DENTAL AMALGAM MERCURY SYNDROME ............................www.amalgam.org
DAMS Intl. 1079 Summit Ave St Paul MN 55105
For Immediate Release:
local contact: see page 3
Chronic Health Conditions Related to Dental Health and
Dental Procedures
Medical studies and clinical results have found that many
chronic, degenerative, health conditions are dental related (there are also
other causes and effects are cumulative and synergistic). The main causes include mercury (from amalgam
fillings) and infections from root-canaled teeth(most are infected) and from cavitations
(chronically infected tooth extractions sites or root-canal sites), as well
as gingivitis and periodontitis
(infected gums). Oral infections have been found to be factors in
cardiovascular disease, heart conditions, stroke, arthritis, etc. Extremely
high levels of mercury have been found to accumulate in the gums, oral mucosa,
and saliva of those with amalgam fillings or metal crowns over amalgam-
causing chronic oral conditions and distribution of mercury to all organs of
the body through the blood. Mercury, root-canaled
teeth, and cavitations are common causes
of chronic conditions (documentation below), and most with many chronic conditions
like CFS, Fibromyalgia, MS, depression , oral conditions, etc. recover
when they deal with which ever of these is affecting them. The majority(over 50%) of wisdom tooth
extraction sites have cavitations- which can be extremely toxic systemically
and cause disabling conditions like cancer, CFS, MS, ALS, Parkinson’s, Rheumatoid Arthritis, cardiovascular disease, etc.. The majority of root canaled teeth likewise
accumulate bacteria and become toxic over time, causing the same kinds of
conditions. Dental amalgam is the
largest source of mercury in most people with mercury amalgam fillings. Most with several amalgam dental fillings or
metal crowns over amalgam get mercury exposure above the government health
guidelines and are affected over time, which commonly causes or is a major
factor in such conditions. Some are more
susceptible than others and are
more seriously affected or sooner affected, but all who have them are affected
to some measurable degree by these over time.
Tests are now available for measuring
exposure and effects such as immune
reactivity, metabolic effects, enzymatic blockages, improperly functioning detox
pathways, mineral imbalances,
etc. that are factors in these conditions.
In surgical
clinical trials of FDA and medical school, approximately 80% of wisdom tooth
extraction sites were found to have cavitations(the
population tested may not be exactly the same as the general population but was
a large population). Likewise FDA
clinical trials by the Cavitat found similar numbers, with follow-up surgical
treatment. Most such sites have cavitations- which can cause serious health
effects not commonly diagnosed as to the real cause. The sites are locally
relatively pain-free in many cases, but there are major systemic effects from
bacterial toxins and infection. They can also cause major pain(NICO)
Bioassay tests at the dental labs of Dr. Haley(www.altcorp.com) and Dr. Bouquet find similar high
toxicity and effects in root canaled teeth, which also are commonly found to
have cavitations by methods above. Years of research by Dr. Westin Price(dental
association researcher) and prominent doctors documented the same thing.
Thousands of people who have had cavitation surgery
or proper extraction of root canaled teeth have recovered from disabling
chronic conditions such as the above.
DAMS, a
national patients support organization with coordinators in most states, works with thousands of disabled and
chronically ill people each year and have compiled many thousands of cases of recovery from over 40 major chronic
conditions after proper diagnosis and treatment for mercury toxicity, root
canal toxicity, or cavitation toxicity.
Over 50,000 clinical cases of recovery are documented
in the first web site paper, and we and the other sources have many hundreds of
cases of documented recoveries from disabling conditions after dealing with
root canaled teeth and cavitations. Any of the several oral surgeons we
interact with dealing with cavitations or root canaled teeth have had large
numbers of cases of recovery from chronic or disabling conditions after
treatment. Bob Jones, who invented the cavitat,
recovered from ALS after cavitation surgery, and we
know of many other cases of recovery from such conditions in people DAMS has
worked with.
