Heavy metal contamination . . .

While talking with my naturopath on Tuesday, as I already mentioned, we got onto the subject of heavy metals.

I told him that, considering how much heavy metal Jonelle has in her body, I figured I was probably loaded with the stuff, too. I don't know where or how I would have been contaminated, but I can't ignore the possibility.

He replied, "It's highly unlikely you would've gotten heavy metals from the same place Jonelle did. Most people who are loaded with heavy metals got them from their mothers."

"Their mothers!?!"

"Yes."

"And where would the mothers have gotten their heavy metals?"

"The most common source: tooth fillings. The mercury in tooth fillings."

He suggested I look up a video on YouTube: Smoking Teeth.

I've done that. And I looked up a bunch more. Pretty enlightening . . . and scary at the same time!

Here's Smoking Teeth:



Don't believe the graphical presentation? Check out Visualization of Mercury vapors in UV light:



. . . and It Really Is MERCURY!:



And then--for a really eye-opening perspective on how amalgam fillings ought to be removed, check out Safer Amalgam Removal:



How does your dentist remove fillings?

Finally, in case you wonder: How Mercury Causes Brain Neuron Damage from the University of Calgary:



. . . And after all that, perhaps you noticed--as I did--the warning that appears to be from an authoritative source . . . that one should never have amalgam fillings placed in the middle of gold crowns.

So what did the endodontist do the week after I had a gold crown put in this summer, and my tooth was killing me with pain? . . . Yep! Amalgam filling.

I think I have some more research to do.

--International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology -- http://iaomt.blogspot.com

Drill-and-fill dentists to be put out of business?

Jeffrey Hillman, a dental researcher at the University of Florida, is convinced he has come up with a way to eliminate tooth decay! All the necessary research has been done on rats; now his company is involved in human testing.

The only major problem, apparently: the solution comes by introducing into the mouth a mutant strain of the bacterium that causes cavities. (The standard form of Streptococcus mutans is present in all of our mouths and transforms sugars into lactic acid . . . which, in turn, rots our teeth. The mutant strain does not produce the acid. And once introduced, the mutant form completely supplants the original in about one year.) The problem: the mutant form may be transmittable from one human being to another. And the FDA, apparently, doesn't like that.

The original report on this potential breakthrough came out over four years ago. Hillman at that time was saying he hoped his product could "go commercial within five to six years."

Now, four and a half years later, according to the latest video on the subject, "Conquering Cavities" by Lynn Martinez, Hillman's company, Oragenics, continues its tests and hopes the FDA testing will be completed in the next three to five years, with the release of the final product a year or so after that.

Wouldn't that be nice?

It certainly would be great news for patients; not very good news for the men and women who have invested years of their lives and a hundred thousand dollars or more in finding out how to drill and fill. . . . But, then, maybe dentists could concentrate almost exclusively on helping us get our teeth straight and looking white!