Re: WB, it's time for your Quiz

From: Clinton C Zimmerman (clintonz_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: 11 Aug 2004 20:49:47 -0700

Steven Fawks <tuthjockey@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<dCwSc.17857$9Y6.10670@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> Since we're talking and not calling each other morons,
>
> Is it *possible* that the dead man with a rope around his neck was just
> hanging a Halloween decoration when he accidentally slipped on the
> chair, caught his head in the noose, and inadvertantly hanged himself?
>
> Yes, but it is *extremely* unlikely.
>
> Could a shoddy dentist with incompetent assistants use inferior
> equipment and materials in such a way that could *possibly* lead to an
> amalgam filling with excess mercury?
>
> Yes, but it is *extremely* unlikely.
>
> Back when I used amalgam (1979-84), I used Tytin® or Dispersalloy®.

Interesting, this, actually double filling would probably be placed
around 1980.

Well, it may be relatively unlikely but what does Murphy say?
My old dentist did seem to fit the Bill for unprofessional,
in retrospect though he seemed competent at the time. He actually
left on very bad terms after a bizzare feud with his associate.

My concern is also methylization of any increased amount of Hg
escaping from the surface of a poorly mixed filling especially if
there was a lot of decay sitting on top of the filling (which) there
was a tremedous amount when it was removed. Remember mehtyl mercury is
much more toxic than elemental mercury. I posted a research article
about methyl mercury and amalgam a few days ago.

You've made many interesting quantative statements in this and the
other thread, some of which I disagree with and I'll have to evaluate
them later
after I've read more.

PS
(Don't worry Jan, I think all amalgam has the potential for adverse
health effects and increased Hg emission regardless of the mixing
method and I would never knowingly put it in my mouth).

Relevant Pages

  • Chemistry & Psysicological Action Of Mercury In Amalgams
    ... The chemistry and physiological action of mercury as used in amalgam fillings ... It is found united with silver, forming an amalgam. ... consumed yearly in filling teeth. ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: Mercury-Free Bandwagon Gathers Pace
    ... Amalgam will corrode under certain conditions so ... there are several kinds of mercury. ... Organic mercury (methyl mercury, phenyl mercury, ethyl ... Of course all things being equal i would much prefer a filling leaking ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: WB, its time for your Quiz
    ... >Interesting, this, actually double filling would probably be placed ... Remember mehtyl mercury is ... >about methyl mercury and amalgam a few days ago. ... so would others if they had any idea what was going in their mouth. ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Re: Question for Clinton Z.
    ... >>> to check for an allergy to mercury? ... I have tried to stay away from allergy testing. ... There where a number of abnormal findings before amalgam ... I had to press the dentist to remove the filling because it ...
    (misc.health.alternative)
  • Poor DISHONEST Mark Thorson
    ... For more than 160 years dentistry has used silver amalgam, ... Metabolism of mercury] ... Salivary mercury levels in healthy donors with and without amalgam fillings. ... Exposure of cortical cultures to freshly mixed or 7-day-old ...
    (misc.health.alternative)
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