Do you happen to have one or more amalgam fillings in your mouth? You know...those shiny silver ones? If so, I highly recommend you pay close attention to what I am about to share with you.
Your amalgam fillings are 50% mercury. In case you weren't already aware, mercury happens to be a known NEUROTOXIN. In FACT, it happens to be the 3rd most potent neurotoxin out there. Remember when mercury thermometers were banned? SO....WHY THE HECK ARE DENTISTS STILL PUTTING THEM IN OUR MOUTHS?!!! Not real sure, but what I do know is that it's cheap and long lasting....so why not? I will now roll my eyes and sigh.
Here's what I DO know and have learned thus far about these amalgam fillings.
"The average amalgam filling contains close to 1 gram of mercury. To put this in perspective, that is enough mercury to contaminate a 5 acre lake and declare it unsuitable for drinking and fishing according to the EPA."
Every time your amalgam fillings are stimulated, mercury vapor is released into your mouth and into your saliva, which enters your bloodstream. Studies show that about 10 micrograms of mercury vapor are released a day into the mouth of an individual with these amalgam fillings.
How are our fillings stimulated? Well, it's not all that hard. CHEWING is perhaps the most common way to stimulate them. But if for some reason, you don't chew...brushing your teeth, grinding your teeth, and drinking warm liquids stimulate them as well.
This mercury vapor leads to some level mercury poisoning in the body...no matter how little or how great. It also depends on an individuals ability to detoxify this poison. Nonetheless, if this stuff is in our mouths for decades, and we are continually stimulating the release of its vapors, then no WONDER people in their mid to latter years of life begin posing symptoms and signs of mercury poisoning. So what are some of these symptoms? Well, they're a whole lot like the symptoms we see that are associated with all the other toxic chemicals we're exposed to. And they are also the diseases that we have seen spike hundreds to thousands of percents within the last 20 to 30 yrs.
- chronic fatigue
- migraines
- depression
- memory loss
- ADHD
- Autism
- Autoimmune Diseases such as lupus and fibromyalgia
- Insomnia
- Stomach Pain and GI problems
- Arthritis
- asthma
- allergies
- infertility
Speaking of INFERTILITY, studies have shown that dental assistants have some of the highest rates of infertility. This is suspected because of their constant exposure to mercury vapor released in the dental office.
20 years ago, the FDA said that amalgam fillings were perfectly safe. They have recently changed their statement to this,
"Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and fetuses."
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........................................
So WHY are they still giving them as an option?????
I've also read that Dentists are the doctors with the highest rates of depression and suicide. I figured it was because they had to look inside dirty mouths every day, but now I'm beginning to wonder if there is a link between mercury exposure and depression. But, if you ask a dentist if amalgam fillings are safe, whether he believes they are or not....he MUST tell you that they are or he will lose his license. Who are we supposed to trust here?!
Here's an excerpt from an article I read
"An article published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association claims that many dentists are at risk of suffering from a chronic mood disorder known as dysthymia. It's a condition the Université de Montréal Department of Dentistry is fighting - preventively.
Dysthymia is characterized by loss of appetite, low levels of energy, desperation, excessive anger, social withdrawal and working long hours to compensate for declining performance, troubles in concentration, guilt and suicidal thoughts.
A 2005 study published in the Journal of the American Dental Association claims that 10 percent of the 560 dentists surveyed suffer from this condition. However, only 15 percent of them are followed by a doctor and receive treatment."
I saw a man interviewed who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. After researching causes and cures, he decided to have the amalgam fillings removed from his mouth. Within 9 months, he had his clear thinking back and felt a million times better. Coincidence? Maybe. Probably Not. It's also interesting that when he asked his dentist if he could save the amalgam fillings so that he could have them made into cuff links, the dentist adamantly refused saying that they were considered highly poisonous and needed to be disposed of as toxic waste.
But WAIT? They weren't toxic waste when they were in his mouth? Doesn't seem to make much sense.
My guess is that no one is admitting that amalgams are actually poisoning people because if they did, it would cause mass panic among the millions of Americans who have mouths full of them! Instead, they are slowly changing the laws and they are beginning to give people "options." Why THANK YOU. Hmmmm, no one ever gave ME an option from what I can remember.
So, what should you do if you have amalgam fillings? Well, if you can afford to get them removed, you should maybe consider it. BUT, do not just choose any dentist. Choose one who specializes in removing these fillings without drilling. It is the drilling of these fillings that cause a massive dump of mercury vapor into your system. One former dentist, stated that nearly every patient who had their amalgams removed with a drill came down with an autoimmune disorder within a month of their extraction. This is very frightening. This is also a dentist who lost his license because he took a stand against amalgam fillings.
If you want to learn more, you can always just google the topic, but here are some recent videos I watched to learn about amalgams for myself.
Another EXCELLENT documentary that sparked my interest in it all is
The Beautiful Truth.
It covers far more than just this topic. I highly recommend watching it.
Great!! As I have a few of those symptoms and my mouth is, yes silver! Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad when Grant needed a filling I opted to pay $90 for the white ones.. and Im also so glad our insurances were changed to MetLife who covers white fillings!! :) thx for the info girl!
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Starr, I actually was thinking about you. Don't be discouraged. Maybe you should find a way to get your mercury levels tested. If heavy metals are high...find a way to get them out. I have no idea what the cost is like though.
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