Comments on: Don’t Fill Your Child’s Teeth With Mercury – Silver Fillings May Be Unsafe

By: cheap here

cheap here — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:31:02 +0000

are you kidding me, no one mentions the cost. I dont have 3400 dollars to have my 4 year son have his fillings done with porcelein. Im sorry but those teeth are gonna fall off in 2 to 3 years, i just dont see it happening. they said my son needs an injection to put him to sleep, and charging 1400 for him to show up and inject him. 1400$ man thats a fortune and in todays economy im not sure i want to tap into my savings since i could get fired any day now.

By: Freya Koss

Freya Koss — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:12:58 +0000

First, I would like to respond to JJW. Approx. 48% of dentists still use silver fillings, which are all 50% mercury, a known neurotoxin.Mercury fillings are a risk to pregnant women, the fetus and young children, but also to men and women of all ages. The mercury leaches from the fillings 24/7 and is inhaled into the bloodstream. see: http://www.toxicteeth.org, http://www.iaomt.org.

for Jennifer Lance, The denist should never have insisted on placing an amalgam filling in your child’s tooth. CA has a Prop65 law which every dentist should follow, and that is informed consent. You are given all the information about the filling and you then make the decision about the materials you want used. White fillings are covered by Cal-Med in CA. Amalgam fillings are cheaper and faster, that is why they use them. I would request that the dentist remove the filling and place it with a white composite filling. How old is your child. please e-mail me directly: frekoss@aol.com.

Freya Koss

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:50:30 +0000

My son has a few silver fillings, despite my protest. The pediatric dentists at UCSF insisted that was the only way to save those teeth. I think that they assume since they are baby teeth and will eventually fall out, the amount of exposure is less than for an adult; however, I am concerned!

By: JJW

JJW — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:42:48 +0000

Its my understanding the mercury fillings have not been used for a number of years, though I suppose it depends on which part of the country one lives…

This does seem especially good info for pregnant mothers…now they can add getting fillings replaced to the list…

Cool post. Thanks MC

-jjw

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