Percent Recovery After Amalgam Replacement by Condition
The majority of those with many chronic health conditions recover or
significantly improve after dental amalgam replacement (some likely also had
some metals detoxification and immune support):
Thus, dental amalgam mercury appears to be a primary cause of
many conditions (several groups of study results on this page)
The statistics listed below were compiled by the Foundation For Toxic- Free Dentistry (FTFD) on 1569
patients from 6 different reports. The statistical analysis involves a
total of 1569 patients in six different studies: 762 patients utilized the FTFD
Patient Adverse Reaction Report to individually report changes in their health
directly to the FDA and the FTFD; Dr. Mats Hanson, Ph.D. reported on 519
Swedish patients; Henrik Lichtenberg, D.D.S.
of Denmark reported on 100 patients; http://www.lichtenberg.dk/symptoms_before_and_after_proper.htm
Pierre LaRose, D.D.S.
of Canada reported on 80 patients; Robert L. Siblerud O.D.,
M.S. reported on 86 patients in Colorado as partial fulfillment of a
Ph.D. requirement; and Albert V. Zamm, M.D.,
FACA, FACP reported on 22 of his patients. FTFD SYMPTOM ANALYSIS OF 1569
PATIENTS
Symptom, No
Cases., No. improved or cured, % of cure or improvement
ALLERGY 221
196 89%
ANXIETY 86
80
93%
BAD TEMPER 81 68 89%
BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEMS
99
53 54%
CHEST
PAINS 79 69 87%
DEPRESSION 347 315 91%
DIZZINESS 343 301 88%
FATIGUE 705 603 86%
GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS
231 192 83%
GUM
PROBLEMS 129 121 94%
HEADACHES 531 460 87%
MIGRAINE HEADACHES
45 39 87%
INSOMNIA 187 146 78%
IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT
159 139 87%
IRRITABILITY 132 119 90%
LACK OF CONCENTRATION
270
216 80%
LACK OF
ENERGY 91 88 97%
MEMORY
LOSS 265 193 73%
METALLIC
TASTE 260 247 95%
MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS 113 86 76%
MUSCLE
TREMOR 126 104 83%
NERVOUSNESS 158 131 83%
NUMBNESS ANYWHERE
118 97 82%
SKIN
DISTURBANCES 310 251
81%
SORE
THROAT 149 128 86%
TACHYCARDIA 97 68
70%
THYROID
PROBLEMS 56 44
79%
ULCERS & SORES (ORAL CAVITY) 189 162 86%
URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS
115 87 76%
VISION
PROBLEMS 462 289 63%
the first group of reports were compiled by a Swedish patients support
organization like DAMS of people contacting them with chronic health problems
and the results when amalgams were replaced. The others are
combination of reports to FDA, and by dentists and doctors working with
patients who underwent amalgam replacement. Although the largest source of
problems affected by amalgam replacement would be related to mercury, dental
fillings and metal crowns often have other toxic metals like nickel, palladium,
etc.
Another Group of 130
patients undergoing amalgam replacement and detoxification
The Marburg Amalgam Detoxification Study
http://www.karlloren.com/ultrasound/p23.htm
Mouth
symptoms number
cases percent signif. improved
gingiva bleeding
39 (20.8
%)
79.5 %
grinding of
teeth
34 (13.1 %)
79.1 %
glossopyrosis
18 ( 9.7
%)
88.9 %
dry mouth
28 (15.4 %)
92.8 %
metallic taste
58 (24.6 %)
96.5 %
Allergies number
cases percent signif. improved
contact eczema
26 (10.5
%)
61.5 %
food allergy
32 (16.5 %)
62.5 %
hay fever
34 (18.4 %)
50.0 %
eczema (neurodermatitis) 27
(13.5
%)
51.8 %
asthma/chronic
bronchitis 9 (20.0
%)
55.5 %
itching/pruritus
27 (19.5 %)
75.0 %
chronic/frequent infections
or inflammatory
irritations number
cases percent signif. improved
nose
62 (32.0
%)
74.2 %
paranasal sinuses
61 (29.6 %)
78.7 %
pharynx
56 (27.8 %)
83.9 %
chronic headache/migraine
49 (19.5
%)
77.5 %
vertigo
48 (26.3 %)
75.0 %
low blood
pressure
40 (21.8
%)
50.0 %
Neurologic symptoms number
cases percent signif.
