Author: Huggins HA.
Source: Explore (NY).
Year: 2007
Comment:
This review examines the potential health impacts of mercury in dental amalgams, and the author concludes, "We have yet to fully appreciate the potential relationship between illness and the body's exposure to mercury from a variety of sources, including dental amalgams. It behooves us to be aware of these relationships when assessing the health of patients today, and further research, although complex and fraught with many confounding variables, is urgently needed."
Abstract / Excerpt:
“The primary purpose of this review is to bring together much of the available research and literature that focuses on health issues associated with mercury in dental fillings, some of the basic science information that is known about how the body processes mercury, and to offer some observations from the practices of dentists removing dental mercury from their patients. We also hope this review will draw attention to the potential connections between mercury released from dental fillings and autoimmune diseases. Many autoimmune diseases are classified as diseases of unknown etiology; yet, the well-documented toxic effects of mercury may explain some of the symptoms observed in autoimmune diseases.”
Citation:
Huggins HA. Medical implications of dental mercury: a review. Explore (NY). 2007; 3(2):110-7. Review.