Dentistry
Dentistry is a philosophy that recognize that the teeth and associated structures are a part of the whole. Any disease or treatment that takes place in or around the mouth has the potential for adversely or positively impacting the entire body.
This new necessitates a more careful evaluation of how oral infection is treated and the restorative dental materials that are placed in the mouth. The mouth is the beginning of the body’s digestive system.
Diet, absorption of nutrients and food allergies play a vital role in dental health and overall health. Improper alignment and pain in the spine, lower back pain and chronic head and neck pain will often have its origins in the mouth.
The neuromuscular treatment approach used has been a vital tool when the person is trying to restore mouths to a healthy condition. As we people, continue to gain more knowledge the human body, it becomes evident that the mouth cannot be ignored.
Facts about mercury fillings
Mercury containing amalgam fillings are still the most common restorations placed in patient’s mouths to restore decayed teeth. Amalgam filling materials has been in the for 150 years.
Amalgam fillings contain over 50% mercury, a heavy metal toxin. Amalgam have the capability of becoming miniature batteries when placed in the wet, acid environment of the mouth. These electrical currents produce movement and release of toxic metal ions from the filling.
Mercury can be released from fillings in the form of mercury vapour, which has the ability to penetrate cell membranes and pass rapidly from the blood into body tissues.
In October 1998 the FDA ruled that mercury and any products that contain mercury components are to be eliminated from products sold over the counter. It is not known that how dental mercury is different from other mercury and escaped this ruling.
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