The History of Dental Amalgam use and the Lies and Deception Used
to Justify its Use
http://www.myflcv.com/AmalHist.html
There has never been a time in U.S. History when mercury was not
known to be extremely toxic and when
there was credible evidence that use of dental amalgam is safe.
There were medical/ dental studies from
the 1800s documenting significant exposures to mercury from
amalgam and documenting harm to
patients from its use. The following compilation from dental
journals of the 1800s such as the Ohio State
Journal of Dental Science includes over 880 pages of articles
documenting that even from that time
dental authorities were aware that mercury was extremely toxic and that amalgam was not stable and use
of amalgam resulted in health harm including deaths.
[Ohio State Journal of
Dental Science from 1882 (harm from amalgam understood from the start of use)]
Due to the high toxicity of mercury and the known documented fact
that those who have amalgam fillings
get significant mercury exposures and commonly experience adverse
health effects, those dentists who
used mercury in dentistry were called Quacks, after the German
word for mercury. http://www.wholebodymed.com/historypolit.php
By the late 1900s there were thousands of peer-reviewed studies
documenting high mercury exposures
from amalgam use, and common significant adverse health effects. (www.flcv.com/indexa.html)
and there are no credible studies suggesting amalgam use is safe
and does not cause high mercury
exposures or common harm to people who use it. All that claim such
have been refuted by experts.
Attached is an actual Ohio State Journal of Dental Science from
1882. This has all the concerns that
were expressed about amalgams in 1882 (including leakage).
Eugene S. Talbot was an M.D and a
DDS. It is approx. 882 pages! (includes discussion of history of amalgam use
in U.S., beginning in 1833)
“From its
inception, the better class of dental practitioners waged war against its use . The manner in which it was introduced called forth the
censure of all who have professional etiquette. “ page
2
Dr. Harris of the Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery stated: “It is one of the most objectionable materials for filling
teeth that can be employed” At the meetings of the dental societies the subject
was discussed spiritedly with strong arguments against its use” They reported
that such substances were hurtful to the mouth in all parts, and there was no
caries in a tooth in which gold could not be employed. The report was
unanimously adopted. Page 3
“In 1845
the Mississippi Valley Association of Dental Surgeons resolved that the use of
amalgam was injurious and unprofessional and would not be countenanced by its
members. “ But the age of special interest distinformation campaigns by organizations such as the ADA
promoting the use of amalgam due to its low cost and ease of use while
disregarding the major health and environmental effects was begun and the
negative reports and resolutions by the various societies did not stop the
spread of amalgam use. Page 3
“The
rapidity with which the evaporation of mercury (from amalgam) takes place
depends on the amount of heat and the surface exposed” The time required for
substantial deposition of mercury using the ammonium-nitrate reagent of silver
was 10 minutes. Many experiments were carried out, with results similar Page 6
The Dental Register of Dentistry, 1872, had the
following case of poisoning from mercury in a tooth filling. “John T. Smith
died from salivation, caused from mercury in a tooth filling” Dr. Sprague
attended the case. Two other doctors consulted agreed he was suffering from the
effects of mercury. It was clear that the mercury had caused his death. Page 7
Other cases of harm from amalgam cited, page 8,
etc.
The reasons for the known high mercury exposures
to all with several amalgam fillings due to mercury's unusual properties, are
that gas is the only stable form of mercury at room temperature and “battery
and EMF effects” pump mercury into the oral cavity and from there throughout
the body (www.flcv.com/AmalgamP.html)
Due to this, amalgam has been documented by
thousands of tests by medical labs and confirmed by Government agencies to be
the largest source of mercury in most people who have several amalgam fillings.http://www.myflcv.com/damspr1.html
Due to mercury's properties and the high
exposures of all who have several amalgam fillings or metal crowns over
amalgam, dental amalgam is documented by Municipal Sewer Agencies and EPA to be
the largest source of mercury in sewers and sewer sludge, with very high levels
in both. The average person with several such amalgams or crowns over amalgams
is documented to excrete approximately 30 micrograms per day of mercury into
the sewers, a very high level since mercury is the most toxic element people
commonly come into contact with. Medical labs found that the average person
with amalgams excretes almost 10 times as much mercury as those without
amalgams, and amalgam is a significant source of mercury in water bodies, the
environment, fish, etc. www.flcv.com/damspr2.html
The known high environmental effects of mercury
are one of the reasons some countries have banned amalgam use, such as Sweden
and Norway (http://www.myflcv.com/amalg6.html) and most other countries
with modern medical systems have banned it use, or limited its use for women
and children or require health warnings. Some U.S. states now also require
health warning when amalgam is used. Yet special interest organizations who
have benefited from amalgam use like the American Dental Association and
Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture it have spent hundreds of millions on
promoting its use and attempting to suppress the spread of accurate scientific
knowledge about the high exposures and common harm caused by amalgam.
