Our motto at Rehme Dental Care has always been “keep it safe and keep it simple.” And at the start of this year, we extended that biocompatible, biological dental care to patients of all ages. Being both mercury-free and mercury-safe is especially important where...
It wasn’t all that long ago that supporting mercury-free dentistry would, at minimum, brand you as a bit of a renegade, an outsider, an oddball. Then things began changing quickly, starting with the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This treaty was signed by well...
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN I’ve always tried to explain to my patients that the best dentistry is no dentistry at all. Even with all the knowledge, education, and research that has been provided to our dental profession, our best efforts will never be able...
The past couple years have been great ones for mercury-free dentistry, starting with the FDA finally updating their guidance on a material they once insisted was safe for pretty much everyone. Today, they recommend against its use by certain groups who,...
Just a few weeks back, we got to share the good news that the last major supplier of mercury amalgam has finally quit dealing in this highly toxic and all too antique material used for filling teeth. This week, we get to share even more good news. When the Minamata...
Just as we were finishing up work on our blog post for this week, we got some terrific news from Charlie Brown at Consumers for Dental Choice. So we quickly decided to shift gears for this week and instead share the news with you. The headline on that news item? #1...
It’s been just over a year since the FDA finally changed its tune on dental mercury. They now advise against it for “certain groups of people,” including pregnant and nursing mothers, those who plan on getting pregnant, children, people with neurological diseases...
Though some American dentists continue to fill teeth with mercury amalgam, about half no longer do. That’s some serious progress in our fight for a mercury-free future! And they’re not just holistic or biological dentists. They’re dentists who have seen the global...
Once upon a time, folks believed that the mercury that makes up the bulk of “silver” fillings stayed locked inside the alloy. We know now, of course, this isn’t the case. Some mercury is released with every bite and swallow, and every time the fillings are brushed...
Dr. Rehme offers a quick definition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSvJjLvdls8 To learn more about the tooth-body relationship, check out Dr. Rehme’s article An Integrative Health Care Approach to Biological Dentistry and our previous post 6 Foundational...
While there’s still plenty of denial in mainstream dentistry about the health risks of mercury amalgam “silver” fillings, environmental concerns like the ones we raised last week are hastening the retirement of this toxic and antique material. The Minamata...
You might think that if you don’t have any mercury amalgam “silver” fillings in your mouth, the dental mercury issue doesn’t really affect you. But if you breathe air, drink water, or eat food, you are indeed affected. That’s because dentistry is one of the biggest...
Here’s a blunt truth: Mercury amalgam fillings are no friend to your health. As we’ve discussed before, When a person has these so-called “silver” fillings, mercury vapor is outgassed with every bite and swallow. Even something as benign as brushing your teeth can...
Now that the Minamata Convention on Mercury has gone into force (yay!), maybe we’ll start to see change come at a faster clip. But for now, dental students – with very few exceptions – continue to be taught to place mercury amalgam fillings, just as earlier...
When you think about dangerous jobs, dentistry probably doesn’t spring to mind. Yet according to a recent article over at Business Insider, four of the five most hazardous jobs involve dental workers. Hygienists were found to have the riskiest jobs, followed by...
If you’ve made it a personal mission to remove toxic mercury amalgam from your mouth, you may be aware of a grassroots organization known as Consumers for Dental Choice. Their mission? To end the use of mercury in dentistry, full stop. To accomplish this, they have...
Given what we spend on medical care, it would make sense to focus first on prevention. You don’t have to pay to fix problems that don’t arise. Prevention starts with healthy habits: nutritious food, exercise, sleep, managing stress, limiting exposure to toxins… So...
Our thanks to the office of Houston biological dentist Dr. Bill Glaros for letting us republish his essay on our blog. You'll find the original post here, on his office's blog. What Is a Biological Dentist? By William P. Glaros, DDS A Biological Dentist is a...