This information presented is not trying to coerce you in any way in removing your dental fillings for health concerns or cosmetic reasons. The decision to replace your dental fillings with biological compatible dental fillings is solely at the discretion of the patient.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT SILVER AMALGAM FILLINGS

WHAT IS SILVER AMALGAM?

Silver amalgam, commonly referred to as "silver fillings", is the material most often used by dentists to fill the cavities caused by tooth decay. The term "amalgam" is a type of metal alloy (mixture) which contains mercury, a poison more toxic than lead or arsenic. Silver amalgam, developed by a British chemist in 1819, was originally made by filing down silver coins and mixing the filings with some mercury to make a paste or pliable mass. Today modern amalgam also contains copper, tin, and zinc. Many of the newer amalgams have fairly high levels of copper, also known to have toxic properties. The problem with calling this dental material silver amalgam is that it does not make obvious the fact that the major component is mercury. This material should really be called "mercury fillings". In fact, most people, including a great number of physicians, are not aware that all those "silver fillings" in their mouths each contain up to 50 percent mercury. If they did, they may choose not to have it placed in their teeth.

Why has this mercury filling material been used for over 150 years by dentists? The pliable mass containing mercury, silver and other metals undergoes a chemical reaction causing the material to harden after it has been placed into a cavity. This was quite an innovation for the dental profession. It allowed greater numbers of people to be treated at less cost, since before the discovery of mercury fillings the only options available were gold fillings or tooth extraction. Consequently, mercury fillings catapulted dentistry from a cottage industry serving only the wealthy enough to afford it, to the health industry of today serving hundreds of millions of the world population.(1)

ARE THE MERCURY FILLING MATERIAL SAFE?

Mercury is a known poison. It is also very volatile. This means that "metallic" mercury gives off mercury vapor when agitated, compressed or exposed to increases in temperature. Mercury vapor which is colorless, tasteless and odorless- if inhaled into the lungs it can pass into your blood stream for distribution to all body tissues. Dentists have always been taught to believe that once mercury has been combined into the filling material, it remains "locked in" and can't come out.

There is scientific evidence proving that the mercury does not stay locked in and that its toxic properties are not made harmless. Scientific evidence from the University of Iowa, University of Calgary, Oral Roberts University and New Zealand clearly shows that mercury vapor escapes from the amalgam fillings in your teeth.(7-11)

Confirmation of the escape of mercury vapor and ions from amalgam dental fillings is provided by The World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria 118 document (EHC 118) on inorganic mercury. The WHO document clearly states that the largest estimated average daily intake and retention of mercury and mercury compounds in the general population, not occupationally exposed, is from dental amalgams, not from food or air. The estimated average daily intake of mercury from dental amalgams being 3.8-21 micrograms per day. (12)

The Tubingen amalgam study also established a statistically significant relation, in the 21-40 year old group, between mercury levels in saliva and the following "chronic" exposure symptoms".

1. Mouth-oral cavity: Bleeding gingiva, metallic taste, burning tongue.

2. Central nervous system: concentration difficulties, impaired memory, sleep disturbances, lack of initiative, nervousness.

3. Gastrointestinal tract: Not specified; further research is needed to establish the diseases which are covered by the non-specific label gastrointestinal problems.(89)

WHAT CAUSES THE MERCURY TO ESCAPE?

Recent research in Sweden has concluded that the static unstimulated release of mercury vapor from amalgam fillings, which goes on 24 hours a day 365 days a year, is a major contributor to total mercury body burden. (15)More recently, a 1992 study by Professor Skare of Sweden found that fecal excretions of mercury were twenty times greater than the corresponding urinary excretion.

Successive scientific research has now demonstrated: 1) large amounts of mercury vapor being released during chewing and continuing for an additional 90 minutes after stimulation; 2) static unstimulated release of mercury vapor goes on continuously 24 hours a day; and 3) confirmation of studies done by Stock in 1934 and Frykholm in 1957 demonstrating that the body uptake from inorganic mercury swallowed with saliva can be as much as hundreds of micrograms per day for individuals with a large number of amalgam fillings. (18-19)

Whether stimulated release is caused by the grinding and chewing action, or an increase in temperature, really doesn't matter. The important point to remember that mercury vapor, ions, and abraded particles are escaping and being inhaled and swallowed as well as being absorbed by the oral and nasal mucosa continuously during the lifetime of an amalgam filling. (20)

There is also another phenomenon that occurs in the mouth that can contribute to the release of mercury and is called lead corrosion. Corrosion is similar to "rust" and means that surface particles of the filling material is being chemically broken down and released into the oral cavity. Mercury vapor is released when you chew or grind and, in addition, minute rusted particles of the amalgam are being abraded and taken up by your food or saliva and swallowed. These minute particles of mercury filling may be acted upon by intestinal enzymes and bacteria to produce methylmercury, an even more toxic form than elemental mercury. However, the significance of this effect has not been fully determined. Much more significant than the potential to produce methylmercury is the discovery that mercury from amalgam dental fillings causes gingival and intestinal microflora to become mercury resistant and antibiotic resistant. (21) The fact that so many people have become antibiotic resistant is something that has baffled and deeply concerned the medical profession because it is creating so many serious problems in the successful treatment of infectious diseases.

