For decades, your and our tax dollars have helped pay for a lot of things we may not personally support. That includes using mercury to fill the teeth of patients with government-funded dental care. But that may be starting to change. Last week, the US Department of...
For centuries, humans have found all kinds of practical uses for mercury, often without really understanding - or sometimes ignoring - its risks. In the Victorian era, mercury-based pigments created brilliant red colors for book covers and illustrations. But as people...
Who says Beethoven and heavy metal don’t mix? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNogsdAzXsc Seriously, though, new research suggests that exposure to certain heavy metals may explain why the great composer suffered so many health issues during his lifetime. Scientists...
You know how we mentioned that the pace of progress toward getting mercury out of dentistry seemed to be picking up? (If you didn’t, you can read about it here. Don’t worry. We’ll wait for you.) It may be getting even faster. Recently, the European Union voted to ban...
One video has likely done more than any other to raise awareness of the health risks posed by dental amalgam, the material used to make “silver” amalgam fillings that are actually about 50% mercury, a potent neurotoxin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXB2AzqCjTE For...
It wasn’t so long ago that dentists here in the US could get into trouble for speaking the truth about dental amalgam, even the basic fact that its main ingredient is mercury. Mercury, of course, is one of the most toxic elements to life and especially harmful to the...
Although “silver” amalgam fillings have been used for almost 200 years now, there’s really not much to recommend them beyond the facts that they’re cheap, easy to place quickly, and can last a long time. But they also make teeth weaker because so much natural tooth...
Mercury-free, mercury-safe dentistry has been the norm in our office for years. Why use a neurotoxic material to fix decayed or damaged teeth when the biocompatible materials available today are stronger and more durable than ever - and create a more natural-looking...
Dentistry has a huge role to play in limiting the use of mercury. After all, it’s one of the greatest sources of mercury pollution today, contributing about 100 tons of the neurotoxin each year. It’s one reason our office is mercury-free and mercury-safe, and why each...
When you choose biological dentistry for your care, it may be easy to forget that not all dental offices are mercury-free and mercury-safe. Many dentists here in the US continue to place amalgam fillings, which are about 50% mercury, one of the most toxic elements on...