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	Dental amalgam controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dental amalgam controversy surrounds the use of mercury in dentistry, in dental fillings.
		Dental amalgams have been suspected by some medical practitioners, particularly of integrative or alternative medicine, of causing many physical and/or psychological problems.
		dental amalgam is the most common form of exposure to elemental mercury in the general population, constituting a potentially significant source of exposure to elemental mercury, with estimates of daily intake from amalgam restorations ranging from 1 to 27 μg/day, the majority of dental amalgam holders being exposed to less than 5 μg mercury/day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dental_amalgam_controversy (3562 words)

	Pro Amalgam Dentist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To apply an evidence-based approach to the dental amalgam controversy requires studying articles on the subject that have been published in peer-reviewed and non–peer-reviewed publications and evaluating them as to their relevance, research design and statistical analysis, as well as to whether the conclusions follow from the data.
		He recognized the danger posed by the type of amalgam that was in use at that time; a tablet had to be heated in a spoon until the beads of mercury appeared, and then it was transferred to a mortar and pestle for trituration.
		Amalgam corrosion is an oxidation-reduction reaction in which the metals in the amalgam react with nonmetallic elements in the environment to produce chemical compounds.
	www.altcorp.com /DentalInformation/proamalgam.htm (5761 words)

	NCAHF Position Paper on Amalgam Fillings
		Advocates of this belief are seeking to ban amalgam use and to force dentists and dental organizations to compensate all persons who claim that amalgam has damaged their health.
		Issue clear and forceful guidelines indicating that unnecessary amalgam removal is unethical and unprofessional and that the diagnosis of mercury toxicity is outside the proper scope of dentistry.
		Factors affecting estimation of dental amalgam exposure from measurements of mercury vapor in levels in intraoral and expired air.
	www.dentalwatch.org /hg/amalgampp.html (2775 words)

	IS Mercury Amalgam Safe for Dental Fillings? - Sean Hannity Discussion
		All dental amalgams are 50% mercury, with the remainder 50% being a composition of various metals, usually silver, tin, copper, and zinc.
		Amalgam, which has been in use in dentistry for 150 years, consists of 50 % elemental mercury and a mixture of silver, tin, copper and zinc.
		Removal of dental amalgam leads to permanent improvement of various chronic complaints in a relevant number of patients in various trials.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=55195 (2822 words)

	Holistic Dentistry
		Amalgam's introduction meant that dental care would now be within the financial means of a much wider sector of the population, and because amalgam was simple and easy to use, dentists could readily be trained to treat the anticipated large number of new patients.
		The Association does take the position that it is unethical for a dentist to remove serviceable dental amalgams from the non-allergic patient for the alleged purpose of removing toxic substances from the body, when such treatment is performed solely at the recommendation or suggestion of the dentist.
		In spite of all this, the American Dental Association is still reassuring everyone that fluoride is absolutely safe and "vital for strong decay-resistant teeth." While they are reassuring the public they are simultaneously warning dentists in their journal articles of the increased incidence of dental fluorosis (intoxication due to excess fluoride).
	www.tmjfacialpain.com /holistic.htm (6846 words)

	Mercury Free and Healthy, The Dental Amalgam Issue
		To avoid classifying mixed amalgam, the FDA simply took the position that mixed amalgam was a ''reaction'' product manufactured by the dentist when he or she mixed the mercury with the alloy before placing it in your tooth.
		To determine the influence of dental amalgams on the mercury body burden of humans, we have given volunteers, with and without amalgams in their mouth, the sodium salt of 2, 3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonic acid (DMPS), a chelating agent safely used in the Soviet Union and West Germany for a number of years.
		Highest concentrations of Hg from amalgam in the adult occurred in kidney and liver, whereas in the fetus the highest amalgam Hg concentrations appeared in the liver and pituitary glands.
	www.amalgam.org (13311 words)

