DENTAL
AMALGAM FILLINGS & CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
The
papers that can be linked to on this page have over 3000 medical studies or
Government Agency studies that document that:
1.
Dental Amalgam Fillings are the largest source of mercury in
most people, and largest source of methyl mercury
as well since other forms of mercury are methylated
to methyl mercury in the body by bacteria, etc.
2.
Most people with several fillings get significant daily exposures
to mercury that exceed Government Health Guidelines
for Mercury Exposure.
3.
The main reasons for common high exposures of mercury and other toxic metals
from amalgam are mercury's negative vapor pressure which
means that it is constantly vaporizing plus the galvanic currents(battery
effect) created in the mouth by mixed metals that pumps mercury into the gums,
jawbone, oral mucosa, and systemically is carried throughout the body by the
blood and nerves. Additionally
electromagnetic fields(EMF) from appliances such as
computer monitors and motors create currents in metal in the mouth that
increases galvanism and exposure to metals such as mercury.
4.
Mercury is extremely
toxic and the most
toxic substance with common significant exposures. No safe level
where there are not measurable adverse effects has ever been documented. However not all people receiving the same
exposure are equally effected and mercury toxicity effects depend on susceptibility
factors such as immune reactivity, systemic detoxification and metal excretion
ability, other synergistic exposures, etc. , as well as dose.
5.
Mercury vapor or organic mercury readily crosses the blood‑brain barrier
and the placenta to a fetus, and accumulates to significant levels
in the brain, CNS, motor neurons, hormone glands, and major organs such as the
heart, kidneys, and liver in direct proportion to the number of amalgam filling
surfaces. Mercury is documented to be extremely cytotoxic(kills cells), neurotoxic, and immunotoxic, as
well as inducing immune reactivity in large numbers of people.
6.
Mercury and other toxic, immune reactive, and carcinogenic metals like nickel
form strong bonds with the hydroxyl radical(SH) in amino acids which are the
body's main building blocks and cellular level fuel, disrupting the basic metabolic processes
such as the conversion of cysteine to sulfates, taurine, and glutathione.
The incomplete conversion of such amino acids results in toxic
metabolites such as beta‑casamorphine and
sulfites as well as immune and autoimmune conditions.
Mercury
also accumulates in the brain and CNS and damages nerve cells involved in
Parkinson's and ALS through free radical formation and oxidative damage.
Some
of the autoimmune conditions
documented to be commonly caused by mercury(and other toxic metals) include oral lichen planus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS),
Fibromyalgia(FM),
MS, Lupus, Lou Gehrig's
Disease(ALS),
Parkinson's,
diabetes, etc.
7.
Thousands of medical studies on humans and animals have confirmed the
mechanisms by which mercury(and other toxic metals) cause over 40 serious or chronic
health conditions including neurological, hormonal, reproductive, immune, autoimmune, cardiovascular, & birth defects and
developmental effects on infants.
8. There are many thousands of clinical cases
of cure or significant improvement in these conditions after proper amalgam
replacement and treatment, as followed and documented by doctors. Some of the conditions
that mercury has been documented to cause and which people have been documented
to recover from after proper amalgam replacement or treatment include: periodontal
disease, oral keratosis(pre cancer)), immune system , autoimmune problems, allergies, asthma, lupus, sinus
problems, chronic headaches/ migraines, multiple chemical sensitivities, epilepsy, blood conditions, chron's disease, stomach problems, dizzyness/vertigo,
arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lou Gehrig's Disease(ALS), Parkinson's/ muscle tremor, Alzheimer's,
muscular/joint pain/fibromyalgia , infertility,
depression
, autism,
schizophrenia, ADD, insomnia, anger, anxiety & mental
confusion , susceptibility to infections , antibiotic resistant infection, endometriosis
, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS) , tachycardia and heart problems
, memory
disorders , cancer(breast,etc./leukemia), neuropathy/paresthesia,
alopecia/hair
loss , tinnitus, chronic eye conditions: inflamation/iritis/ astigmatism/myopia /cataracts/macula
degeneration , vision disturbances, eczema, psoriasis, skin
conditions , urinary/prostrate
problems, hearing loss, Candida, PMS, diabetes, , leaky gut syndrome, cancer,
etc. The majority of those treated for most
of these conditions showed significant
improvement for most of these conditions.
9. Root canals and
cavitations(incompletely healed tooth extraction sites) have been
documented to often over time accumulate extremely toxic anaerobic bacteria
which give off toxins that can have similar toxic effects in disrupting
enzymatic processes as mercury and to be a factor in some autoimmune cases such
as Parkinson's, MS, ALS, Alzheimer's, etc.
Clinical trials have found infections of locally asymptomatic root-canaled
teeth and cavitations to be extremely common, occurring in over 50% of
root-canaled teeth and wisdom tooth extraction sites
tested. New tests are available for
testing for such conditions, which are commonly factors in chronic health
conditions. Many are documented to have recovered from such conditions after
treatment.
10.
Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome (DAMS International) (Florida)
National web site(www.amalgam.org) is a patients support organization for those
with chronic mercury conditions or who need advise about dental biocompatibilty/toxicity issues. They have lists of
specially trained dentists in dealing with mercury and biocompatibility issues,
and have issued several fact sheets documenting and
summarizing common mercury exposure
levels, adverse health and environmental effects of mercury from amalgam
and other mercury sources.
11.
Mercury and other toxic chemicals are accumulating in fish and wildlife to
dangerous levles. The number of lakes in the U.S.
with warnings
regarding eating fish and wildlife has been growing rapidly and has
reached over 50,000 (20% of all U.S. significant lakes), along with 7% of all
U.S. river miles, all Great Lakes, and many coastal bays and estuaries. The
fish and wildlife subject to these exposures are showing serious and sometimes catastropic hormonal and reproductive problems related to
the accumulation of mercury and other endocrine disrupting chemicals
to those at the top of the food chain such as wading birds, alligators, Florida
Panthers, minks, polar bears, seals, beluga and orca whales, etc. People are
also having widespread neurological, immune, hormonal, and reproductive
problems related to these common exposures. Mercury from dental office and
human excretion from those with amalgam fillings has been found to be a significant source
of mercury into the rivers and lakes significant enough to result in warnings
regarding mercury levels in fish, to the extent that the mercury levels from
amalgam results in higher levels of mercury in the water of home sewers of
those with amalgams and in most U.S. sewer systems higher than the EPA
guideline mercury level developed to avoid accumulation in fish and wildlife
and adopted by some areas for this purpose. Thus the Environmental Effects of Amalgam
Dental Fillings are seen to be affecting everyone.
Kids
Developmental Effects Page
DAMS Page- Florida Chapter, Technical
Documentation Page
FDA Amalgam Docket Review Page