This is all well documented in the medical and dental
literature- thousands of peer reviewed studies and tens of thousands of
clinical cases document the case. For
those interested in documentation see:
DAMS, Inc. Scientific
Documentation Webpage:
Mechanisms by which mercury causes over 40 chronic health conditions:
www.flcv.com/damsindx.html (mercury, root canals, cavitations)
(over 4000 medical studies or Government studies referenced)
Over 60,000 cases of recovery from chronic health conditions after treating dental related toxicity(mercury, other toxic metals, root-canaled teeth, cavitations):
The Roots of Disease, T.E. Levy(MD) & R.Kulacz(DDS), Xlibris
Corporation, 2002 (root canals, cavitations) www.drkulacz.com/index.html
Uninformed Consent, T.E. Levy(MD) & H.Huggins(DDS),
Hampton Roads Publishing, 2001
www.hugnet.com (root canals, cavitations, mercury)
Root Canal Cover-up, G. Meinig, ... (much of it based on research of Dr. Westin Price and Mds)
www.tldp.com/issue/157‑8/157rootc.htm
(root canals commonly cause
chronic degenerative health conditions)
ICNR Case
Study #11
www.icnr.com/cs/cs_11.html
Thomas E. Levy, MD, FACC, and
Hal A. Huggins, DDS, MS; “Routine
Dental Extractions Routinely Produce Cavitations”, Journal of Advancement in
Medicine, Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 1996,
www.holisticmed.com/dental/cavitation1.html
Dental Lab web site( Dr. Boyd Haley, Chairman, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Kentucky) www.altcorp.com (root canals, cavitations, mercury, tests for root canal toxicity-TOPAS) Cavitation Documentation: www.altcorp.com/AffinityLaboratory/cavitation.htm
Cavitation
treatment: Dr. Steve Evans, DDS, www.altcorp.com/AffinityLaboratory/cavtreat.htm
Bob Jones web site, Cavitat(ultrasound test equipment for cavitations)(98% accurate- FDA clinical trials) www.cavitat.com & http://cavitatmedtech.homestead.com/Publications.html
Dr. Wes Shankland, www.drshankland.com/nico.html Oral surgeon- cavitations
Dr.Christopher
Hussar - Trigeminal Neuralgia,Atypical
Facial Neuralgia: the Cavitation Connection,
http://www.curezone.com/dental/dental_neuralgia.asp, www.drhussar.com/index.html
Dr. J Bouquot, Maxofacial Center, www.maxillofacialcenter.com/NICOcav.html
The Kinder, Gentler Approach to Infected
Root Canals and Cavitations
Dr.
Richard Hansen,
www.mercuryfilling.com/ Protocols
These hidden areas can be dangerous breeding grounds
for bacteria. But, with laser disinfection, calcified dentin tubules, cavitational microsurgery, and restoring the bone's
lymphatic and circulatory health they can sometimes be resolved without more
drastic extraction or surgery.
Dental
Clinic Website D.L. Cook, Suring Wisconsin www.dentistryhealth.com/ Dentistry
has far reaching health effects on most people.
I have repeatedly seen this experience in symptoms of my patients; with root canals,
cavitations, toxins from gingival cervicular
fluid, metal and metal oxide in composites, and dental
restorations.
Dr. Richard Riley, DDS, www.dairylanedental.com/drriley.htm/
[Mineral trioxide aggregate was the
only root-end filling material that did not cause significant neuronal cell
damage; amalgam and super-EBA caused significant cell death]
Asrari M, Lobner
D. In vitro neurotoxic evaluation
of root-end-filling materials. J Endod. 2003
Nov;29(11):743-6.
Frank Jerome's book
Tooth Truth &
website called Tooth Truth. www.dentistry‑toothtruth.com/faq.htm
Gerson Cancer Clinic; Cavitations: More Than Just Another Hole in Your Head
www.gerson.org/healing/articles/nl_cavitations.htm
Gerson Clinic; Root Canal Cover‑Up ‑ Are your teeth killing you?
www.gerson.org/healing/articles/nl_rootcan.html
Mercury Detoxification, Pesticide and Herbicide Detoxification, and Sterilization of Foci of Infection- The key to curing rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic conditions, Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, May, 2002, by A. di Fabio, G. Prosch www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0ISW/2002_May/85131519/p1/article.jhtml?term=
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MELISA
Medical Lab(www.melisa.org) (Immune/autoimmune effects of amalgam)
De Nardin E. The role of inflammatory and
immunological mediators in periodontitis and
cardiovascular disease. Ann Periodontol
2001 Dec;6(1):30-40
van Winkelhoff AJ, Winkel EG, Vandenbroucke-Grauls
CM.; Periodontitis: a hidden chronic
infection; Ned Tijdschr
Geneeskd 2001 Mar 24;145(12):557-63
Krejci CB, Bissada NF. Women's health issues and their relationship
to periodontitis. J Am Dent Assoc 2002 Mar;133(3):323-9
Wu T, Trevisan M, Genco RJ, Dorn JP, Falkner KL, Sempos CT.
Periodontal disease and risk of cerebrovascular
disease: the first national health and nutrition examination survey and its
follow-up study. Arch Intern Med
2000 Oct 9;160(18):2749-55
Johann Lechner, "Dental
Materials and Psychoneuroimmunology Conference". Danderyd
Hospital, 14-16 August, 1998;
Frisk F, Hakeberg M, Ahlqwist M, Bengtsson C. Acta Odontol Scand. 2003 Oct;61(5):257-62. (signif. Positive correlation: amalgam root fillings and coronary heart disease)
Prochazkova J, Sterzl I, Kucerova H, Bartova J, Stejskal VD; The beneficial effect of amalgam replacement on health in patients with autoimmunity. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2004 Jun;25(3):211-8. (including MS)
Technical Contact: Bernard Windham, berniew1@embarqmail.com, 850-878-9024