Re: Autoimmune disease and dental problems

From: Jan (jdrew63929_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: 07 Feb 2005 00:54:58 GMT

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DENTAL AMALGAM FILLINGS PAGE

Bernie Windham- Ed.

The papers that can be linked to on this page have over 1000 medical studies or
Government Agency studies that document that:

1. Dental Amalgam Fillings are the largest source of mercury in most people,
and largest source of methyl mercury as well since other forms of mercury are
methylated to methyl mercury in the body by bacteria, etc.

2. Most people with several fillings get significant daily exposures to mercury
that exceed Government Health Guidelines for Mercury Exposure.

3. The main reasons for common high exposures of mercury and other toxic metals
from amalgam are mercury's negative vapor pressure which means that it is
constantly vaporizing plus the galvanic currents(battery effect) created in the
mouth by mixed metals that pumps mercury into the gums, jawbone, oral mucosa,
and systemically is carried throughout the body by the blood and nerves.
Additionally electromagnetic fields(EMF) from appliances such as computer
monitors and motors create currents in metal in the mouth that increases
galvanism and exposure to metals such as mercury.

4. Mercury is extremely toxic and the most toxic substance with common
significant exposures. No safe level where there are not measurable adverse
effects has ever been documented. However not all people receiving the same
exposure are equally effected and mercury toxicity effects depend on
susceptibility factors such as immune reactivity, systemic detoxification and
metal excretion ability, other synergistic exposures, etc. , as well as dose.

5. Mercury vapor or organic mercury readily crosses the blood-brain barrier and
the placenta to a fetus, and accumulates to significant levels in the brain,
CNS, motor neurons, hormone glands, and major organs such as the heart,
kidneys, and liver in direct proportion to the number of amalgam filling
surfaces. Mercury is documented to be extremely cytotoxic(kills cells),
neurotoxic, and immunotoxic, as well as inducing immune reactivity in large
numbers of people.

6. Mercury and other toxic, immune reactive, and carcinogenic metals like
nickel form strong bonds with the hydroxyl radical(SH) in amino acids which are
the body's main building blocks and cellular level fuel, disrupting the basic
metabolic processes such as the conversion of cysteine to sulfates, taurine,
and glutathione. The incomplete conversion of such amino acids results in toxic
metabolites such as beta-casamorphine and sulfites as well as immune and
autoimmune conditions.

Mercury also accumulates in the brain and CNS and damages nerve cells involved
in Parkinson's and ALS through free radical formation and oxidative damage.

Some of the autoimmune condtions documented to be commonly caused by
mercury(and other toxic metals) include oral lichen planus, Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome(CFS), Fibromyalgia(FM), MS, Lupus, Lou Gehrig's Disease(ALS),
Parkinson's, diabetes, etc.

7. Thousands of medical studies on humans and animals have confirmed the
mechanisms by which mercury(and other toxic metals) cause over 40 serious or
chronic health conditions including neurological, hormonal, reproductive,
immune, autoimmune, cardiovascular, & birth defects and developmental effects
on infants.

8. There are many thousands of clinical cases of cure or significant
improvement in these conditions after proper amalgam replacement and treatment,
as followed and documented by doctors. Some of the conditions that mercury has
been documented to cause and which people have been documented to recover from
after proper amalgam replacement or treatment include: periodontal disease,
oral keratosis(pre cancer)), immune system, autoimmune problems , allergies,
asthma, lupus, sinus problems, chronic headaches/ migraines, multiple chemical
sensitivities, epilepsy, blood conditions, chron's disease, stomach problems,
dizzyness/vertigo, arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Lou Gehrig's
Disease(ALS), Parkinson's/ muscle tremor, Alzheimer's, muscular/joint
pain/fibromyalgia , infertility, depression , autism, schizophrenia, ADD,
depression, insomnia, anger, anxiety & mental confusion , susceptibility to
infections , antibiotic resistant infection, endometriosis , Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome(CFS) , tachycardia and heart problems , memory disorders ,
cancer(breast,etc./ leukemia, neuropathy/paresthesia, alopecia/hair loss ,
tinnitus, chronic eye conditions: inflamation/iritis/ astigmatism/myopia
/cataracts/macula degeneration , vision disturbances, eczema, psoriasis, skin
conditions , urinary/prostrate problems, hearing loss, candida, PMS, diabetes,
etc. The majority of those treated for most of these condtions showed
significant improvement for most of these conditions.

9. Root canals and cavitations(incompletely healed tooth extraction sites) have
been documented to often over time accumulate extremely toxic anaerobic
bacteria which give off toxins that can have similar toxic effects in
disrupting enzymatic processes as mercury and to be a factor in some autoimmune
cases such as Parkinson's, MS, ALS, Alzheimer's, etc. Clinical trials have
found infections of locally asymptomatic root-canaled teeth and cavitations to
be extremely common, occurring in over 50% of root-canaled teeth and wisdom
tooth extraction sites tested. New tests are available for testing for such
conditions, which are commonly factors in chronic health conditions. Many are
documented to have recovered from such conditions after treatment. See
www.altcorp.com

10. Dental Amalgam Mercury Syndrome, Inc.(DAMS) (Florida) National web
site(www.amalgam.org) is a patients support organization for those with chronic
mercury conditions or who need advise about dental biocompatibilty/toxicity
issues. They have lists of specially trained dentists in dealing with mercury
and biocompatibility issues, and have issued several fact sheets documenting
and summarizing common mercury exposure levels, adverse health and
environmental effects of mercury from amalgam and other mercury sources.

11. Mercury and other toxic chemicals are accumulating in fish and wildlife to
dangerous levles. The number of lakes in the U.S. with warnings regarding
eating fish and wildlife has been growing rapidly and has reached over 50,000
(20% of all U.S. significant lakes), along with 7% of all U.S. river miles, all
Great Lakes, and many coastal bays and estuaries. The fish and wildlife subject
to these exposures are showing serious and sometimes catastropic hormonal and
reproductive problems related to the accumulation of mercury and other
endocrine disrupting chemicals to those at the top of the food chain such as
wading birds, alligators, Florida Panthers, minks, polar bears, seals, beluga
and orca whales, etc. People are also having widespread neurological, immune,
hormonal, and reproductive problems related to these common exposures. Mercury
from dental office and human excretion from those with amalgam fillings has
been found to be a significant source of mercury into the rivers and lakes
significant enough to result in warnings regarding mercury levels in fish, to
the extent that the mercury levels from amalgam results in higher levels of
mercury in the water of home sewers of those with amalgams and in most U.S.
sewer systems higher than the EPA guideline mercury level developed to avoid
accumulation in fish and wildlife and adopted by some areas for this purpose.
Thus the Environmental Effects of Amalgam Dental Fillings are seen to be
affecting everyone.

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