Metal filling for teeth?!
Question:
Metal filling for teeth?
wasnt the metal filling for teeth ment to be banned for some reason?
Answers:
Mercury and other heavy metals are toxic and can be absorbed by inhalation, swallowing and through the skin. Were mercury to be found in its vapour state it would be dangerous. In dental amalgam the mercury is bound to the other constituents and is not free to be absorbed.
There is a huge industry in replacing amalgam fillings under the justification that it is unsafe and because people are gullible.
Amalgam is banned not because of its health risk but because of the damage to sewage systems brought about by having metal particles in the system.
One thing nobody seems to recognise is that the lifetime exposure to amalgam is highest amongst dental staff. Why are they not all ill? In fact there is no evidence of increased heavy metal related health problems in dental staff than in the general population. That's a bit worrying for the anti-amalgamists and is therefore ignored.
Facts are never allowed to get in the way of a good conspiracy theory though, are they?