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davey914 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dont' be insulting to people. I've never called you any names. I asked you questions about your claims from a textbook, and I get an Ad hominem argument from you. I've only asked you questions because there are areas that seem questionable and I just wanted to follow up to them. If I don't ask any questions then I'm no better than a dental technician.
heyjbone (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And Yes. About 15 years ago,(THAT TOOTH IS 25 YEARS OLD) two-thirds of all dental fillings were made from amalgam, but today that number has dropped to about 30 percent. Now dentists use resin composites -- white fillings that match tooth color and are made of powdered glass and epoxy-like materials.
(This was writing in 2006) by Wall Street Journal.
"I hope people dont start getting on edge about getting the teeth done with these feelings, as I was started too."
-jbone
heyjbone (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
We know dental amalgam releases trace amounts of mercury vapor. The World Health Organization has looked at various levels of mercury exposure and determined the threshold for when mercury exposure becomes toxic. Based on those studies, it would take 265 to 312 amalgam fillings to reach toxic levels of mercury exposure, according to J. Rodway Mackert, dental professor and materials-science expert at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
heyjbone (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Most Americans have seven or eight fillings. The amount of mercury released daily is about one microgram per seven fillings, according to a 1997 World Health Organization report. A microgram is one-millionth of a gram. By comparison, we absorb five to six micrograms of mercury from food and water sources each day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And the upper limit of permissible exposure set by government safety standards for workers is equal to about 460 micrograms per day.
Mauro850 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i need to get filling soon is there a safe filling i can get please let me know
davidkennedydds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I understand that you don't have any mercury fillings. That is a good thing. But this is not about you and me. it is about the greater good.
Removing mercury is very dangerous to vulnerable subsets (APOe 4/4 & CPOX+) if not done with meticulous attention to preventing the patient and staff exposure to both mercury vapor and particulate amalgam.
It can and should be done safely.
Mercury use is declining because people like you have chosen better materials not because the dentists got wise.
primalminds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I didn't say i got a "silver" filling. Mine is non metal. Cant remember what it was, but it's tooth colored, and had to be baked with a UV light or something.
You cant even see it in my mouth. While i dont doubt that mercury in your mouth is a bad thing, i think it's being replaced at a rate your not giving credit to.
davidkennedydds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Unfortunately you are very sadly mistaken.
While may dentists have abandoned this toxic plug slightly less than 50% still use it and as a result 70 tons of mercury continue to be implanted in the US and a proportionately reduced amount in Canada with a smaller population.
This is a major problem of perception. If people believe that they got 'silver' fillings they fail to act. If they think mercury use has stopped they do not react.
The problem is on going and continues to this day.
primalminds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I got a filling a few years ago. There was no metal in it whatsoever. To the best of my knowledge, no dentists use metal fillings in Canada anymore.
davidkennedydds (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Many dentists have been attacked by the dental boards at the encouragement of the dental societies and the public and profession continues to suffer. They deceptively advertise poison metal fillings "sliver" in violation of the consumer protection laws that require ingredients listed in order of concentration. Mercury filling is the correct term.
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