”...A range of actions are being taken to reduce mercury levels in products, or to phase out mercury-containing products. In health care, dental amalgam is used in almost all countries. A 2009 WHO expert consultation concluded that a global near-term ban on amalgam would be problematic for public health and the dental health sector, but a phase down should be pursued by promoting disease prevention and alternatives to amalgam; research and development of cost-effective alternatives; education of dental professionals and the raising of public awareness…” http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs361/en/
Mercury-free Dental Fillings Phase-out of amalgam in Sweden http://www.who.int/ifcs/documents/forums/forum5/pm9_05.pdf
[PDF] Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
... & Eaglstein 1985, Fisher 1986) and Japan (Matsunaga et al… Atopic illnesses
and symptoms attributed to amalgam dental fillings, are reported…
www.who.int/entity/peh-emf/publications/reports/EHS_Proceedings_June2006.pdf
[PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint – MERCURY.ppt
... to methyl mercury in fish, mercury vapor from amalgam tooth fillings, and ethyl…
Minamata Bay, Japan Courtesy of Dr. Stephan Boese-ÓReil y…
www.who.int/entity/ceh/capacity/Mercury.pdf
I’m sure if I spent much time, I could find many more articles about this, but I doubt that even the opinion of WHO (World Health Organization) would be enough to convince the die-hard doctors and other medical types of the dangers of amalgum fillings.
@gasman That amalgam fillings are known to break down over time is a well known fact. I am proof of that, because I’ve had to have several teeth capped due to the fact that they make the teeth brittle (according to my dentist).
@livingchoice I doubt that your health insurance would cover removal of your fillings, unless the dentist determined that they were breaking down and needed to be replaced, or that you had decay under them.