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Tooth/Body Flashback: Study Highlights Elevated Mercury Vapor Exposure from Americans’ “Silver” Amalgam Fillings

Tooth/Body Flashback: Study Highlights Elevated Mercury Vapor Exposure from Americans’ “Silver” Amalgam Fillings

Although a mercury-free future for dentistry seems closer than ever now, research continues to document the effects of dental amalgam, as well as removing it. After all, even if every dentist in the world stopped filling teeth with this neurotoxic material today,...

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New Study Highlights Elevated Mercury Vapor Exposure from Americans’ “Silver” Amalgam Fillings

New Study Highlights Elevated Mercury Vapor Exposure from Americans’ “Silver” Amalgam Fillings

Although a mercury-free future for dentistry seems closer than ever now, research continues to document the effects of dental amalgam, as well as removing it. After all, even if every dentist in the world stopped filling teeth with this neurotoxic material today,...

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Biocompatibility Matters

Biocompatibility Matters

Evidence shows the risk that “silver” mercury amalgam fillings pose to human and environmental health. Even the FDA now advises against them for roughly two-thirds of Americans. Still, many dentists prefer it, especially for filling the back teeth - teeth that...

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