Today, we can do better dentistry, in a less toxic, more individualized, more environmentally friendly way than ever. This website is planned to be both a technique manual and a guide for making choices in dental practice.
The mercury free dentists of the world have been acutely aware of the
potential for excess exposure to mercury when removing amalgam fillings, and
have devised a number of strategies for reducing the amount of mercury exposure
to both patients and dental staff during amalgam removal.
There is considerable concern among scientists and the public about the hormone-mimicking properties of many chemical components of plastics, including those found in dental composites. The commonly used Bis-GMA resin uses one of the most controversial of these, Bisphenol-A (BPA). Reponsible composite manufacturers claim that there is no unreacted BPA in dental resins, and that it takes high temperatures - several hundred degrees - to liberate free BPA. Other critics say that, in fact, the ester bonds i
