Health Risks Associated with Amalgam Fillings

Research has repeatedly shown that amalgam fillings expose dental workers, patients, and unborn babies to mercury vapor, mercury-containing particulate, and other types of mercury contamination. All amalgam fillings contain roughly 50% mercury. There is no established safe level of mercury exposure to mercury, an extremely toxic metal. These mercury-filled dental amalgams have been used by dentists as tooth decay fillings for more than a century. But does a filling option that has been around for more than a century makes it safe for your health? The short response is no.

According to the American Dental Association, more than 100 million Americans have had their teeth restored with dental amalgam because it is regarded as a secure, cost-effective, and long-lasting substance. However, it is a well-known truth that as a person eats, the mercury in their amalgam filling is discharged into their body. Amalgam fillings are one of the main contributors to mercury poisoning, which is a major global health hazard.

According to the American Dental Association, more than 100 million Americans have had their teeth restored with dental amalgam because it is regarded as a secure, cost-effective, and long-lasting substance. However, it is a well-known truth that as a person eats, the mercury in their amalgam filling is discharged into their body. Amalgam fillings are one of the main contributors to mercury poisoning, which is a major global health hazard.

The FDA examined the scientific data concerning the grave health risks brought on by the presence of mercury-based fillings in the mouths of millions of Americans in 2009. The FDA then made a significant alteration as a result of what it discovered.

The FDA published a final regulation on July 28, 2009, redesignating dental amalgam as a class II device and downgrading mercury from a class I (least risk) device to a class II (greater risk) device. A unique controls advice paper for dental amalgam was also developed.

The advice statement even acknowledges that "dental amalgam also releases modest levels of mercury vapor, a substance that is well-documented to induce detrimental neurological and renal health effects at high exposure levels. The amounts of mercury vapor are at their maximum right after dental amalgam is placed and removed, but they gradually decrease after that.

Therefore, despite the fact that there are better alternatives, the FDA still wants to utilize mercury in fillings despite the fact that the adverse health effects are specific and well-documented. It's difficult to imagine, yet that's exactly what's happening.

Despite the FDA's admission that amalgam fillings are riskier than previously thought, the American public still lacks adequate protection.

Are your dental implants amalgam? If you've ever had a cavity filled, there's a good chance that amalgam—the preferred filling material among dentists nationwide—was used. Amalgam is made up of powdered silver, tin, and copper alloy metals as well as liquid mercury (approximately 50% of its weight). The term "silver fillings" refers to the hue of this filling substance, which gives it this appearance.

According to an FDA report:

The average amalgam filling contains 1 gram of mercury, and because of the low vapor pressure of mercury and the loss caused by the galvanic action of mercury with different metals in the mouth, the majority of amalgam filling users are exposed to significant levels of mercury.

It goes on and becomes worse and by worse, I mean a lot worse

Mercury vapor has major harmful effects at considerably lower exposure levels than other inorganic mercury forms, is swiftly transported throughout the body and is easily able to cross cell membranes.

The usage of amalgam fillings dates back more than a century. What then is the issue? Numerous scientific studies have shown that these amalgam fillings cause harmful, toxic mercury to enter everyone who has them. Scientific studies have shown that mercury exposure, whether acute or chronic, can have harmful consequences on health at any stage of development. Because mercury has no physiological benefits whatsoever, in a perfect world, neither children nor adults would ever have any mercury in their systems.

Mercury-containing fillings have significant cumulative effects. Therefore, the longer you have amalgam fillings, the more mercury your body is likely to have.

Amalgam Fillings' Health Risks:

According to the Mayo Clinic, whenever an amalgam filling is mechanically manipulated, such as during chewing, a little quantity of mercury (two to 20 micrograms per day) is released from it. If you have amalgam fillings, chewing gum is among the worst things you can do since it releases mercury levels "greatly above normal." It further claims that some of the mercury is converted into other forms by the usual flora in our mouths, such as methylmercury, which has been demonstrated to be integrated into bodily tissues.
The harmful, deadly mercury fumes emitted in a person's mouth rise with routine stimulation. Do you occasionally sip hot tea or coffee? This easy, pleasurable pleasure raises the temperature of your tongue, increasing the release of mercury vapor still again. Ever bite into a piece of meat that was a little rough or chew a stick of gum? As a result of this agitation, more mercury vapors are released into your mouth and subsequently go throughout the rest of your body.

According to scientific evidence, exposure to mercury, whether in a single high dose or over time at low levels, is associated with kidney, brain, urological, reproductive, neurological, and renal issues. Children and developing fetuses are more severely affected by these issues.

It's important to remember that the effects of amalgam on youngsters and women who are pregnant or nursing are considerably more concerning. Even the FDA has issued a warning to the general public and dentists about the potential dangers of amalgam fillings to developing fetuses and young children. Both of these populations are at increased risk for health problems, so amalgam fillings should be avoided at all costs.

Mercury exposure symptoms and signs include:

Chronic mercury poisoning causes at least 100 symptoms of mercury poisoning, either directly or indirectly. The presence and severity of mercury poisoning symptoms are influenced by a number of variables, including:

the number of fillings you have

how long you've had them

 how you stimulate them

The following are only a few of the numerous symptoms of mercury poisoning from amalgam fillings:

Unstable emotional state

Reduced appetite

Generally weak

Fatigue

Skin alterations

Cardiovascular conditions

Störungen der Hormone

Headaches

Insomnia

Immune system dysfunction

loss of hearing

Psychological problems and mood swings like anxiety and despair

Respiratory difficulties

Tremors

Loss of weight

There is evidence that removing amalgam fillings can help with a wide range of serious and persistent health issues, including:

Gum disease called periodontitis

Autoimmune issues and the immune system

Allergies

Asthma

Persistent headaches or migraines

ADD/ADHD

Tachycardia and cardiovascular issues

Blood disorders

Crohn's illness

issues with the digestive system

Dizziness/vertigo

Arthritis

ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease

Alzheimer's condition

Parkinson's condition

Syndrome of protracted weariness

Memory problems

Fibromyalgia

Infertility

Depression

Insomnia

Anxiety

The potential for infection

Infection with antibiotic resistance

Sinus issues

Loss of hearing

Persistent eyesight or eye problems

Various skin problems, such as eczema

Thyroid issues

Candida

PMS

Diabetes

RESOURCES:

 https://www.nih.gov

https://www.nature.com/nrneurol

Solutions:

https://www.seedsofchangemk.com/store101/p/time-to-detox

2022. NP. Malika Katrouche. All Rights Reserved.

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