Drill-Happy Dentistry?

  Over the past several years, there’s been a growing awareness of overmedicalization and overtreatment within the medical establishment. While there are certainly many people who suffer from lack of access to health services, too much medicine is perhaps an even bigger problem. If Americans would stop thinking of certain problems in a medical context, …

Fighting the Good Fight Against Dental Mercury Amalgam

 

“I Was Shocked at the Ignorance of the Dental Profession”

Marie Flowers tells her story of mercury poisoning in powerful testimony at last month’s FDA dental amalgam hearings:  

Growing New Teeth to Replace Decayed Ones & Other News of Note

Gel That Can Help Decayed Teeth Grow Back Could End Fillings (Mail Online) The gel, which is being developed by scientists in France, works by prompting cells in teeth to start multiplying. They then form healthy new tooth tissue that gradually replaces what has been lost to decay. Researchers say in lab studies it took …

How Tooth-Colored Fillings Are Made

 

Tooth Bleaching and Mercury Amalgam Fillings

“Silver” amalgam fillings consistently release mercury vapor, and the amount released varies depending on what sorts of stresses the teeth are under. For instance, more is released when the fillings are under the pressure of chewing, tooth grinding or even regular tooth brushing. But what about when exposed to hydrogen peroxide, which is commonly used …