Why is amalgam dangerous ?

Most conventional silver amalgams consist of a 1:1 mixture of metallic mercury and alloy powder consisting of silver (about 70% by weight), tin (about 25%), and smaller amounts of copper (1-6%) and zinc (0-2%). The copper amalgam contained 60-70% mercury and 30-40% copper, mostly unsed in paediatric dentistry. (IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety) Environmental Health Criteria 118 Inorganic Mercury, World Health Organization, 1991, Page 151)

Symptoms of amalgam intoxication

• Chronic fatigue, headache,
• Irritability, depression (with or without suicide tendency),
• Loss of sensitivity, "swarming" at the extremities,
• Cold hand and feet by normal temperature,
• Swelling feeling,
• Kidney problems,
• Weak short term memory, intellectual decline,
• Constipation or frequent diarrhoeas, colites, diverticulites,
• Difficulty to take simple decisions,
• Shaking of hands, feet,
• Night Polakiuria,
• Tiques of face and other muscles,
• Allergies (chronic sinusites, asthma, …),
• Whistle of the ears,
• Narrowed visual field, obscured, glaucome,
• Difficulties to breath
• Cardiac and pectoral pain,
• Urticaria,
• Fybromialgies, (neck or nape pain)
• Zona,
• Multiple sclerosis,
• Leukaemia,
• Metal taste in the mouth, gum bleeding, periodontal diseases, mouth ulcers,
• Sensitivity to electromagnetic fields, to change of time,
• Faindings,
• Hormonal problems,
• Abnormal and often unexplained electrocardiographic layout,
• Circulatory problems,
• Rheumatic Fevers,
• Spontaneous bleedings of the nose,
• Sleep disorder,
• Appetite loss,
• Hearing disorder,
• Excessive Transpiration or difficulty of perspiring,
• Lymphatic nodules,
• Sensitivity to light and noise,
• By the children contaminated in-utero, sudden death of the nourisson, prematurity, Neuro-psychic delays and all the list of symptoms above,
• etc,…

How is mercury absorbed ?

The general population is primarily exposed to mercury through the diet and dental amalgam. Several studies have correlated the number of dental amalgam fillings or amalgam surfaces with the mercury content in tissues from humat autopsy, as well as in sample of blood, urine, and plasma.( IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety) Environmental Health Criteria 118 Inorganic Mercury, World Health Organization, 1991, Page 16)

During all work performed on amalgam with traditional means, (drilling, polishing) an important amount of highly toxic mercury vapour is inhalated by the patient and the dentist.