Everything that is placed in teeth, bone or the gums offers a long term chronic exposure. Sensitivity to any of these materials is possible and more common than is acknowledged. If you already have chemical sensitivities it is worth doing an allergy test to any of the materials to be used.
Many different metals apart from amalgam, are used in dentistry from titanium to gold to all sorts of nonprecious alloys, that are fixed in the mouth as implants and crowns and bridges. All of these metals have the potential of eliciting an immune reaction.[i] Metals such as palladium, nickel and cadmium which are highly immune reactive and are associated with development of cancer, are commonly used in dentistry. [ii],[iii] One study found a rate of sensitization to palladium of 8.3% of patients with eczema.[iv] These studies also note that patients who have a sensitivity toward nickel are very likely to also be sensitive to palladium. This nickel sensitivity would thus be a warning to a dentist to not use palladium either.
Note that nickel is released from stainless steel devices such as orthodontic braces and temporary crowns on baby teeth. Some pins that are used to support large amalgam fillings, are made from stainless steel also. Their reaction with mercury, silver, copper, tin and zinc will release multiples of allergenic material into the body.
Palladium chloride is toxic, harmful if swallowed, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin. It causes bone marrow, liver and kidney damage in laboratory animals.[v] It is also a potent enzyme inhibitor. [vi]
Systemic and local toxicity, allergy, and carcinogenicity, all result from elements in the alloys being released into the mouth during corrosion. Nickel and cobalt have a relatively high potential to cause allergy. Beryllium and cadmium are known carcinogens. [vii] Some of the reactions will be localized to the mouth with contact inflammation in the soft tissues. Lichenoid lesions can also be caused by palladium.[viii],[ix] The metals released from these dental alloys can be measured in the urine.[x] As with all dissimilar metals in an electrolyte (salt solution), the electrical reaction set up between them will cause a current to flow, and also will cause corrosion in the metals, with the consequent release of metal ions.[xi] If these metal ions attach to proteins in your body than overt autoimmune disease could result.
Before you allow a dentist to implant a crown or bridge or denture, be sure to find out the various metals that are going to make up the alloy used. This applies even to removable partial dentures that have a metal frame. Check out your own sensitivity to these metals. Nowadays crowns and bridges can be made from porcelain only, as the new porcelains are often stronger than the metal alloys. Go for this option.
When removing these structures from the mouth they will most times need to be drilled out. Thus, a cloud of fully inhalable microscopic particles of these metals is going to be created. It can and will get down into the lungs, all over your clothes and your hair. It is critical that a rubber dam be used wherever this is possible. You really do not want these metals in your lungs. See the Amalgam Removal Protocols – These principles are applicable when removing any metals form the teeth.
You will also need a separate air supply so that you can breath clean air instead of the toxic cloud. This can be in the form of bottled air or ‘happy gas’. Just DO NOT breathe in the air around your head while the drilling is continuing.
Other Dental Materials of Concern
Most of the other materials used in dentistry are only a ‘little’ bit toxic and ‘most’ people can tolerate them. As you will see the combination of some materials will make them far more toxic than if exposed individually. Mercury and Aluminium are just two that are a disaster.
Glass Ionomer Cements are used in dentistry as a temporary cement, as a lining under composite fillings, as a lining under amalgam fillings and as a cheap alternative to other materials, and as a filling in its own right. GICs are regarded in dentistry, as a most important source of fluoride. It is well known that Aluminium is also freely released from GICs.[xiii] Combine Aluminium with fluoride and you have a very nasty slow release cocktail. A substance called Aluminum Fluoride. The description from the manufacturer is “… normally in the powder phase of the glass ionomer dental cement premix and acts as a ceramic flux during mixing plus provides long term anticancer benefits.” [xii]
Dentistry teaches that GIC’s are completely safe. They teach that the little bit of fluoride coming off the material will help reduce decay. They even claim that the combination of aluminium and fluoride which is released from the fillings are “anti-cancerous!” The manufacturers claim ‘long term anticancer benefits’!
They do not talk about the fact that fluoride is known to carry aluminium into the synaptic space between nerves and thus interfere with neural transmission. They do not talk about the fact that aluminium and mercury when combined produce a synergistic effect, and each becomes at least 100 times more toxic than the individual metals alone. Using GIC’s in a mouth with amalgam will give you both aluminium and mercury sometimes from the one tooth. [xiv] They also do not talk about the fact that Fluoride is a known carcinogen.
Fluoride has also been linked as a cause, to a rare bone cancer mainly seen in younger children, called osteosarcoma.[xv],[xvi],[xvii],[xviii] Thus the claim by the manufacturer, which is then parroted by a willing and dumb dental profession, that Aluminum Fluoride “…provides long term anticancer benefit”, must surely be regarded as deceptive at best. Tell the same lie often enough and everyone will believe it.
