Protocol for Mercury/Silver Filling Removal

From the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
(Click to view a PDF on the IAOMT's web site)

Patient Protection

First in every concerned doctor's mind is the protection of the patient from additional exposure to mercury. This is especially true of the mercury toxic patient. The mercury toxic patient may have been exposed to varying amounts of mercury from diet, environment, employment or from mercury/silver dental fillings. All forms are cumulative and can contribute to the body burden. The goal of this preferred procedure is to minimize any additional exposure of the patient, ourselves, or staff to mercury.

During chewing the patient is exposed to intraoral levels which are several times the EPA allowable air concentration. During the removal or placement of amalgam the patient can be exposed to amounts which are a thousand times greater than the EPA allowable concentration. Described below are multiple steps we use to greatly reduce everyone's exposure.


(Check back next week!  We are currently updating this article.  In the meantime, the link provided above is interesting and helpful to many patients.)