“Mercury is so poisonous that it and metal dental filling materials are known to cause birth defects, chronic fatigue, indigestion, leukemia, hormonal imbalances, fibromyalgia, seizures, arthritis, Bell’s palsy, allergies, and multiple sclerosis. Mercury fillings are banned in many countries including Sweden, Germany, and Japan.

Despite this evidence, and volumes more about the extreme danger of mercury in the body, the code of ethics of the American Dental Association specifically prohibits dentists from telling patients to remove their mercury fillings because mercury is toxic.

ADA Code of Conduct 5A.1 Dental Amalgam and other Restorative Materials “[R]emoval of amalgam restorations… for the alleged purpose of removing toxic substances from the body, when such a treatment is performed solely at the recommendation or suggestion of the dentist, is improper and unethical.”

Dentists who are caught disobeying the ADA code of conduct can lose their license. Dentists are allowed to remove mercury fillings by your request, your doctor’s request, or if your fillings are damaged. But they cannot say that they advise removing functional mercury fillings because mercury is toxic.”

Quoted from the book Cure Tooth Decay Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition by Ramiel Nagel

Many people don’t realize that metal fillings still contain mercury, despite a lot of evidence suggesting how harmful they are. I have wondered recently why dentists still use this material when we have better options. I once heard from someone in the dental industry that said it’s all about the money. I can’t say for sure that this is the reason, but I know one thing. I will never get another metal filling in my mouth. You can read about my healing story from yesterday here.