NHANES III Screening – 35,000 Americans

(Compiled by Datastep Development, http://www.datastep.com/index.html )

 

(Conditions caused by amalgam fillings)

Fewer of those with this condition have zero fillings than those of the general population while more

of those with the condition have 17 or more surfaces than in the general population

 

Infectious and parasitic diseases (001-139)

Cancer  [Neoplasms]  (140-239) 

Disorders of thyroid gland (240-246)

Mental disorders (290-319)

Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs (320-389)

Other disorders of the central nervous system(MS) (340-349)

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More of those with the condition have 17 or more surfaces than in the general population

 

Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)

Diseases of male genital organs (600-608)

Other disorders of female genital tract (617-629)

 

Fewer of those with this condition have zero fillings than those of the general population while more

of those with the condition have 34 or more surfaces than in the general population

 

Disorders of the peripheral nervous system (350-359)

Diseases of the respiratory system (460-519)

Diseases of the genitourinary system (580-629)

 

More of those with the condition have 34 or more surfaces than in the general population

 

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (247-269)

Other metabolic and immunity disorders (270-279)

Disorders of the eye and adnexa (360-379)

Diseases of the circulatory system (390-459)

Diseases of the digestive system (520-579)

Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630-676)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue(arthritis) (710-739)

 

Fewer of those with this condition have zero fillings than those of the general population

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (380-389)

Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589)

Inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs (614-616)

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680-709)

 

For ICD Codes 340-349, “Other disorders of the central nervous system”, which includes Multiple Sclerosis, Other demyelinating diseases of central nervous system, Other paralytic syndromes, Epilepsy, Migraine, Cataplexy and narcolepsy, Cerebral cysts, and Other and unspecified disorders of the nervous system, the Population Size is 1,600,000.  In this survivor group, fully 95% have Dental Fillings, as compared to 78% in the General Adult American Population of 180,072,328.  The General Population is Filling-Free 400% more than the Survivors of Chronic Other

CNS Disease.

 

                                                %           %

                                        amalgam    none                    population

CATEGORY C

 

 

 

6

Nervous Sys

82

   18

          

             5,200,000

8

Respiratory

82

18

            12,100,000

12

Skin

84

16

              3,020,000

10

Genitourinary

86

14

              6,700,000

2

Tumors

88

12

                333,000

4

Blood

88

12

                  39,125

17

Injuries/Poison

89

11

              4,500,000

6 

Other CNS(MS) 

95

5

              1,600,000

  Category C   Average            85.6  14.4                       31,892,125

  Total Population                     78      22                     180,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            Percent with number of Fillings

Number of Surfaces   Other CNS(MS) Group       General Population

             0                                   5%                                   22%

            1-7                               20%                                   19%

           8-16                              19%                                   20%

         17-33                              31%                                   21%

         34 up                               25%                                  19%

 

In the U.S. population without MS or one of the other demyelinating CNS conditions, 40% had 17 or more amalgam surfaces,  but of the population with other CNS conditions, 56% had 17 or more amalgam surfaces .   In the population without the condition 22% had no amalgam surfaces, but in the population with MS or one of  the other demyelinating CNS conditions, only 5% had no amalgam surfaces.  

 

 

25% of sufferers of all diseases have 7 or more dental fillings, as compared to the general population where only 20% have 7 or more dental fillings.

 

For all chronic conditions in the tests, those having 34 or more amalgam surfaces represented a larger proportion of those with the condition than they do of the general population.

For the chronic condition group: nervous system, cancer, kidney or pancreas, mental disease, and infections,  those having 17 or more amalgam surfaces represented a larger proportion of those with the condition than they do of the general population;  and those with no amalgam fillings were a smaller proportional of those with the condition than in the general population.