Re: Dental Amalgam - no harm?

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Dale

> The following has been taken from the Consumer Health Digest #02-09,

> February 26, 2002. I post it here for the interest it may generate.

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> >FDA endorses dental amalgam. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration

> >has issued a " Consumer Update " statement that " no valid scientific

> >evidence has ever shown that amalgams cause harm to patients with

> >dental restorations. " While indicating that research continues to

> >look for " possible subtle and long-range health effects, " the

> >statement notes that in 1997, the World Health Organization

> >concluded that, " Dental amalgam restorations are considered safe,

> >but components of amalgam and other dental restorative materials

> >may, in rare instances, cause local side effects or allergic

> >reactions. The small amount of mercury released from amalgam

> >restorations, especially during placement and removal, has not been

> >shown to cause any other adverse health effects. " Similar

> >conclusions have been reached by the United States Public Health

> >Service, the European Commission, the National Board of Health and

> >Welfare in Sweden, the New Zealand Ministry of Health, and Health

> >Canada. [Consumer Update: Dental amalgams. FDA Center for Devices

> >and Radiological Health, Feb 11, 2002.]

> >http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html

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> My dentist informs me that whatever harm may be caused, it took place

> during the filling process and essentially ends when the amalgam

> hardens.

>

> Removing the amalgam would result in more damage from the release of

> mercury, similar to what took place when the fillings were put in

> place.

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> IRA L. JACOBSON