1. The dentist at minimum has to use a rubber dam to keep some of the hot vapors from entering the tissues of your mouth directly. The dam can be effective at keeping amalgam particles from tumbling down your throat.
Many dentists use rubber dams. The mercury ignorant dentist just wants to keep his work area clean and dry. You will not raise too many eyebrows with this request, though don’t expect much understanding for your mercury concerns.
Sam Ziff believes a rubber dam is less than fool proof, since experiments have shown mercury vapor to collect in the mouth under the rubber dam during amalgam drilling.
2. The mercury free dentists are placing respirators on their patients during drilling.
They are also employing scavenging systems to clear the operating room of any mercury vapor that escapes the suction device in your mouth. If you press for a respirator, the dentist is going to think you are bonkers. If you are one who is severely ill with CFS, you really need that respirator.
3. There is a water cooled drill from Sweden now in use to keep mercury vaporization at a minimum. The dentists using this equipment will section the amalgam, removing it in pieces. The unsafe dentist is going to grind away the entire filling.
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