You have a choice with mercury amalgams
As a female dentist working for 25 years drilling out mercury amalgam fillings, I and my children had enormous exposure to mercury. I have suffered many symptoms including miscarriage, headaches, panic attacks, low thyroid, heart palpitations and arrhythmias, constipation, memory loss, loss of smell, and fatigue. My children had symptoms of asthma, chronic sinus problems, candida, lack of focus, night terrors, bet wetting, hyperactivity, and mild depression. When tested, they had high levels of mercury that probably came from my occupational exposure. We have all had to detox through the years. My experience with mercury amalgams is that it is not the sole cause nor the cure for health problems. Everyone is born with a different constitution and no one has the same experiences in life. Where one person can have 25 fillings and no health problems, another can have one and show all kinds of symptoms. You just never know. What is known, however, is that mercury is a poison. With alternative fillings, there is no reason to place this toxic material at the entrance to your respiratory and digestive tracks just a few centimeters from your brain and pituitary gland. Removing mercury amalgam fillings is not something to be taken lightly. An aerosol is created where mercury is inhaled and quickly absorbed through the lungs into the blood stream. The mercury passes through the placenta into the developing nervous system of the fetus. I never recommended having fillings electively removed during pregnancy or when nursing. If contemplating getting pregnant, then fillings can be carefully removed using safe protocols at least three months in advance of conception. If nursing and a dental emergency arises where a mercury amalgam needs to be replaced, I suggest expressing the milk for 2 days and tossing it since mercury passes into breastmilk. If your dentist doesn't know the proper protective measures for safe mercury amalgam removal, then have them contact me for an educational video. There are also protective measures you can take to help minimize your exposure. It is always recommended to get your teeth cleaned during pregnancy. If you have mercury amalgam fillings, request that they are not polished since that creates a great deal of friction and heat causes mercury to be released from the fillings. Tooth brushing can also release mercury as well as chewing gum, drinking hot liquids, and grinding your teeth. As far as your children are concerned, request composite fillings. In a dental office, extracted teeth with amalgams are handled as a toxic waste. When a baby tooth with an amalgam falls out, that tooth should never be placed under the child's pillow or thrown out in the trash. It will end up being incinerated releasing mercury into the environment. Take the tooth to your dentist's office for proper disposal. If the child has amalgams and needs braces, I recommend that the amalgams be safely removed before the nickel from the orthodontic appliance causes an electrogalvanic reaction speeding up the mercury release from the fillings. I have seen children start having problems in school, more susceptible to getting sick, mononucleosis, thyroid problems, and other things that parents thought were just adolescent changes. It's hard to prove a negative, but seeing so many people's health improve when reducing a toxic burden makes me say, why take a chance. If you're young and healthy, it's always a choice to leave things alone. However, if conditions change, then it's a positive health choice to remove a toxic heavy metal from your mouth.
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