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Amalgam Fillings

If you have this many amalgam silver fillings in your mouth, you should come in for a check-up!

Silver Fillings, Mercury Amalgam, Amalgam Fillings

Amalgam Fillings: The Controversy Continues

Amalgam fillings are extremely controversial with many dentists, supported by dental associations, proclaiming that its component of mercury isn’t harmful to the human body. While scientific research is showing massive results of mercury poisoning, sometimes words still aren’t enough to make people understand the degree of dangers that lay with amalgam fillings.

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) decided that the next obvious step in raising awareness was to not just write about their scientific findings but to show everyone the cold, hard truth of the hazardous waste sitting in millions of people’s mouths.

Gaining notoriety, this video sent many patients with dental amalgams on the mission of having them removed and replaced with safer composite fillings:

After this video came out, the ‘seeing is believing’ approach caused a stir for dentists and associations dedicated to amalgam fillings.

Many pro-amalgam dentists and dental associations claimed that the video was a fake or a conspiracy while others argued that special effects were used to produce these vivid results.

Dr. Layton, an amalgam free dentist, came back stronger with a new video refuting any doubts of special effects by using the Jerome Mercury Vaporizer, the only instrument available to detect on-site mercury vapours:

After watching these videos, it’s impossible not to feel alarmed over the risks of amalgam fillings!