Safety Of Amalgam ( Silver Fillings )

Amalgam dental restorations which are also known as silver fillings are the number one choice for restoring teeth. These silver fillings have been used for over a hundred years to fill in cavities where there has been tooth decay. The question many have is “what is dental amalgam?” Dental amalgam is a mixture of materials containing powdered alloy, metals and mercury. There have been some concerns, however about the safety of this mercury containing filling material. “Amalgam is in the same safety class as gold and composite fillings” (FDA) and does not pose the safety concerns as once thought. Compared to other dental materials, such as composite and glass ionomer, amalgam is the “most studied and tested.” (NCAHF) Many

Mercury is a heavy metal with serious side effects like heart problems, digestive imbalance, loss of memory, breathing problems, ADD, depression, etc.

In 2011, Dr. Jeremy L. Bria of DC made a claim that the flu shot did indeed increase your risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. An advertisement was published in The Beacon with the title “Want to increase your risk of getting Alzheimer’s Disease?” which then went on to link Alzheimer’s with the flu shot because of the mercury that’s in it. Claiming “Flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury. And since the toxic level of mercury is one microgram, that’s 25 times the amount of toxicity your

Another concern with vaccines is the addition of a form of mercury called thimerosal. “Thimerosal is best known as a preservative used in some vaccines to keep them from becoming contaminated”

The HAPI organization is fueling their mission on their fears about vaccinations. Dawn Winkler the executive director of the HAPI believed her infant died from mercury poisoning after receiving her vaccines. Mercury poisoning was never confirmed and medical professionals labeled the cause of death to be SIDS, also known as Sudden infant death syndrome. They use myths and make them frightening. The group’s main concern on vaccinations are the amounts of mercury. On the organizations website they pressure parents into choosing whether to vaccinate their children using the words “the most important decisions you will ever make for your child.” On a separate section of the website they say vaccines are supposed to be mercury free, which isn’t true. The reason why vaccines contain mercury and that is to kill any bacteria. They describe mercury as toxic in the tiniest amounts and never mention the fact that it has never shown to have harmful effects.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for safe exposure level to mercury are one-tenth of a microgram (mcg) per kilogram of body weight. Children received about 237 mcg of Thimerosal by two years old with the first 200 mcg administered before six months old. Thimerosal is an ethylmercury preservative (about 49.6 percent mercury by weight) used in vaccines to add shelf life to the vaccine. Thimerosal is about 50 times more toxic due to it being injected, there is no blood–brain barrier in infants, mercury clings to brain cells and nerves, and infants do not create bile therefore the mercury cannot be excreted. PDD-NOS are the largest group and are characterized by four other different disorders. The four disorders

On average, individuals have eight amalgram fillings, which means they are absorbing 120 micrograms of mercury daily. People are also absorbing an average of 2.3 micrograms of mercury from eating fish and other seafoods and an additional 0.3 micrograms from water, air and other foods.

Another claim anti-vaxxers make is that vaccines contain mercury which is toxic to humans (Ross, np). Thimerosal, which was in multi-dose vaccines to prevent bacteria growth, did in fact contain traces of mercury (Ross, np) (CDC, np). However, there are two types of mercury: methylmercury and ethylmercury (CDC, np). Methylmercury, which is found in some kinds of fish, is toxic to humans in high doses, while ethylmercury is cleaned out of the body rapidly and is less likely to cause any harm, especially at low doses (CDC, np). Thimerosal contained a very low dose of ethylmercury, and studies showed it would not be toxic to humans, aside from some minor side effects such as redness or swelling after injection (CDC, np). Even so, the FDA decided to remove thimerosal from vaccines back in 2001 (Ross, np).

Very few vaccines contain mercury as a preservative(Non Harmful amounts). And if i was a parent with a kid I wouldn’t want my kid to have mercury injected into them, but on the other hand I wouldn’t want them passing away from the flu or whooping cough.

just another one to add to the list but no studies have linked the two to date. The flu shot is widely believed to cause more harm than good, but this myth has also been ruled out. The mercury content in dental fillings was believed to be a contributing factor and science

While you may already know that tongue jewelry can lead to cracked or broken teeth if you bite on it accidentally while eating or take a blow to the face during an accident that knocks the jewelry into your teeth forcefully, you may not know that even you take care to avoid any serious accident, just the act of the jewelry moving around in your mouth on a daily basis can cause tooth fissures, which are tiny scratches in your tooth enamel.

Amalgam simply means a mixture of metals. In dentistry, amalgam fillings are typically made of mercury, silver, tin and copper and appear silver in color. Some may worry that the mercury in the amalgam fillings is harmful, but

Wright does not discuss the consumption of mercury through the silver/mercury filling vapors very much. She only points out that people with more fillings have shown to have more mercury content in their urine, with the dentists having performed the fillings having two to fives times as much.

We set out to determine the extent of dental material-related BPA exposure comparing the urinary BPA concentrations before and after dental treatment among patients receiving BisGMA-based composites and sealants. Our findings suggest that there is a transient – lasting up to 14 days to 6 months – increase in BPA concentrations following treatment [35, 38], whether negative health effects can result from this exposure is yet to be determined.

People can come in contact with mercury in a number of ways. There is increased risk of mercury exposure in the dental, health and chemical industries. People are also at risk of consuming an unsafe amount of mercury if they eat certain things in excess amounts, such as more than 6 ounces of albacore tuna per week, or over 12 ounces of fish like shrimp, canned tuna, salmon, pollock or catfish. Exposure to mercury can cause brain damage, kidney damage, lung damage and various digestive system problems (McCoy). Perhaps the person most vulnerable to mercury poisoning is the pregnant woman and her unborn fetus. Trauma caused to infants and children as a result of