The lack of information is fantastic, especially when compared to the information from the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). This is an information sheet on a product which must be submitted to relevant government agencies and must be publicly available. It will often describe a more honest and more complete list of adverse effects than the manufacturer will publicly admit, and far more than the government agencies will admit. Note that a material placed in or on a tooth will present a chronic exposure to the person who owns the tooth, and that person will be absorbing little bits of this material all of the time.
The MSDS for Aluminum Fluoride, available on the manufacturer’s website, states;[xix]
“Repeated or prolonged ingestion can result in fluoride deposition in the bones and cartilage. This can cause chronic fluoride poisoning (fluorosis), which affects the teeth, bones, and joints since fluorides are absorbed into the bones.. Fluorosis is characterized by weight loss, weakness, anemia, mottled tooth enamel, hypocalcemia, decrease in bone density (osteosclerosis), brittle bones, and stiffness of the low back, and stiff joints. May cause calcification of the paraspinal and other ligamentous structures.”
Somehow, we are supposed to ignore these warnings, which are officially accepted effects, and believe that when this poison is put into the drinking water, or escapes from the filling, it is good for us. Talk about cognitive dissonance! Both fluoride and aluminium are systemic poisons. I am not sure how they can be seen to have any positive health effects or be anticancer.
Another material which is often used in Root Canal procedures is Formaldehyde. (See the paper on MSDSs and root filling cements) This can be found in both adult and children’s root canals. It is highly carcinogenic. It will cause irritation of the eyes and breathing problems. Never allow this to be used. The use of formaldehyde in Australia is now forbidden, due to its health effects. Instead, it has been replaced by a substance called Ferric Sulphate, which may cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and black stool. Pink urine discoloration is a strong indicator of iron poisoning. Liver damage, coma, and death from iron poisoning has been recorded.
It seems to me that dentistry has a great variety of methods designed to kill rather than heal.
References
[i] www.melisa.org
[ii] Biological effects of palladium and risk of using palladium in dental casting alloys J.C. WATAHA C.T. HANKS May 1996 Journal of Oral Rehabilitation https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2842.1996.tb00858.x
[iii] Palladium – A review of exposure and effects to human health Janet Kielhorn et al
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 10 Volume 205, Issue 6, 2002, https://doi.org/10.1078/1438-4639-00180
[iv] Palladium in dental alloys – the dermatologists’ responsibility to warn?
Werner Aberer et al March 1993 Contact Dermatitis https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1993.tb03379.x
[v] https://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/pd.htm
[vi] Toxicity of palladium Tsan Z. et al Toxicology Letters Volume 4, Issue 6, December 1979,
[vii] Biocompatibility of dental casting alloys: John C.WatahaThe Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Volume 83, Issue 2, February 2000, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3913(00)80016-5
[viii] Contact stomatitis due to palladium and platinum in dental alloys. Patrick Koch, Hans‐Peter Baum April 1996 Contact Dermatitis https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02195.x
[ix] Contact stomatitis due to palladium in dental alloys: A clinical report
ValentinoGarau et al. The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Volume 93, Issue 4, April 2005, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prosdent.2005.01.002
[x] Long term urinary platinum, palladium, and gold excretion of patients after insertion of noble metal dental alloys 0jutta Begerow Journal Biomarkers 29 Sep 2008
[xi] In vitro corrosion behaviour and metallic ion release of different prosthodontic alloys Dr. F.J. Gil Int Dent J 06 September 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1875595X.1999.tb00538.x
[xii] https://dentalingredients.spectrumchemical.com/dental-cement-ingredients
[xiii] Fluoride and aluminum release from restorative materials using ion chromatography Zeynep OKTE, et al J Appl Oral Sci. 2012 Jan-Feb; 20(1): 27–31.
[xiv] Nakajima H, Komatsu H, Okabe T. Aluminium ions in analysis of released fluoride from glass ionomers. J Dent. 1997;25:137–144.
[xv] Fluoride levels and osteosarcoma Simmi Kharb, et al South Asian J Cancer. 2012 Oct-Dec; 1(2): 76–77.
[xvi] Bassin EB, Wypij D, Davis RB, Mittleman MA. Age specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma. Cancer Causes Control. 2006;17:421–8.[
[xvii] Cohn PD. A brief report on the association of drinking water fluoridation and the incidence of osteosarcoma among young males. New Jersey: Department of Health: Environmental Health Service; 1992. pp. 1–17.
[xviii] Yiamouyiannis JA. Fluoridation and cancer. The biology and epidemiology of bone and oral cancer related to fluoridation. Fluoride. 1993;26:83–96.
[xix] https://www.spectrumchemical.com/MSDS/A3595.pdf