Definately having amalgam removed incorrectly is more damaging than having them in your mouth in the first place. When a dentist drills out an amalgam filling, it is unavoidable that mercury is released and vaporized by high friction heat, exposing the you (and the dentist) to something on the order of 90 times the amount of mercury considered to be "safe", although we know that no amount of mercury can be considered safe. To have it all released at one time like that is very dangerous! Let's face it. Mercury never should have been placed in the mouth to begin with.
Betsy
Robin Hill-Young <robinahy@...> wrote:
What cause more damage:
Having amalgams in the mouth or having them removed incorrectly? Why?
Robin