Alternatives to titanium tooth implants

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Why should you reject the standard titanium metal implant? Titanium is NOT

Biologically Inert. Titanium implants release metal ions into your mouth 24

hours a day, and this chronic exposure may trigger inflammation, allergies, and

autoimmune disease in susceptible individuals. They are a precursor to disease.

Titanium has the potential to induce hypersensitivity as well as other

immunological dysfunctions. 56 patients developed severe health problems after

receiving titanium-based dental implants. Another complication of the use of

implanted titanium is its potential to induce the abnormal proliferation of

cells (neoplasia), which can lead to the development of malignant tumors and

cancer. Through rare, it is a well-known complication of orthopedic surgery that

involves the implantation of metallic hardware.

As described in the August 2008 issue of JADA (The Journal of the American

Dental Association), a 38-year-old woman developed bone cancer eleven months

after receiving a titanium dental implant. Luckily, she was successfully treated

with chemotherapy.

Presence of any kind of metal in your mouth can cause galvanic toxicity,

because your mouth becomes a charged battery when dissimilar metals sit in a bed

of saliva. All that is needed to make a battery is two or more different metals

and a liquid medium that can conduct electricity (i.e., an electrolyte). Metal

implants, fillings, crowns, partials, and orthodontics provide the dissimilar

metals, and the saliva in your mouth serves as the electrolyte.

An electric current called a galvanic current is then generated by the

transport of the metal ions from the metal-based dental restorations into the

saliva. This phenomenon is called “oral galvanism,” and it literally means that

your mouth is acting like a small car battery or a miniature electrical

generator. Ions also react with other components of your body, leading to

sensitivity, inflammation, and, ultimately, autoimmune disease. Increasing the

corrosion rate.

The alternative:

In recent years, high-strength ceramic implants have become attractive

alternatives to titanium implants, and some current research has focused on the

viability of materials such as zirconia (the dioxide of zirconium, a metal close

to titanium on the periodic table). Metal-free zirconia implants have been used

in Europe and South America for years, but they have only recently become

available in the U.S. Zirconia implants are highly biocompatible to the human

body and exhibit minimum ion release compared to metallic implants.

Buyer beware!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Entire article can be read at this web site:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/08/Be-VERY-Careful-Wh\

en-Replacing-Missing-Teeth.aspx

FYI,

Lottie Duthu