 Re: The Prosperity of the Mercury-Free Dentist
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:21:38 +0000 (UTC), Keith P Walsh
<keith.p.walsh@btinternet.com> wrote:
>The following picture shows 141 Whitworth Road in Rochdale, England,
>which in 1992 was the premises of the dental practice of Dr John
>Roberts (B.Ch.D):
>
>http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ke..>
dnm=d636.jpg
>
>It is a small terraced property by the side of the road in a
>dilapidated part of Greater Manchester.
>
>However, in 1992 Dr Roberts was one of a number of practising dental
>surgeons who appeared on the "recommended" list compiled by UK
>mercury-free dentistry "guru" Dr Jack Levenson of the Brompton dental
>clinic in London:
>
>http://fluoride.oralhealth.org/pape..times110401.htm
REPLY
No Susan.
This is completely wrong. Just ask
Jan Drew for her links.
Joel
Susan Clark, health journalist, answers your questions
Q; I have heard that the amalgam dentists use to fill teeth can be
harmful, as it includes metals such as mercury. Is it true that having
these fillings in your mouth can make you feel tired and lethargic all
the time? If so, where can I find a dentist who doesn't use them?
A Aston, Essex
A: Mercury - which your dentist must treat as toxic waste outside your
mouth - is considered such a hazardous material that, last October,
France banned all transportation of the liquid metal. The EU is now
considering taking the same step, and while this won't stamp out the
practice - dentists can still use mercury in a premixed pellet form -
it does signal a growing awareness that we should ask if this is
really a good thing to be putting in our mouths.
The Cremation Society would tell you no. At their annual conference in
June, members were told that to comply with new regulations, which
will insist the death industry takes dramatic steps to cut down on
pollution from dead bodies, someone will have to tell dentists to stop
putting mercury in people's mouths.
The silver fillings, which have divided dentists for more than a
decade, are not silver at all, but are an amalgam made up of 52%
mercury (older fillings contained as much as 75% mercury) mixed with
copper, tin, silver and zinc. Mercury is the second most toxic metal
on the planet after plutonium, and yet in the UK dentists are still
putting 15m metal fillings in the mouths of adults and children every
year.
For a long time, the party line both here and in America was that once
the amalgam was in the mouth, the mercury became inert or locked in.
Numerous researchers have shown this to be untrue and the British
Dental Association (BDA) does now accept that mercury vapour is indeed
released into the body from these fillings. However, it takes the view
that any seepage that does occur is so small as to be insignificant.
Health problems that holistic practitioners believe may be linked with
mercury toxicity include chronic fatigue, headaches, allergies and
sinusitis, sore or bleeding gums, lack of concentration, memory
lapses, irritability and depression - all conditions that could, of
course, be linked with other causes.
To learn more, read Menace in the Mouth by Dr Jack Levenson. To order,
send a cheque for £12, payable to JG Levenson, to 221 Old Brompton
Road, London SW5 0EA. For details of mercury-free dentists and testing
for mercury toxicity, contact The British Society for Mercury-Free
Dentistry, in writing, with a large SAE, at the above address. Testing
costs from £180.
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>
>At that time Dr Levenson operated a consultancy from his office in
>Welbeck Street, W1, and would routinely recommend to his clients
>(usually people with concerns about their health) that they should
>have the mercury-based (amalgam) dental fillings removed from their
>teeth.
>
>Dr Roberts in Rochdale was one the dentists which Dr Levenson would
>"approve" for carrying out the work of removing his clents' amalgam
>fillings.
>
>During or shortly after 1992 Dr Roberts declared his own practice
>"mercury-free", and his patients were advised to register with an
>alternative dentist by the office of the local health authority in
>Rochdale.
>
>Today Dr Roberts' practice is based at Cote Royd House in West
>Yorkshire - a picture of which can be seen at:
>
>http://www.integratedhealthpractice.com/
>
>It is a large victorian villa set in its own grounds in a leafy suburb
>of Huddersfield.
>
>When you compare this picture with the picture of Dr Roberts' previous
>premises it appears reasonable to presume that Dr Roberts is currently
>in the middle of a very prosperous career.
>
>I think it is also accurate to declare that Dr Roberts' success is
>partly (if not largely) due to the fact that he has charged
>significant numbers of patients for removing fillings from their
>mouths which authorities such as the British Dental Association and
>the UK National Health Service would argue had "nothing wrong with
>them".
>
>And it appears that there is nothing that the British Dental
>Association can do to discredit Dr Roberts' "mercury-free" practice.
>
>Is it possible that Dr Roberts' prosperity is in fact due to his
>having successfully restored and/or preserved large numbers of his
>patients' sense of well-being?
>
>Keith P Walsh
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