Dental fillings with mercury can cause over 30 chronic health conditions

by Lori Alton
NaturalHealth365

If you think the only thing to fear from a dental visit is some discomfort, think again. Conventional dentistry practices, like putting dental fillings loaded with mercury in the mouth, are exposing the body to neurotoxic heavy metals and increasing the risk of systemic infections – which lead to many chronic health conditions.

Dental amalgam fillings are made of material containing between 43 and 54 percent mercury, a known neurotoxin. While people with an above average number of fillings are known to excrete as much as 10 times the mercury of someone with no fillings, that level can be reduced by 90 percent if the fillings are removed and replaced with safer material.

The link between mercury-based, dental fillings and chronic illness

The National Institute for Health’s extensive epidemiological study, the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), showed a significant correlation between a number of chronic health conditions and having an above average number of amalgam surfaces. Data from the survey shows dramatic differences in dental filling rates for people affected by a variety of diseases, as compared to the dental fillings rate in the general population.
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