The Sordid History of Dental Amalgam use and the Lies and Deception Used to Justify its Use

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The Sordid History of Dental Amalgam use and the Lies and Deception Used to

Justify its Use

There has never been a time in U.S. History when mercury was not known to be

extremely toxic and when there was evidence that use of dental amalgam might be

safe. There were medical/ dental studies from the 1800s documenting significant

exposures to mercury from amalgam and documenting harm to patients from its use.

[Ohio State Journal of Dental Science from 1882 (harm from amalgam understood

from the start of use)]

Due to the high toxicity of mercury and the known documented fact that those who

have amalgam fillings get significant mercury exposures and commonly experience

adverse health effects, those dentists who used mercury in dentistry were called

Quacks, after the German word for mercury.

http://www.wholebodymed.com/historypolit.php

By the late 1900s there were thousands of peer-reviewed studies documenting high

mercury exposures from amalgam use, and common significant adverse health

effects. ( www.flcv.com/indexa.html )

and there are no credible studies suggesting amalgam use is safe and does not

cause high mercury exposures or common harm to people who use it. All that claim

such have been refuted by experts.

Attached is an actual Ohio State Journal of Dental Science from 1882. This has

all the concerns that were expressed about amalgams in 1882 (including leakage).

Eugene S. Talbot was an M.D and a DDS. It is approx. 882 pages! (includes

discussion of history of amalgam use in U.S., beginning in 1833)

“From its inception, the better class of dental practitioners waged war

against its use . The manner in which it was introduced called forth the censure

of all who have professional etiquette. “ page 2

Dr. of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery: “It is one of the most

objectionable materials for filling teeth that can be employed†At the

meetings of the dental societies the subject was discussed spiritedly with

strong arguments against its use†They reported that such substances were

hurtful to the mouth in all parts, and there was no caries in a tooth in which

gold could not be employed. The report was unanimously adopted. page 3

“In 1845 the Mississippi Valley Association of Dental Surgeons resolved that

the use of amalgam was injurious and unprofessional and would not be

countenanced by its members. “ But the reports and resolutions by the various

societies did not stop the spread of amalgam use. Page 3

“The rapidity with which the evaporation of mercury (from amalgam) takes place

depends on the amount of heat and the surface exposed†The time required for

substantial deposition of mercury using the ammonium-nitrate reagent of silver

was 10 minutes. Many experiments were carried out, with results similar Page 6

The Dental Register of Dentistry, 1872, had the following case of poisoning from

mercury in a tooth filling. “ T. died from salivation, caused from

mercury in a tooth filling†Dr. Sprague attended the case. Two other doctors

consulted agreed he was suffering from the effects of mercury. It was clear that

the mercury had caused his death. Page 7

Other cases of harm from amalgam cited, page 8, etc.

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The reasons for the known high mercury exposures to all with several amalgam

fillings due to mercury's unusual properties, are that gas is the only stable

form of mercury at room temperature and “battery and EMF effects†pump

mercury into the oral cavity and from there throughout the body (

www.flcv.com/AmalgamP.html )

Due to this, amalgam has been documented by thousands of tests by medical labs

and confirmed by Government agencies to be the largest source of mercury in most

people who have several amalgam fillings. www.flcv.com/damspr1.html

Due to mercury's properties and the high exposures of all who have several

amalgam fillings or metal crowns over amalgam, dental amalgam is documented by

Municipal Sewer Agencies and EPA to be the largest source of mercury in sewers

and sewer sludge, with very high levels in both. The average person with several

such amalgams or crowns over amalgams is documented to excrete approximately 30

micrograms per day of mercury into the sewers, a very high level since mercury

is the most toxic element people commonly come into contact with. Medical labs

found that the average person with amalgams excretes almost 10 times as much

mercury as those without amalgams, and amalgam is a significant source of

mercury in water bodies, the environment, fish, etc. www.flcv.com/damspr2.html

The known high environmental effects of mercury are one of the reasons some

countries have banned amalgam use, such as Sweden and Norway (

www.flcv.com/amalg6.html ) and most other countries with modern medical systems

have banned it use, or limited its use for women and children or require health

warnings. Some U.S. states now also require health warning when amalgam is used.

Yet special interest organizations who have benefited from amalgam use like the

American Dental Association and Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture it

have spent hundreds of millions on promoting its use and attempting to suppress

the spread of accurate scientific knowledge about the high exposures and common

harm caused by amalgam.