improved
aboulia/fatigue
89 (46.9
%)
69.7 %
lack of
concentration
75 (41.3
%)
72.0 %
depressive mood
76 (40.9 %)
80.3 %
extreme nervousness
55 (30.4
%)
83.6 %
insomnia
52 (28.5 %)
76.9 %
tremor
34 (17.6 %)
70.6 %
dysopia
41 (19.5 %)
53.6 %
tinnitus
31 (17.2 %)
48.4 %
Other
symptoms number
cases percent signif. improved
arrhythmias
29 (18.4 %)
62.1 %
increased sweating
42 (22.5
%)
61.9 %
aching back
72 (39.4 %)
61.1 %
rheuma
19 (11.2 %)
73.7 %
acne
8 (11.4
%)
50.0 %
alopecia/loss of
hair 32
(19.5
%)
59.4 %
urgency
39 (21.0 %)
61.5 %
constipation
26 (15.7
%)
76.9 %
meteorism
64 (31.5 %)
62.5 %
diarrhea
39 (15.4 %)
69.2 %
inflammation of
the eye 33 (17.6
%)
63.3 %
"Health observations before and after amalgam removal"
Presentation at Estavayer-
le-Lac, April 19th, 2002 (9th Melisa Study group)
Dr.(med/dent). Paul Engel http://www.amalgam-info.ch/estava-e.pdf
75 patients with the following chronic symptoms:
Migraine 36x Headache
32x Gastro-intestinal problems 27x
Neck tensions 25x Paraesthesia 19x Dizziness
18x Allergies 13x
Vision disturbances 13x Back pain
12x Mental disorder 12x
Joint pain 10x Shoulder/arm pain 10x
Results: After removing the amalgam, patients believe
their health
has become
much better 68% better
12% somewhat better 9%
no improvement 7%
worse 1%
There was similar experience with an expanded patient group of
160 patients :
http://www.amalgam-info.ch/awschu-e.pdf
The beneficial effect of
amalgam replacement on health in patients with autoimmunity. Prochazkova J, Sterzl I, Kucerova H, Bartova J, Stejskal VD; Neuro Endocrinol Lett.
2004 Jun;25(3):211-8.
http://www.melisa.org/pdf/Mercury-and-autoimmunity.pdf
Results of lymphocyte
reactivity measured with MELISA indicate that in vitro reactivity after the
replacement of dental amalgam decreased significantly to inorganic mercury,
silver, organic mercury and lead.
All 6 patients with MS
showed significant improvement in health.
Out of 15 patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 11 (73%) had
improvement of health.
Out of 8 patients
with autoimmune thyroiditis 6 showed significant
improvement in health (75%).
5 patients undergoing
amalgam replacement had atopic eczema for which other
studies have found more diverse factors in autoimmunity causes. 3
out of 5 of these patients had significant improvement in condition
(60%).
Of the patients that did not have evidence
of significant improvement, most tested immune reactive to nickel and the
autoimmunity measure was not improved at the end of the study. For
those whose condition was worse, the autoimmunity measure for nickel was higher
at the end of the study- indicating that amalgam replacement did not resolve
the source of nickel exposure.
Lindh U, Hudecek R, Danersund A, Eriksson S, Lindvall A.,Removal of dental
amalgam and other metal alloys supported by antioxidant therapy alleviates
symptoms and improves quality of life in patients with amalgam-associated ill
health. Neuroendocrinol Lett 2002
Oct-Dec;23(5-6):459-82(463 cases) http://www.nel.edu/pdf_w/23_56/NEL235602A12_Lindh_wr.pdf
Of 30 chronic symptoms reported on by patients at the beginning of
the study, 72.1 % of patients reported significant improvement and there was
overall significant improvement for all conditions.
The percent reporting each condition at the beginning of the study
were:
Chronic Fatigue- 74.5%
Feeling Cold or fever- 59.6%
Sore throat- 53.1%
Aching lymph nodes- 37.6%
Muscle discomfort entire body/FM- 70.2%
Pain or discomfort in muscles- 73.7%
Abnormal fatigue after exercise- 72.4%
Headaches- 62.6%
Joint Pain- 61.6%
Light Sensitivity- 60.3%
Vision Problems- 43.4%
Memory Problems- 67.6%
Unusually irritable- 60.3%
Mental confusion- 47.9%
Thinking difficulty- 62%
ADD/concentration- 72.1%
Depression- 74.3%
Sleep problems- 67.8%
Dizzyness- 64.6%
Tinitus/ears- 40.4%
Hand/foot problems- 62.8%
Tremors or spasms- 54.6%
Aching shoulders- 60.7%
Heart problems- 53.8%
Stomach problems- 69.8%
Bladder/urinary problems- 49%
Eczema- 49.1%
Frequent infections- 61.3%
Blisters or sores in mouth- 69.5%
Aching teeth or jaw- 57.9%
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