouth – Hello ADA
Early 1800s it was discovered that mixing mercury and silver you could get an alloy that was easy to work with and bonded to teeth at room temperature, mostly in France. Although it was used for 100s of years in various forms before then.
1840s the idea was introduced to America. Coincidently, the first American dental group was formed in 1840, the American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS). The ASDS took a look at mercury fillings and declared it was dental malpractice and required all members to sign a pledge that they wouldn’t use it.
Was the ASDS an outlier with their anti-mercury stance? Nope. The phrase ‘mad as a hatter‘ was well known in the 1830s in Europe. English hat makers experienced a very specific form of crazy due to heavily using mercury for felt popular in hats. The Alice in Wonderland character, the Mad Hatter, was based off this phrase. Maybe we will see a character in a book one day called “Mad Chatter” for all the people with mercury in their mouths.
“Why is a raven like a writing-desk? Have you guessed the riddle ye…..“
……You know what, I was going for a whole thing with a pun on Mad Hatter. Mercury in hats lead to the phrase ‘mad as a hatter’ which lead to the character, and mercury is in fillings. Chatter is related to teeth….
But Eff is Lewis Carroll’s writing pretentious trash. Serious people actually read this book? I cant even finish this quote, you get the gist of where i was going..
Anyway, we knew mercury was dangerous, seems like open and close, right? Unfortunately no. Mercury fillings are cheap, easy to work with, and dry faster in wet environments. Follow the money. It is better for the bottom line. Within 20 years the ASDS was replaced with groups that would ultimately become the current ADA that allowed for the lucrative mercury amalgam filling usage for its members.
Is Mercury The Only Option Still?
No. You can get your fillings done with other kinds of dental filling. Do your own research and talk to your dentist (preferably a holistic dentist who is knowledgeable about alternatives). Each alternative has some potential issues. Some composite resins have BPA which is a xenoestrogen. Other options may have fluoride or are very new and untested.
However, mercury is considered one of the most toxic materials outside of radioactive elements.
You Have Mercury Fillings, Now What?
If you have mercury fillings you can get them removed. In general, the lifetime of a mercury filling is around 10 years depending how well you take care of them. Therefore, you are likely due to get them looked at any way.
I’d recommend you go to a doctor that has been trained in mercury filling removal. The International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology (IAOMT) is a large holistic dentistry association. IAOMT certifies dentist in Safe Mercury Amalagam Removal Technique (SMART). It is a 6+ month course around how to remove and replace mercury fillings.
Six months sounds like a long time to train for one specific thing, right? Well mercury is most likely to vaporize is during placement, removal, and chewing.
Note – the other metals in the filling can also start to corrode. Also, over time the seal may loosen leading to holes perfect for bacteria. These tend to go for a long time before being discovered. Bacteria growing in your mouth under your filling is another source of potential issues.
Mercury In My Luxury Bones Is Killing Me
I don’t know if ‘luxury bones’ was a term that was around when I was a kid or if it is relatively new one. But the concept was very much there. Dental insurance is a luxury many people don’t have. Therefore, dental procedures are out of pocket. Hence, teeth are your luxury bones.
‘Just pull it out yourself’ was the common response to a toothache growing up. If you had greater than one friend who experienced at home dentistry, you know what I mean.
It is also part of the reason cheaper alternatives have stuck around. However, there are over 250 different symptoms that are associated with mercury toxicity in general. This is one area I would recommend paying up for a good holistic dentist.
Teeth tend to be an afterthought, but heavy metals are bad news. Mercury, especially in vapor form, can likely cross the blood-brain barrier. To really end on a downer, the best way to remove mercury from your system is to get pregnant as mercury gets passed to the developing fetus in huge amounts leading to cognitive and behavioral issues in kids. This is why they recommend not eating large fish during pregnancy. Mercury vapor is much more dangerous than ingested organic mercury in fish.
It can take over a year to detox all the mercury in your body once the source is removed.
Yup. That is the end. Your fillings may make your kids retarded. That is the note I am choosing to end this post on. Hopefully some incentive to pay up and get a holistic dentist to remove them or at least think about it.