Not at all, Dennis. Germany has outlawed amalgam, effective Jan. 1, 2000, but the good ole US of A still thinks mercury is a fine thing to put in the human body, and in fact most health insurance carriers won't pay for anything else. I use a holistic dentist who gets his composite (epoxy) materials from Germany. We're systematically jackhammering out the amalgam and pasting in the plastic.
Incidentally, amalgam fillings have some interesting side effects in addition to mercury poisoning. They always leak, as there is no bond with the carved-out tooth cavity except by pressure and friction -- it's jammed in there, remember feeling that? The mercury helps kill bacteria for awhile, but as the mercury leaches out of the amalgam (and into your blood), the tooth begins to decay under the filling. A corrosive coating on the silver prevents it from doing you any good. So, basically, when the mercury is no longer poisoning you, the tooth rots. Not only that, but if your amalgam contains zinc, as many do, the zinc oxidizes and as it does so it crystallizes, which means it expands the way water does as it goes from liquid to crystalline (ice) form. And your tooth cracks. Fortunately, my dentist is a master at repairing those cracks with epoxy and saving teeth that a mainstream dentist would relegate to root canal (another inadvisable procedure). Aren't you glad you asked? Sam We will tell you nothing. Ignorance will not be tolerated. > i thought they stopped using mercury in fillings ears ago due to the > toxicity. > > Dennis > > 51/50 > 24/7 > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
