Detrimental Dentistry: Mercury and Fillings

“The FDA should be protecting us,” says Brown. “The Zogby poll reports that only twenty-five percent of people could identify the major component of amalgams that dentists use is mercury. The ADA does not want people to know that it is mercury. It is to protect dentistry. And the ADA has engineered a cover up for decades, all for money.”

Dental amalgams have been used for over 150 years, making it one of the oldest dental materials. According to Boyd Haley, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky and a major voice in mercury-free dentistry, no study has ever tested for the amount of mercury coming off fillings. “They take the word of the manufacturing companies and the ADA. If you go to the ADA site it will say, FDA approved. It is a circle. The FDA caters to the manufactures, the professional organizations and unions, rather than protect the health of the people.”

What Mercury Does To You

A neural toxin, mercury threatens the brain. General forgetfulness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are common clues to mercury overexposure; Lisa Marie Presley claimed she suffered from CFS until she had her amalgams removed. Mercury overexposure can cause central nervous system dysfunction and a suppressed immune system. Haley describes high levels of mercury in the body as, “a biochemical train wreck” and lists short temper, shaking, tremors, fatigue, dementia, vision restrictions, and impairment as symptoms. “Mercury prevents food from going to energy,” Haley explains. Another scary piece of info: if you have amalgam fillings in you mouth, and you live in an old apartment or house with old paint, the combination of both mercury locations intensifies the toxicity.

Haley says there is no cell type that isn’t toxic to mercury, that it is lethal to all cells, at all levels. Neurons are particularly sensitive. Mercury can stop neuron transmission even if it doesn’t kill it. “According to the ADA the only safe place for the amalgam is your mouth. That is preposterous,” says Haley. “Mercury vapor is released when we brush or chew. Mercury vapors are absorbed by the lungs and accumulate in the body. Half of our daily exposure to mercury may come from fillings. Do you think it is a good idea to breathe in mercury released every second in your mouth for forty or fifty years?”