More off topic on amalgams

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A very simple study done by the Swiss maybe 15 - 20 years ago gave me my answer. Mercury levels were measured in the blood serum of two groups of people, all with amalgam fillings. Then half chewed gum for several hours, the others did not. A new blood draw was done afterward. No surprise, the chewers had increased blood serum levels of mercury compared to the first test, the others did not. That doesn't mean that the mercury would have settled in brain tissue, or anywhere else, but it does seem to mean that it isn't locked firmly in the amalgam. And it also doesn't mean that most bodies aren't able to deal with it, excreting it one way or another. Nor does it mean that mercury is the source of our problems. It's just one possibility.

I had a really great dentist who has since left the dental field completely. During the twenty years or so I was seeing him he participated in a study group that focused primarily on the mercury/amalgam issue and became extremely concerned about the mercury they were finding in tissues provided to them from cadavers. One in particular that distressed him was the mercury in the tissues of a woman and her unborn child. She had undergone extensive dental work, became pregnant, and then died in a car wreck late in the pregnancy. She and the baby both had high levels of mercury in their brain tissues. I find that disturbing, and he was also quite upset by it to the point that he simply refused to use amalgams anymore at all. He shared the story with me when I asked him why he had given my son the more expensive composite resin filling that my insurance wouldn't cover; he apologized and explained his position.

Sorry to run on so long...

Nite all,

JT

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That is interesting.

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Thanks for the info. I hope I can remember that when I go see him next.

[low dose naltrexone] More off topic on amalgams

A very simple study done by the Swiss maybe 15 - 20 years ago gave me my answer. Mercury levels were measured in the blood serum of two groups of people, all with amalgam fillings. Then half chewed gum for several hours, the others did not. A new blood draw was done afterward. No surprise, the chewers had increased blood serum levels of mercury compared to the first test, the others did not. That doesn't mean that the mercury would have settled in brain tissue, or anywhere else, but it does seem to mean that it isn't locked firmly in the amalgam. And it also doesn't mean that most bodies aren't able to deal with it, excreting it one way or another. Nor does it mean that mercury is the source of our problems. It's just one possibility.

I had a really great dentist who has since left the dental field completely. During the twenty years or so I was seeing him he participated in a study group that focused primarily on the mercury/amalgam issue and became extremely concerned about the mercury they were finding in tissues provided to them from cadavers. One in particular that distressed him was the mercury in the tissues of a woman and her unborn child. She had undergone extensive dental work, became pregnant, and then died in a car wreck late in the pregnancy. She and the baby both had high levels of mercury in their brain tissues. I find that disturbing, and he was also quite upset by it to the point that he simply refused to use amalgams anymore at all. He shared the story with me when I asked him why he had given my son the more expensive composite resin filling that my insurance wouldn't cover; he apologized and explained his position.

Sorry to run on so long...