About 85 percent of our population, over 200 million people, have at least one of their cavities filled with a dental amalgam. These amalgams are made up of approximately 50% mercury. Mercury from fillings contributes 3 to 4 times more mercury to our bodies than all the environmental sources combined.
Palladium is used in the making of dental crowns. The more durable “gold” and “silver” fillings or crowns may contain up to 78.5% of this heavy metal.
Like Mercury, Palladium is biomethylated in the digestive tract and once synthesized these methylated metals are invariably more toxic than their inorganic substrates.
Metallurgy reports have revealed that even some dental gold material actually contained 17 to 40 percent palladium.
Dr. Elef Karkalis, M.D., of Oppenheim, Germany, states that early symptoms of palladium overexposure are chronic fatigue, allergies, headaches, lymph node swelling and immune weakness.
Many bridges are found to have porcelain caps supported by a nickel base. Nickel is the number one cancer stimulating metal, even worse than mercury - because mercury usually kills cells, whereas nickel just turns the cell malignant. Cancer of the lungs, nasal mucosa, and, less frequently, of the larynx account for the most serious consequences of usually long-term occupational exposure to nickel.
Many dental metals are toxic and can harm the body. Over time, small amounts of these toxic substances enter the tissues of the mouth and travel to other parts of the body.
More advanced toxicity can give rise to bronchitis, muscle and joint pain, memory loss, digestive and nervous disorders, weight loss, chronic sinusitis and tinnitus, excessive sweating, neuralgia, facial paralysis, depression, sleeping disorders and muscle weakness.
Clinical experience has revealed that many patients with cancer of the reproductive organs, liver or breast have dental granulomas (cysts), decay, or root canals in the corresponding teeth, heavy-metal toxicity and/or high dental electrical readings.
These same patients have a life-long history of associated symptoms of headaches, numbness, ringing in the ear, electrical currents in the face and head, chronic sinus infections, facial pain, heart irregularities, panic and anxiety, depression, joint pain and chronic fatigue.
MELISA® is the world’s leading test for hypersensitivity to metals. It is used worldwide by dentists and doctors to determine whether a patient is intolerant to materials commonly used in dental restorations or bodily implants.
Before you have dental work done, or if you have dental amalgam fillings, implants or partials, you should request the MELISA® test.
MELISA® is the only scientifically validated test which measures metal allergy.
How to take the MELISA® test.
To take the MELISA® test you only have to have a blood sample taken and send it to a MELISA® laboratory. The amount of blood needed depends on the number of metals you want to test, but generally, about 30 ml of blood is needed.
To have the blood drawn, you usually need a referral from a medical doctor or a dentist. (I would think that a doctor or dentist will be able to perform this test.)
I had to have a dental implant removed because my gums were infected and wouldn’t heal. I haven’t had trouble since. The dentist told me I was probably alergic to metals.