Mercury Toxicity: Associated Symptoms and Conditions
Impact of nocturnal bruxism on mercury uptake from dental amalgams.
Mercury blocks glutamate re-uptake, makes excito-toxins such as MSG and aspartame a. Nutrasweet even more dangerous. Mercury is more neuro-toxic than lead, cadmium and even arsenic and acts in synergy with such other toxins. Mercury overly activates the microglia immune cells in the brain, causing more free radical damage and release of two damaging excito-toxins, glutamate and quinolinic acid. Bacterial, viral, fungal and mycobacterial infections, aggressive and invasive yeast colonies and biofilms as well as bacterial infections are more difficult to overcome due to the suppressive effects of mercury and the other toxic metals — tin, copper, silver, zinc, nickel, chromium, palladium and cadmium — that are used in dentistry. Periodontal infection is linked to the presence of amalgam by many studies.
We don’t mean to alarm you, but there is probably mercury in your dental fillings
This mother asks: Is it possible my amalgam fillings are causing my migraines? So if you have a metallic filling, chances are it contains mercury. However, the trouble starts if it evaporates into tiny particles in the air and is inhaled. In high levels, elemental mercury that makes its way to the lungs can cause brain and kidney damage, and small amounts inhaled over long periods of time can lead to chronic symptoms, like a persistent metallic taste in your mouth, vomiting, and swollen gums. So why do we fill our teeth with this stuff?
Scanning the technical literature dealing with the science of new materials development for use in dental fillings and medical prosthetics quickly reveals an abiding concern in article after article regarding the durability and strength of the products. There is, however, only a minimal effort to determine whether or not the products being tested are biocompatible with the patients into which they will be placed. Compatibility studies frequently center on animal models and have only minimal value when they are applied to humans. Little or no allowance is made for biological individuality and for the impact of individual thresholds and prior body burden of adverse materials. Generalized conclusions of compatibility for humanity are pronounced with diversionary comments that the dentist or physician, not the evaluating body, has final responsibility for any adverse reactions with the materials.