Key Benefits

While controversial, mercury free dentistry focuses on the need to prevent mercury from accumulating in body, organs and tissues,  thus preventing or reducing disorders such as energy and memory loss, anxiety, depression, headaches, irritability, fatigue, and specific organ dysfunction to name a few.

Overview

No dental filling or restoration material is as good as our natural teeth. But when decay and trauma result in the loss of tooth structure, dental materials must be used to replace it.

Dental materials run the spectrum of non-toxic to extremely toxic. Mercury, which comprises 50% of the silver amalgam fillings commonly used by dentists, is an extremely toxic material according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The mercury is known to leach from the fillings and enter the body where it accumulates in all organs, especially the brain, thyroid, nerve centers, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, prostate and ovaries. These tissues suffer a certain level of degeneration depending on multiple factors with each person, including their DNA and the amount of mercury absorbed and accumulated.

Mercury-Free Dentistry, as the phrase implies, is the practice of using dental materials for fillings that don't contain mercury. It also includes using safe removal techniques when existing mercury-containing materials are removed. These removal techniques minimize the patient's exposure to mercury while the materials are removed.

Although it is not proven that heavy metal (of which mercury is the most toxic) in the form of amalgams is a direct cause of any diseases, there are many indicators that heavy metal toxicity is a significant stressor that does contribute to many chronic illnesses. Heavy metals destroy cells, enzyme systems, energy-producing pathways, and nerves. It also acts as a shield for many microbes against the immune system, substitutes for good minerals at binding sites, and interferes with oxygen transport.

The bottom line: heavy metal toxicity is a problem and mercury is at the top of the list. Consider this. It is illegal for mercury to be disposed of in the trash, in public sewage water, or in landfills. What's more, dentists who use it must handle it as a toxin prior to putting it in their patients' mouths. Yet, the American Dental Association (ADA) says it poses no threat to dental patients when it is in their mouth, leaching out of the filling and accumulating in tissues in the body.

SIDE NOTE: If a patient chooses to remove accumulated mercury (or other heavy metals) from the body after eliminating the source of these heavy metals, there are many techniques from oral supplementation to chelation to saunas that facilitate the evacuation of heavy metals from the body. By reducing or eliminating these toxins from the body it reduces the damaging effects and allows the body to begin the process of repair and healing not possible while high levels of heavy metals were present.

Who Benefits?

Anyone needing dental work that prefers to reduce their intake and accumulation of toxic heavy metals. The choice for mercury-free dentistry is especially recommended for anyone suffering from a chronic disease or illness.

Another good reason to eliminate mercury fillings is because they are in close proximity to other metal restorations (crowns, bridges, partial dentures, implants), which can generate electrogalvanic (electrical) currents in the mouth. These currents can overwhelm physiologic functions in the body. By removing Amalgam metal fillings electric currents are minimized and this helps allow head and neck tissues to function more normally.

Schedule an Appointment

To arrange for mercury-free dentistry, or to learn more about the physical hazards associated with mercury fillings, contact Natural Horizons Wellness Centers at (877)-292-1571.