Question: WHAT IS DENTAL AMALGAM?Answer: Dental amalgam is the most commonly used dental filling material. The dental profession refers to this material as ''Silver'' amalgam , ''Silver'' fillings, or just ''amalgam'' fillings. Dental amalgam is a mixture of mercury and a metal alloy. The normal composition is 45-55% mercury; approximately 30% silver, and other metals such as copper, tin and zinc, dependent upon each manufacturers specific formula. It is obvious from the above composition that his material should rightfully be called ''Mercury'' fillings or ''Mercury/Silver'' fillings. However, since the beginning of its use as a dental filling material until the present time, some 150 years or more, the use of the word ''mercury'' in describing this type of filling has been studiously avoided. Could it be that the ADA and the dental profession did not want the patient to know that approximately 1/2 of the material implanted in their teeth was actually one of the most toxic metals known to man? The guise is so effective that most physicians do not know that they have had mercury implanted in their teeth. Mercury is more toxic than arsenic, lead and cadmium.
Source: Bioprobe
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