Reply #34: Maybe you should check the link I posted

[Mika]

.. and read up on the Holistic Dental Association.

Like it or not, dental amalgams have been the most successful restorative for carious teeth than any other restorative material. Its biotoxicity and oxidation qualities make it ideal for this purpose, except that mercury is toxic.

Removal is also dangerous for the practitioner and patient.
See, http://www.pragmaticsw.com/drhuggins/default.asp?PageName=Resources%20-%20Protocol%20for%20Amalgam%20Removal


I'm not a fan of many of the ADA's policy positions, but I think that to pursue the dental profession as a whole as if they were purveyors of cigarettes is mistaken. Unless you want there to be no dentists. :shrug:

Universal health care (that included dentistry) is OK by me.