I recently got into it with my periodontist about mercury fillings and he INSISTS that there is NO mercury leakage; that the mercury is tightly bound. He also said that dentists who remove amalgam fillings in order to improve the health of patients should be prosecuted in court. Says it's a scam. He showed me the amalgams in his mouth to prove how he feels about their safety. He says that everything about the dangers of mercury amalgams that's on the internet is misinformation. This is a fairly young guy, maybe early forties. Fairly, he did refer me when I stated that I wanted my fillings replaced with composites (and they have been!).
This same periodontist also insists that sodium fluoride is great stuff and perfectly safe. He wouldn't hear of there being a difference between it and calcium fluoride. He did agree with me that MAYBE it shouldn't be in the water supply but not to worry because Oregon doesn't fluoridate their water (yet?). However, he and the other dentists in the area write prescriptions for sodium fluoride pills, which the local dental association even subsidizes the price of! Nothing I'm going to say is going to change this guys mind; he is a hard-line believer in what the Oregon and American Dental Associations tell him. Dittos his staff. After each visit I have to reexamine my own beliefs, but I'm sticking with the overwhelming evidence that I find up here on the net. The closed minds of otherwise apparently educated and intelligent people really confuses me. Are they really that brainwashed, or are they scared? I know my doctor is very reluctant to speak of anything "alternative", for fear of the eFDeA. Ron KC7ZWA -- 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]>
