Actually it is too hard, and too soft. The amalgam starts off like a paste then hardens into a rock hard piece of metal. Silver would be too hard to work into the hole, and would like be too soft later if you were able to work it into the hole.
However at one time gold leaf was used for fillings. Maybe silver leaf would work as well. Marshall Nina Silver wrote: > Dear List Members, > I was thinking today about how many problems so-called "silver" fillings > cause--heavy metal toxicity, brain and neurological disorders, etc. > etc.--because "silver" fillings are loaded with mercury and nickel. > > However, what if .9999% PURE silver was used for fillings and or crowns, > especially for teeth that require root canals? First of all, is this > possible? Is the silver hard enough to stay in the tooth? > > If so, would there be enough silver particles freed up so that they could > kill microbes in the mouth (analogous to using silverware or drinking out of > silver goblets)? > > Any dentists out there? What do you think, folks? > > Nina Silver > > -- > 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]>
