Comments on: Dental News: Mercury in Americans – Is it all that bad?

By: Emergency dental

Emergency dental — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:09:22 +0000

The controversy with dental amalgam has been around for a long time now. I do not believe that there is any problem with the mercury levels contained in dental amalgam restorations. As amalgam is becoming more obselete, this controversy will soon no longer be relevant.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:32:25 +0000

I don’t completely understand the problem with mercury. I know many people with mercury in their fillings and they are all healthy.
The debate has been raging for a very long time so I would think that if there was a problem it would have been found by know.

By: Mette Sikjaer

Mette Sikjaer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:56:11 +0000

The debate about the toxicity of mercury is already more than 150 years old and it is interesting that the conclusion always seems to be the same: ‘Since we are not sure whether mercury is harmful, we will continue to use it in dental fillings.’ Somehow, that argument has never really made sense to me. Anyway, thanks for an informative and balanced article.

By: Ulf

Ulf — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:41:34 +0000

It should be pointed out that the part of the investigation dealing with old amalgam fillings is based on only ONE single tooth. The investigation also deals with the surface of the filling perhaps a few micrometers deep.

In addition to that the authors say: “The exact history and age of the restoration is unknown,…”

The wild conclusions on the Internet made by others saying this is proof of older amalgam fillings being less toxic is totally unscientific.

One simply cannot base such wild conclusions on one single specimen of unknown history.

Ulf