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Biological Dentistry Continued
Amalgam fillings produce electrical currents which increase
mercury vapor release and may have other harmful effects.
These currents are measured in micro amps, with some measured
at over 5 micro amps. A clinic with considerable experience
dealing with problems of oral galvanism found that currents
over 5 microamps usually cause significant health problems
such as headaches, migraines, dizzyness, nausea,etc. which was
eliminated when amalgam fillings were replaced. The central
nervous system operates on signals in the range of nano-amps,
which is 1000 times less than a micro amp. The metals also
have electrical potentials which can be measured in
millivolts(mV). One clinical study determined that electrical
potential differences of over 50 mV were pathological, causing
galvanism, leukoplakia, oral lichen planus, or toxic or
allergic reactions to restorations. In most subjects with
amalgam fillings, potential differences of more than 50 mV are
present between restorations, with potentials ranging from -
417 mV to +150 mV. Negative potentials may be more
pathological than positive ones. The average potential for
metal crowns and bridges was 154 mV.
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Open Minds
A New Prespective in Healing
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Dear Farid,
In this issue I discuss another concern of Biological
dentistry and that is the extent and character of the
direct electrical currents generated by the disassociation of
dissimilar metals in an electrolyte media (fluids and tissues
of the human body). This is called "oral galvanism." These
currents carry disruptive metal ions to the opposite poles in
these oral galvanic batteries. How much oral galvanic power is
necessary to change organic function, to change membrane
permeability, to interfere with the power of thought or
recall, or to initiate degenerative change? We just don't
know! But we do know that it does change from electronegative
to electropositive.
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Oral
Galvanism
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Having dissimilar metals in the teeth(e.g.-amalgam, or gold
and mercury, or stainless steel and mercury) causes galvanic
action, electrical currents, and much higher mercury vapor
level in oral tissues. The amount of mercury released into
saliva has been found by large studies to be about 1.5 to 1.9
micrograms per liter for each additional amalgam filling. The
amount of mercury released by a gold alloy bridge over amalgam
over a 10 year period was measured to be approx. 101
milligrams(mg)(60% of total) or 30 micrograms(ug) per day.).
Average mercury levels in gum tissue near amalgam fillings are
about 200 ppm, and are the result of flow of mercury into the
mucous membrane because of galvanic currents with the mucous
membrane serving as cathode and amalgam metals as anode.
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Result of
Oral Galvanism
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Mercury and other metals accumulate in the oral cavity in
fibroblasts, macrophages, and multinuclear giant cells of
connective tissue, in blood vessel walls, along nerve sheath
fibres, in basement-membranes of mucosal epithelium, striated
muscle fibres, along collagen bundles and elastic tissue, in
acini of salivary glands, and in tooth roots and jaw bones.
Such mercury including that in the commonly formed amalgam
tattoos moves to other parts of the body over time in
significant amounts and more rapidly than the other metals.
Macrophages remove mercury by phagocytosis and the mercury
moves to other parts of the body through the blood and along
nerve. Most dentists are not aware of the main source of
amalgam tattoos, oral galvanism, where electric currents
caused by mixed metals in the mouth take the metals into the
gums and oral mucosa, accumulating at the base of teeth with
large fillings or metal crowns over amalgam base. Such metals
are documented to cause local and systemic lesions and health
effects, which usually recover after removal of the amalgam
tattoo by surgery. The high levels of accumulated mercury also
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Oral
Galvanism & Accupuncture Meridians
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Is it possible that these metallic energy sinks are acting
as blockades in the meridians or bioenergetic circuits
associated with the teeth? Can these blockades cause
dysfunction in their respective organs, endocrine systems,
vertebrae, muscles, nerves and nerve reflexes? It is and it
does! Should we view current existing dental restorations as
toxic scars? With mercury amalgam implanted in the teeth, most
definitely. With gold and other metal restorations. for a
certain percentage of people again most definitely and with
composite cements on an individual basis, again most
definitely. With just about any restorative material used in
dentistry there will be blockades by the body if the immune
system is still functional because the tooth is an open and
dynamic living organ. Biological Dentistry is concerned with
treatment and therapies that cause the least disturbance to
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