Mercury Free Dentists

Mercury (Silver) Fillings

Mercury fillings (the silver gray or black fillings that millions of people have in their mouths) are highly toxic, and in my opinion should immediately be banned. Mercury amalgam fillings are responsible for many serious and apparently chronic diseases

Some people are more susceptible than others to the effects of mercury poisoning, and experience dramatic improvements in their health after the removal of their mercury amalgam fillings. For others like myself, there was little effect.

The amount of mercury that goes into the average mercury amalgam tooth filling is sufficient to kill you if it was taken all at once. Approximately 50% of an amalgam filling is mercury. 25-30% is silver, and the remainder is usually zinc and tin. An amalgam filling will leak mercury vapour over many years. The specific sicknesses mercury causes are extremely variable with each individual person. Research over decades has proven mercury can be the cause of degenerative diseases such as inflammation, heart disease, arthritis, bone spurs, birth defects, mental depression, headaches, migraines, insomnia, irritability, hallucinations, memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, tremors (shakes), kidney diseases (nephritis), skin diseases such as dermatitis and eczema, loosening of the teeth, pain and numbness in the extremities (multiple sclerosis symptoms) and many others

White composite fillings are only slightly more expensive than mercury amalgam fillings, but require more skill. If your dentist argues that white composite fillings are too weak and short-lived to use, find another dentist. Composite fillings performed by a skilled dentist will last as long as any others. I personally feel that a dentist who is not capable of doing composite fillings should not be allowed to practice

If you and your dentist decide to go ahead with a mercury amalgam filling, I suggest you ask your dentist for a written and signed conformation that mercury amalgam fillings are safe and will not harm you

How to save your teeth

Eliminate sugar. If you eat no sugar or refined carbohydrates whatsoever, your teeth will stop rotting (politely called dental decay). People who never have sugar from the youngest age (as on many traditional diets) keep a full and healthy set of teeth all their lives
Clean your teeth properly. You do not need to brush your teeth after every meal if you enjoy healthy no-sugar food and drink. It is much better to thoroughly clean your teeth once per day, or even every few days. Proper cleaning takes several minutes. Flossing is the most important part of cleaning your teeth. Also brush them gently and thoroughly, up and down rather than backwards and forwards. (Brush from your gums towards the top of each tooth)
Minimal dental treatment. Most conventional dental techniques (see below) lead to the death of the tooth and several procedures are the source of an ongoing infection or toxins in your body
It is often preferable to have a tooth PROPERLY removed rather than suffer a root canal, bridge or insert. However, this is a difficult and personal decision, because nobody wants a gap in their mouth when they smile. Another reason to keep a tooth if possible is that the removal of certain teeth in the arch can result in the re-distribution of occlusal (chewing) forces. The opposing tooth will no longer have regular pressure from chewing on it, and can deteriorate. In a few cases, symptoms can even include headaches or ear aches
Other factors such as hydration, diet and exercise discussed in Grow Youthful will ensure that you have sweet breath, healthy gums and no ongoing deterioration of your teeth

We are looking for dentists who:

do NOT recommend mercury amalgam fillings
are very reluctant to do root canals
are very reluctant to do bridges
do NOT recommend inserts (a metal post drilled into the jawbone, and used as a base for a false tooth)
acknowledge the debilitating effect on your health and the hastening death of your teeth from the above four procedures
are very reluctant to do crowns, and acknowledge that a crown is the beginning of the end of a tooth. Instead, they would recommend an inlay or an onlay
are competent with bonding, and use bonding and veneering techniques in preference to traditional fillings
have experience removing mercury fillings and are aware of the toxicity of mercury vapour when removing mercury fillings, and would use a dental dam
have experience with performing extractions without leaving cavitations (alveolar cavitational osteopathosis) ie holes left from incompletely extracted teeth which never heal properly, don't fill with bone, and remain as an ongoing source of infection

Recommended reading: Tooth Truth, by Frank Jerome DDS

Please Contact Us if you can recommend any safe, non-mercury holistic dentists who fit the above requirements

A possible means of locating a safe dentist in your area is to check the web site of the Australian Society of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. Member dentists are helping to avoid mercury poisoning in the community

If you make an appointment with any of these no mercury dentists, please mention that you heard of them through the Grow Youthful web site. We want to display the details of any such dentists, wherever they are located around the world

Australia, Perth

Athol Purchas ph: 9381 1940

George Papadopulos ph: 9381 1940

Terry Fenn ph: 9383 3077

Kam Fanaian, Dental on George, East Fremantle. Holistic and homeopathic. ph 93393047

Australia, Sydney

Robert Gammal ph: 02 9264 5195. Suite 102, Piccadilly Court, 222 Pitt St, Sydney
Dr Gammal founded the Australian Society of Oral Medicine and Toxicology in 1994 and has worked actively to try to educate the public and the profession about the dangers of a variety of dental treatments including the use of mercury

Australia, Queensland

Rachel Hall at Evolve Dental Healing in Kenmore. Phone 07 37201811

Eric Davis
40 Duffield Rd, Margate Beach

John Sotis
419 Golden Four Drive, Tugun

Australia, Melbourne

Roman Lohyn
8th floor, 175 Collins St, Melbourne

Wally Hassoun
707 Malvern Rd, Toorak

Australia, NSW, Newrybar

Andrew Taylor
17 Watsons Lane, Newrybar
Phone: 612 6687 2552

United Kingdom

Andrew Lane
Apollonia House
167 Mossley Road
Grasscroft, Oldham, Lancs

Apollonia House Private Dental & Healthcare

"I am one of the dentists you describe. Haven't placed an amalgam filling for 19 years now and avoid placing crowns on teeth that haven't already been damaged so badly that there is no alternative. I have an interest in treating chronic jaw infections (NICOs), temporomandibular disorders, headaches, etc. and offer EAV testing with homotoxicology/nutritional therapy" - Andy Lane

United Kingdom

John Anderson
4 West End
Penclawdd
Swansea SA4 3YX
Wales