Re: DENTAL FILLINGS & CHELATION ??

[Guest guest]

Hi Daphne,

About 12 yrs. ago I had my amalgam fillings removed. I did not notice any

difference but that does not mean there wasn't any. This has been a big

controversary for years. Mercury is surely very bad for us but is certainly not

the only reason that we have ms symptoms. Eliminating mercury alone will not

alleviate ms symptoms.

It is expensive and if not done properly, can actually increase the mercury

intake.

Regards,

Tom

[Guest guest]

Audrey is correct, do not do heavy metal chelation or other mercury

detox program until after the amalgams are removed or you will draw

mercury out of the fillings and into your bloodstream.

There have been several good posts about mercury detox and chelation

and amalgam removal protocal that can be found by searching our

archives for this group at the website MESSAGES list.

Duncan

> Hi Daphne,

> From what I learned from my wholistic dentist and my

> chelation doctor, it is not advisable to undergo

> chelation until all of the amalgams are removed. You

> may be causing yourself harm by mobilising Mercury

> that is currently in your teeth and setting it free in

> your system, especially if you utilize chelators who

> only bind loosely to Mercury.

>

> My understanding is that the safest protocol is to

> have amalgams removed, then gradually begin chelation

> as not to overburden your body.

>

> ~Audrey

[Guest guest]

Ian,

I beg to differ with this entire post. No offense intended. I have

spent years researching this subject and you have been misinformed.

First, the ADA (American Dental Association) holds a patent on

amalgam dental filling material and has maintained for many years

that once the amalgam material gets solid, mercury CAN NOT escape

from the fillings. Faced with an overwhelming amount of scientific

proof that it does leak out, they have finally admitted that a

miniscule amount may come out, but that you get more than that in

fish in your daily diet. However, there are many forms of mercury,

such as organic and inorganic, methylmercury, etc. The mercury from

fish is easily eliminated from the body in stools, whereas the

mercury from amalgam is converted inside the body into methymercury,

which is 100 times more toxic and then gets stored inside cells in

your body. Mercury is a neurotoxin that destroys nerve fibers. In

my opinion, the article you read was very biased and inaccurate.

No one says that mercury from dental fillings is the cause of MS.

However, a cumulative toxic overload in the body, whether it be from

mercury, lead, aluminum, benzene, toluene, arsenic, or whatever, can

cause the autoimmune system to malfunction. The list of symptoms

from mercury poisoning matches the list for MS almost exactly.

And just because you have no fillings does not mean that you have no

mercury, as you said. People have been getting mercury from many

sourses over the years, such as thimerosal (the preservative in

vaccinations), which is 50% mercury, mercurochrome (a wound

disinfectant) merthiolate, Murine eye drops, disposable diapers,

fungicides, paint, and food. Mercury fungicides have been used on

grain, then made into bread, which we eat. Many of these uses for

mercury have been recently banned, but for many adults today, the

mercury is already in your body.

Depending on the method for mixing the amalgam and the brand of

product used, there is sometimes excess liquid mercury that is

squeezed out of the filling material as it is packed into the

tooth. And when a filling is removed, unless the proper protocal

for safety is used, the exposure to the patient for mercury is

huge. Holistic dentists use a dental dam, oxygen over the nose,

high volume vacuum for the vapors, etc. that your friendly family

dentist will not use. Also, they will chisel out the filling rather

than drill it. Mercury vapor can only be seen with an ultraviolet

light. If you turn one on when drilling a filling, it will look

like smoke coming out of your mouth. Approximately 80% or more of

all inhaled mercury vapor goes directly into the blood stream

through your lungs and is deposited in the body tissues, mainly the

kidneys, brain and fat cells.

The mercury absorbed during placement or removal of a filling is

many times worse than eating fish with mercury in it. And the

damage to the body is no comparison. The article you read that was

written by a dentist was information that the ADA would like for you

to believe, but is false. Read the book, " Its All In Your Head " by

Hal Huggins, then you will laugh when you re-read that brochure you

mentioned. Or you can do a search for " Mercury Amalgam Toxicity "

on the internet and you will find tons of scientific data that will

back me up. If you have a problem finding it, I will post some

links for you.

Many dentists practicing now were taught in dental school that

amalgam is safe and the mercury is sealed in and that composite

material is inferior for fillings because it is too soft, etc.

First, any toxicologist can tell you that the only things more toxic

than mercury are radioactive. Mercury is more toxic than arsenic or

cyanide. If someone told you that they could now make amalgam with

arsenic in place of mercury, and that it would last a lifetime and

only leak out a little bit, would you want that in your mouth?

About composites. Many years ago, when they were first used, they

were inferior. But advances have been made and the material they

use now is very good. It must be placed by someone who knows what

they are doing because it sticks to the tooth and shrinks when it

dries. If a large composite is placed in one chunk, it will stick

to the tooth, then shrink and place stress on the tooth and make it

very sensitive to cold or heat. Later it can become loose and fall

out. A well trained dentist will layer it in and cure each layer

before placing the next layer.

With composites you take out only the rotten part of the tooth and

drill a very small crater and the composite material will stick.

