Author: Koral S
Source: IAOMT
Year: 2005
Comment:
This article explores a variety of aspects related to dental amalgam mercury including risk assessment, impact of pregnant women, occupational hazards, and more.
Abstract / Excerpt:
“Dental amalgam has been controversial ever since it was introduced, early in the nineteenth century, because of its mercury content. People of the Napoleonic era knew full well that mercury was poisonous, and the best that anyone has ever claimed about amalgam is that the mercury exposure may be too small to hurt anyone. Over time, though, a great body of evidence has accumulated showing that mercury is released from amalgam in significant quantities, that it spreads around the body, including from mother to fetus, and that the exposure causes physiological harm. A growing number of dentists, physicians, researchers, citizen activists, politicians, and regulators have come to the conclusion that the time has come to consign dental amalgam to the ‘dustbin of history.’ This article will sketch out the main points of the scientific case against amalgam.”
Citation:
Koral S. The Scientific Case against Amalgam. Champion'sGate, FL: IAOMT. 2005.