Professor Maths Berlin, advisor to the IAOMT Scientific Advisory Board, reporting to the Swedish government on published research from 1997 to 2002, concludes, "the margin of safety... is not there." View Article: Swedish Government 2003 Report on Dental Amalgam
Since 2002, mercury-free activists in Philadelphia, led by Freya Koss, have been fighting to make the public aware of the hazards of mercury in dental fillings. Here is their archive of press articles. The Philadelphia Story
Our position paper on the current status of endodontics, from the standpoint of biocompatibility. View Article: IAOMT Status Report on Endodontic Therapy
This vintage, comprehensive bibliography of topics relative to chronic mercury exposure, especially from dental amalgam (circa 2000) View Article: The Ziff Bibliography of Mercury Topics
This authors of this research article from 2000 explain, “The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current status of oral infections, especially periodontitis, as a causal factor for systemic diseases. Three mechanisms or pathways linking oral infections to secondary systemic effects have been proposed: (i) metastatic spread of infection from the oral cavity [...]
Definitions and protocols A brief introduction to the practice of anti-infective periodontal therapy. "The goal of biocompatible periodontal therapy is the elimination of the infections, not the elimination of tooth structure." Biocompatible Periodontal Therapy IAOMT Committee on Periodontal Therapy Periodontal disease is an infection --- “an invasion by pathogenic microorganisms of a bodily part in [...]
This article is a list of symptoms attributed to mercury exposure, each with many references, that was compiled prior to the year 2000. View Article: Mercury Exposure Symptom References To read a more updated article about symptoms of mercury exposure, click here.
This is the classic article written by Professor Alfred Stock in 1926 that set off the "second amalgam war." It comes to us from librarian and translator Birgit Calhoun of Stanford University. http://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/AStock.htm View Article: Alfred Stock - 1926 - "Dangerousness of Mercury Vapor"
Wesley E. Shankland, II, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. TMJ & Facial Pain Center Columbus, OH Introduction The diagnosis and treatment of orofacial pain are challenges to the clinician as well as frustrating to the one afflicted. At least two reasons account for these observations. Anatomically, the orofacial region is one of the most highly [...]
ASSESSMENT OF EXPOSURE AND RISKS FROM COMPONENTS AND DEGRADATION PRODUCTS OF COMPOSITE RESIN DENTAL MATERIALS G. Mark Richardson This 1996 analysis, made prior to the emergence of endocrine disruption as a consequence of very low level exposures, concludes: Based on the foregoing analysis, it was concluded that composite resin dental restorations containing silica [...]