With amalgam, it does not stick. The only way to make it stay in

the tooth is to drill past the rotten part and deep into the tooth

and make a bell bottom shaped hole to pack with amalgam. The

amalgam will not stick, so the largest part is inside the tooth with

the tooth actually surrounding most of it and holding it in place.

They have to take out an abundace of healthy tooth to make room for

the amalgam and in so doing, make the tooth weaker.

Composties are very good material and will last a long time if

placed by a dentist who knows what he is doing. When you go to a

dentist, ask him if he likes amalgam or composites better. If he

gives the wrong answer, find another dentist. Do not let him put

composites in or you may be sorry. If you let him use amalgam you

will be even sorrier.

When Janie went in to have her mercury fillings replaced, the

Holistic dentist we went to had an industrial mercury vapor meter in

his office. He held the probe in the air and zeroed the meter.

Then he placed the probe in Janie mouth and told her to exhale. The

meter needle jumped up to about 15 to 25% of full scale. Then he

had her chew gum for 5 minutes and re-tested her. That time, when

she exhaled, it pegged out the meter so hard it almost bent the

needle and it stayed on the peg until he waved the probe around in

fresh air. Yes, a mouth full of fillings is full of mercury vapor

that a person inhales every time they breath, 24 hours a day, and it

is much worse after eating.

You say you would not have your amalgams replaced because the

evidence is not strong enough. Wrong. The evidence is

overwhelming, you just have not seen it. Almost every book and

website on alternative healing has information about detoxing the

body and how important dental cleanup is to your overall health.

Any dentist who tells you that composite filling are a problem is a

dentist who has not been properly trained in the correct

installation technique. If he says they may fall out or cause other

problems, then what he is telling you is that he doesn't know how to

do it right. Find another dentist. If you read articles written by

and ADA backer dentist, it will probably contain may inaccuracies

and be slanted. For example, when a new amalgam is mixed, it

contains approximately 50% mercury. But if you wait about 7 years

and remove it and do a chemical analysis on it, it may only contain

around 25% mercury, or half the original amount. Where do you think

the rest of the mercury went?

Did you know that amalgam material must be stored in an airtight

container before it is placed in your mouth and the dentist is

trained to use a " no touch " technique and to wear rubber gloves?

Also, after a filling is removed, it must be stored in a jar of

glycerine with a screw on top until it is moved to a toxic waste

disposal site. The same is true of left over scrap amalgam if he

mixes more than he needs. Yes, the left over scrap also goes to the

toxic waste disposal site in a sealed container or he is violation

of OSHA and the EPA laws and can be fined or go to jail. Legally,

the only place you can store amalgam, other than in a sealed

container, is in your mouth. Kinda makes you go, Hmmmmmmmm?

One more thing. On a website dedicated to getting mercury removed

from vaccines there is a video you can watch that shows a nerve

fiber under a microscope. It looks like a tree root that brances

out into smaller and smaller little fingers. Then a drop of 1 part

per billion saline solution is dropped onto the slide and the little

nerve fibers melt and shrivel up until on the large main trunk fiber

is left. That video is creepy, knowing that it takes years of

mercury detox to get it out of all your tissues.

Duncan

> Hi guys,

>

> Would just like to add my two cents here. Last month the local

dental

> journal published an excellent article on this matter. Recent

tests show

> that the amount of mercury that is given off from amalgam fillings

is

> less than the amount of mercury ingested naturally in ones daily

diet.

> When a filling is removed or placed when visiting a dentist, on

that

> given day 1/3 of the amount of natural daily dietry intake of

mercury,

> is given off. We get most of our mercury intake from fish and sea

water

> foods.

>

> So would I go and have my amalgam fillings taken out? Not yet, the

> evidence still is not strong enough. Besides only certain white

fillings

> (ceramics) are superior in terms of strength than silver fillings.

What

> normally happends is that the white fillings placed are composite

> (white) fillins and these are no where as strong as the silver

ones on

> the back teeth. They tend to leak and you land up having all sorts

of

> extensive dental treatment in the end.

>

> Rgds,

> Ian

[Guest guest]

I just read my previous post and noticed an error. I said " a drop

of 1 part per billion saline solution " . It should have read " a

drop of saline solution containing 1 part per billion of mercury is

dropped on the slide "

Sorry,

Duncan

--- In mscured , " duncanmcdowell "

<duncanmcdowell@y...>

> One more thing. On a website dedicated to getting mercury removed

> from vaccines there is a video you can watch that shows a nerve

> fiber under a microscope. It looks like a tree root that brances

> out into smaller and smaller little fingers. Then a drop of 1

part

> per billion saline solution is dropped onto the slide and the

little

> nerve fibers melt and shrivel up until on the large main trunk

fiber

> is left. That video is creepy, knowing that it takes years of

> mercury detox to get it out of all your tissues.

[Guest guest]

Here are some links for more information about mercury and amalgam

illness:

http://www.amalgam.org/

http://www.testfoundation.org/amalgampage.htm

http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/mercury/asr.htm

http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/health.htm

http://www.algonet.se/~leif/FUSCIFCT.html

http://www.mercola.com/article/mercury/mercury_elimination.htm

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

http://www.whale.to/d/biblio.html

http://www.thorne.com/townsend/oct/mercury.html