WHAT CAUSES THE CORROSION (RUSTING)

Amalgam, like most other metals, when exposed to moisture and oxygen will rust or oxidize. When your miniature battery starts generating electrical current, the process of corroding (i.e. breakdown) of amalgam fillings is increased. This increases both the amount of mercury vapor and abraded particles that can be released into the oral cavity. (23)

There is scientific evidence that in addition to amplifying the corrosion problem, some individuals are very susceptible to these internal electrical currents. From your standpoint as a patient, the important thing to know is that dissimilar metals in the mouth can contribute to electrical activity and corrosion and that in some individuals this can cause unexplained pain, ulcerations, inflammation, etc. (24)

Another aspect of this overall problem is that electrolytic corrosion can be enhanced by gold and mercury fillings being in contact. So, if there is a mercury filling under a gold crown or if a gold filling or crown is in contact with an opposing or adjacent amalgam filling, it could exacerbate corrosion and increase the release of mercury particles and vapor into the oral cavity. Even standard dental textbooks have warned against this for years. (25)

WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE CAUSED BY MECURY VAPOR ESCAPING FROM AMALGAM FILLINGS?

In the unborn babies, the highest levels of mercury were in the liver and pituitary gland. In Denmark, Danscher and associates placed occlusal amalgam fillings in three vervet monkeys. In three other monkeys, amalgam was implanted in the maxillary bone. Three untreated monkeys served as controls. After one year it was found that amalgam fillings (total weight 0.7-1.2 grams) caused deposition of mercury in the spinal ganglia, anterior pituitary, adrenal, medulla, liver, kidneys, lungs, and intestinal lymph glands. The highest levels of mercury were located in the kidney, gastrointestinal tract, and jaw. (45)

It is common medical and scientific knowledge, based on known occupational exposures, that mercury can effect kidney function. The possibility cannot be excluded that this increased urinary albumin level is a result of the amalgam removal. (50) The researchers found that within 10 days after placement of mercury-containing fillings in the teeth of the animals, a large percentage of the normal oral and intestinal bacteria had become mercury resistant. When bacteria become mercury resistant they cause the conversion of the different forms of mercury into elemental mercury vapor, which is then recycled back into the body. Of greater immediate concern to the medical profession was the determination that mercury resistant bacteria are also resistant to one or more antibiotics.

These studies had been stimulated by the findings of autopsy studies showing high levels of mercury in the brain tissue of Alzheimer victims. Scientists at the University of Kentucky had first determined that mercury inhibited the formation of a brain protein called "tubulin", thus preventing the normal structural formation of the nerves. (38) This results in the formation of the "neurofibrillary tangles" so prevalently found in Alzheimer's Disease. The Alzheimer's-type damage was found to be even more pronounced than that from mercuric chloride in the drinking water. (53)

The high mercury group had more hormonal disturbances, immune disturbances, recurring fungal infections, hair loss and allergies. A number of different hormonal disturbances were found, sex hormones among them. All of these differences were statistically significant and some very marked. Allergies and hair loss were2-3 times more common in the high-mercury group. The doctors at the clinic have successfully treated fertility problems with a combination of vitamins/minerals and amalgam removal. According to Professor Gerhard, mercury exposure leads to hormone and immune disturbances that can reduce fertility. It has now become firmly established that mercury from dental amalgam fillings of pregnant females transfers to the tissues of unborn babies, in both animal and human studies. The German Government has imposed restrictions on the use of amalgam fillings in pregnant women and small children.

Scientific research has already demonstrated that mercury, even in small amounts, can damage the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, thyroid gland, adrenal glands, blood cells, enzymes and hormones, and suppresses the body's immune (defense) system. In addition, mercury has been shown to pass the placental membrane in pregnant women and cause permanent damage to the brain of developing baby. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that continual exposure to small doses of mercury over long periods of time, can produce many of the above symptoms.

Unfortunately, mercury is so toxic to the human organism that there can be cell death or irreversible chemical damage long before clinically observable symptoms appear indicating that something is wrong. Further, you could be experiencing some of the symptoms of the mercury released from amalgam dental fillings but since the mercury exposure is so gradual and because the time between the placement of the fillings and the onset of the symptoms can vary so dramatically (from days to years, based on your own biochemical makeup and sensitivity) it may not be readily apparent or identifiable as being associated with dental mercury.

