Dental fillings are used to repair a tooth that has suffered from tooth decay and help restore its original form. Dental amalgam is a primitive filling material consisting of about 50% liquid (elemental) mercury. So how is it that this toxic substance has ended up in our mouths? Early French dentists discovered that mixing silver with […]
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A User Responds – Mercury Fillings
Although mercury is identified as a toxic substance, dentists have prescribed mercury amalgam fillings to patients over the years. While many believe that having them in your mouth is dangerous, the process of removing them can also go very wrong if proper safety protocols are not followed. (The American Dental Association -ADA- does not acknowledge nor […]