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Uninformed Consent : The Hidden Dangers in Dental Care

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This book focuses in more detail on the issue of dental induced toxicity. The book is well written and an absolute must for anyone suffering from any vague, unresponsive illness. This book also sends shock-waves through the standard medical dogma of what constitutes "incurables," in that case after case of serious medical diseases were reversed after removing mercury amalgams from patient's mouths. The book is co-written by a physician, who's own health benefits were revealed after he underwent dental detox. His account will amaze the nay-sayers and awaken the nearly dead from mercury toxicity. I am a suffering, long-term toxic reader, and I saw myself in every painful agonizing detail of mercury's wretched effect on once healthy tissue. I have undergone surgery because of its twisted devastating blows, and am certain the grim reaper was riding mercury's coattails. Even if you don't believe that you're being bombarded with deadly poison while reclining in the dentist's chair, read the book. You may save the life of someone you love, maybe even yourself.

I was fortunate to read this book before undergoing removal of root-filled teeth and amalgam fillings. My dentist had recommended an implant to replace an extracted root-filled tooth. This book points out the danger of such an immune system challenge (I chose a bridge of biocompatible materials instead) and provides further updates to It's All in Your Head. Especially helpful are the sections on root canals, cavitations and detoxification.

A great book written by two very intelligent and "open minded" doctors. Dr. Thomas Levy's story lead me to taking a more pro-active position with my dental revision. I already knew about the devastating effects of my "silver fillings" and I had some knowledge about root canals. However, his story took me to the next level of action...removal of my two root canals. And yes, just like Dr. Huggins and Dr. Levy mention in the book, they were infected and a source of slow and constant poisoning of my body. I owe the a debt of graditute for their courage to speak out about yet another atrosity in dentistry.

They also go into detail about many other sources of mercury...eye contact lens solution, contraceptives, vaccines, seafood, etc.

If you want to know why we are getting sicker and sicker in this country, then you need to read this book.

Something I did not know (and which the authors expose) is that dentists as a professsion have the highest suicide rate. It is because, they argue convincingly, dentists spend decades dealing with mercury, a deadly neuro-toxin, which collects in their brains. Although they don't comment on it, this is where the old expression, "Mad as a hatter" came from: in the past hatters became insane because they used mercury in their job. The average dental amalgam is 50% mercury: this is the poison the ADA claims is safe and allows dentists to place inches from peoples' brains? Europe is far ahead of us in this regard; mercury fillings are now illegal. The list of diseases improved or cured by removal of fillings is astonishing. The authors list case after case. Schopenhauer made the comment that ideas are first ridiculed, then violently opposed, then accepted as self-evident. I wonder how many years it will take before the dangers of these fillings will be accepted as self-evident.

Dr. Huggins graduated from the University of Nebraska School of Dentistry in 1962 and received a master of science degree from the University of Colorado in 1989. He is no quack, he is a crusader for health.

There is abundant scientific evidence that amalgam fillings are a danger to health. Dental amalgam is 50% mercury. Mercury is the most toxic metal known to man. Just look at the information from The International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology at [...].

Also consider that the Swedish Dental Material Commission recommended that amalgam be banned in 2002 - download the report from [...]. They commented that "The use of amalgam has been identified as the single largest source of mercury in sewage sludge, and crematoria are a large source of emissions to air in Sweden.". So how the hell does mercury get into people's faeces without passing through the body first ?

Dentists who deny that amalgam is harmful are either ignoramuses or liars - it's really that simple. They lie because they do not want to get served with class action lawsuits from all the people made sick from their amalgam fillings. That's the same reason why the governments stand by the dentists (Sweden excepted).

This is the first book I have ever read that deals with this topic in such a transparent and easy to read manner. I have people in my family that have suffered greatly due to metal toxicity and now I can help them and myself cut the losses experienced. Please read! It is new window to understanding our environment and to use wisdom in protecting ourselves.

This book is amazing. It was easy to read and understand. It also gives enough information to make an (pardon the pun) informed choice. That is what irks me the most, we are not told anything about what a dentist is doing, he/she just does it. I was never told that there was mercury in my fillings. I was given a root canal by a dentist and he did not even tell me that was what he was doing. When I found out several years later I was outraged. I have lost alot of respect for the dental profession on the whole. I also had a crown that produced a green line in my gum, numerous dentists had seen it and guess what only one ( a mercury free one) told me that I had inflamation. That is disgraceful. I had that crown removed and guess what within minutes the green went away.

I have had all of the mercury removed from my mouth. Upon removal of the last 3 amalgams my hot flashes ceased that day. My periods that I did not have resumed 3 weeks later. My body temperature went to normal. I can sleep restfully at night. I don't get up several times in the evening to go to the bathroom. My quality of life has increased. I don't feel as foggy headed or forgetful. I even reduced some of my thyroid medication. So for those who want to call us ignorant or ill informed I will have the last laugh with a strong immune shystem and good health.

Anyone who seriously thinks that this is hocus pocus needs prayers to enlighten themselves especially the dentists who are slowly poisoning thier patients.

As a practicing physician, I would like to respond to the review by "palm dentist". This is the typical reply that you will get from closed minded dentists who just want to "drill and fill" then go home in their Mercedez and have no idea what a devastating blow they have dealt to the human beings who put their trust in the dental profession. The problem is that mercury leaches slowly over many years and the effects of the poisoning of the system do not develop until much later. On top of that the patient makes no corelation to his filling and simply presents to his physician while the dentist continues on his merry way with no clue as to the devastation that he wrought. Already, in the published literature, heart disease has been corelated to gum disease and bacteria from the mouth. It is only a matter of time before the whole truth comes out. Amalgam use is 200 yrs old. In 200 yrs they could not come up with a better alternative. It amazes me that they got away for so long with using the most poisonous heavy metal on the planet as a filling material. There is not one shred of proof that mercury in amalgam is safe and does not cause long term disability and death!
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I think the authors are definitely onto something here -- the clinical results are just too consistent to conclude otherwise. Like many health concerns, dental toxicity is an area where it is highly unlikely that significant research will ever be funded because it is prevention-oriented, so any direct cause and effect relationship is also not likely to be determined. But the remission of conditions -- many considered incurable -- following dental revision protocol would lead any logical, thinking person to conclude that mercury amalgams are, for some percentage of the population, dangerously toxic. Just don't hold your breath waiting for the ADA or the AMA to see the light and fess up.

This book is clearly written and easy to read, and organized so the interested reader will be able to search for relevant sections. The science is presented at a level that educated readers will be able to grasp, for those who want that depth, and simplified for those who seek a general understanding of the issues.

This might be the most depressing book I have ever read, but it is also one of the most important. Its implications are profoundly disheartening, and the alternatives are not attractive. Huggins offers no easy solutions--even extractions can cause serious problems. But facts must be faced. The good news is that some incurable diseases might not be incurable.

If you think this is quackery, consider the testimony of Dr. Josef Issels, who cured incurables at his cancer clinic in Bavaria: "We have now seen how decisively the entire organism is affected by dental foci not properly treated, and what catastrophic results destruction of the pulp may entail. Dentists must, therefore, bear in mind that there is no root treatment which does not invariably produce foci."

Dr. Issels, who was no quack, agreed that all devitalized teeth must be extracted and excavated, all the way down to the bone. And the evidence against mercury is undeniable. If dentists agree that mercury removed from teeth is hazardous waste, how can they argue that it is not toxic in the mouth?