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MERCURY AMALGAM FILLINGS
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saliva of high buffering capacity,
promote periodontal health and
raise resistance against dental
caries. It would seem nat unrea
sonable to suggest that such a
scheme ofpreventive dental med
icine based on a natural mecha
nism and man's scientific dental
knowledge could bring the con
quest of dental caries and peri
odontal disease within everyone's
reach. It might win general
acceptance if it were realised that
t'he dietary factors involved in the
pathogenesis of dental caries and
periodontal disease are also
implicated in the aetiology of
many fatal disorders. 1167
Clearly, Adatia's statement together
witih the accumulating evidence of mer
cury amalgam toxicity illTge upon us the.
need to re-evafuate preventative and
restorative dental care in the light of
Nature's blueprint for health.
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