	ADA.org: A-Z Topics: Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste
		Dental amalgam is considered a safe, affordable and durable filling material.
		Dental amalgam has been studied and reviewed extensively, and has established a record of safety and effectiveness.
		Less than one percent of the mercury released into the environment comes from amalgam, and even this amount is in the form of amalgam and not methylmercury, the form of particular environmental concern.
	www.ada.org /prof/resources/topics/amalgam_bmp.asp (392 words)

	Amalgam Filling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Amalgam fillings (silver) are a mixture of different metals such as 65% silver, 6% copper,2% zinc and 25% tin bound with elemental mercury.
		"Dental amalgam is a safe, effective material for filling cavities, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the American Dental Association and numerous health agencies entrusted with protecting the public's health.
		In contrast, mercury that comes from amalgams exists either as elemental mercury vapor or as tiny bits of inorganic mercury that erode form the surface of amalgams.
	www.dentalgentlecare.com /amalgam_filling.htm (1095 words)

	Dr Wolfe
		This amalgam was developed in England and France and contained silver, tin, copper, zinc and mercury.
		The amalgam fillings were not openly embraced by organized dentistry in America, and in 1840, members of the American Society of Dental Surgeons were required to sign pledges not to use mercury fillings.
		October: The Washington Dental Disciplinary Board proposed dental ethics legislation that would have made it unethical and a punishable offense for dentists to replace "clinically serviceable" dental amalgam fillings for health purposes.
	www.drwolfe.com /html/Mercury-Fillings.html (1002 words)

	Mercury Amalgam Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The ADA supports ongoing research in the development of new materials that it hopes will someday prove to be as safe and effective as dental amalgam.
		The often cited tolerance of amalgam in relation to technique may in part be explained by dental education.
		Although several sources contributing to the domestic mercury concentrations have been identified, human wastes (feces and urine) from individuals with dental amalgam fillings are believed to be the most significant source — greater than 80 percent.
	www.altcorp.com /DentalInformation/amalgampage.htm (1861 words)

	ADA.org: A-Z Topics: Amalgam
		Dental amalgam is considered a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used to restore the teeth of more than 100 million Americans.
		At the two-day meeting in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the FDA panel collected facts and opinions about dental amalgam through written testimony and oral presentations from scientific experts including three witnesses on behalf of the ADA, consumer groups, and the general public.
		The media coverage was based on the results of a poll conducted in Connecticut by Zogby on behalf of a group opposed to the use of dental amalgam.
	www.ada.org /prof/resources/topics/amalgam.asp (778 words)

	Dental Work affects your health and wellness Support Keep Blair Alive www.keepblairalive.com
		Dental Clanup "Protocol" We ultimately travelled to the American Bio Dental Center (located in Tijuana--Baja California, Mexico) to remove and replace all metal from Michael's mouth (including tooth extraction for the one root canal and remove/replace all mercury fillings) in April, 2004.
		The amalgam debates, amalgam wars as they are referred to in dental historical writings, had little to do with science and everything to do with politics.
		Heintz, Edwardson, Derand, Birkhed "Methylation of Mercury from dental amalgam and mercuric chloride by oral Streptococci".
	www.keepblairalive.com /dental.html (11078 words)

	The amalgam controversy: An evidence-based analysis -- DODES 132 (3): 348 -- The Journal of the American Dental ...
		The amalgam controversy: An evidence-based analysis -- DODES 132 (3): 348 -- The Journal of the American Dental Association
		Dental silver’; tooth restorations: a source of mercury exposure revealed by whole-body image scan and tissue analysis.
		Mercury released from dental silver’; restorations provokes an increase in mercury- and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in oral and intestinal floras of primates.
	jada.ada.org /cgi/content/full/132/3/348 (4683 words)

	The dental amalgam issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		ABSTRACT: "Using an interdisciplinary approach, the current position in the dental amalgam controversy and the potential impact of amalgam mercury on human health are reviewed.
		New data on mercury exposure from corroded amalgam fillings in vivo are presented.
		It is concluded that discussion of the dental amalgam issue has suffered from the lack of an interdisciplinary approach.
	www.algonet.se /~leif/yfHAN91a.html (161 words)

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