The same difficulty in diagnosis exists within the dental profession with regard to periodontal disease. Traditionally, simple periodontal disease (periodontitis) has been related to a variety of local irritants, such as subgingival plaque formation, impaction of food, and rough edges of fillings. However, the textbooks and scientific literature establish that mercury and/or amalgam fillings can pathologically damage periodontal tissue. Further, some of the symptoms shown previously under "Oral Cavity Disorders" are considered classical symptoms of mercury toxicity. (63-64) Unfortunately, very few periodontists or dentists recognize mercury from dental amalgam fillings as an etiological (causing) factor in the development of periodontal disease.

One extremely interesting statistic relates to the incidence of allergies. The recent January 1993 Public Health Service Report on Dental Amalgam states: "Only a small proportion of mercury-sensitized individuals respond adversely to the placement of amalgam restorations. The few case reports of adverse allergic reactions to amalgam involve skin reactions, such as rashes and eczematous lesions." (41) The ADA maintains that the incidence of allergic reaction to amalgam dental fillings is extremely rare, with only 50 case histories being reported in the literature.

More importantly, as the above symptoms analysis demonstrates, the question is not whether the patient is allergic to dental amalgam but rather the direct causal relationship of mercury/amalgam dental fillings to the development of allergies to food, chemicals, and environmental factors.

Individuals who have developed a hypersensitivity (allergy) to mercury may be at much greater risk from exposure to micro doses of mercury vapor escaping from amalgam fillings. There are many ways an individual could become sensitized to mercury.

For example, mercury was used quite extensively by the medical profession in anti-fungal preparations, diuretics, antiseptics, brain scans (radioactive mercury), etc. Merthiolate and mercurochrome which are very common "first-aid" items in most households and are still used extensively in hospitals, contain mercury.

Regardless of what the correct interpretation of mercury patch testing may be, there are certain individuals who should not allow themselves to be mercury patch tested: Pregnant women, diagnosed cases of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, Leukemia, Hodgkins disease, cardiovascular disease, mental illness (especially manic depression), Acrodynia, and MLNS (Kawasaki's disease)

There are electrical devices, similar to a volt meter or ammeter, that can demonstrate that you have electrical currents in your mouth, but that's all they can do. They have no diagnostic value for determining whether you are at risk or not, although as stated previously these electrical currents are capable of causing unexplained pain, ulcerations, inflammations, etc.

There is another category of electrical device that is diagnostic and operates within the science of acupuncture and energy flow of the meridians. One instrument which is available is the Jerome mercury vapor (?) which measures the amount of mercury vapor present in the mouth before and after chewing.

The results of mercury vapor readings are excellent for the following reasons:

1. It graphically demonstrates that mercury vapor is coming out of the amalgam fillings and being inhaled.

2. It is known that mercury vapor is a serious poison.

We also know that mercury vapor inhaled into the lungs, is absorbed almost 100 percent, and immediately passes into the bloodstream. In its elemental mercury vapor state it takes approximately four (4) minutes before it is converted or oxidized into an ionic state. While in its elemental form, mercury vapor is lipid (fat) soluble and readily passes through the blood brain barrier or the placental membrane. It can also accumulate in other organs (gallbladder) and tissues of the body. (74)

Recent autopsy studies of humans suffering accidental death were done in Germany, Sweden, and the United States. All of these studies showed a positive correlation between the number of amalgam surfaces and fillings in the mouth and the degree of accumulation of mercury in the brain. (33-35)

The decrease in lymphocyte function following exposure to mercury indicates that mercury is immunotoxic at very low exposure levels. (76-77)

HOW CAN I FIND OUT IF THEM MERCURY COMING OUT OF MY FILLING IS HURTING ME OR IF I AM HYPERSENSITIVE TO IT?

The decrease in lymphocyte function following exposure to mercury indicates that mercury is immunotoxic at very low exposure levels.(76-77) These lymphocyte and monocyte cells control your body’s immunity.

The single most important diagnostic tool available at the present time is you, the patient.

DENTAL MATERIAL OPTIONS WHEN YOU REPLACE AMALGAM

Gold has been used in dentistry longer than amalgam and has been shown to be relatively biocompatible. The gold normally used in dentistry is an alloy. This means that it has been mixed with some other metal or element to give it certain structural characteristics. These are usually palladium, copper or cobalt. The actual percentage of gold contained in these alloys will vary from 2 percent to 92 percent depending on the manufacturer and the price range desired. The only problem with gold is that it is expensive and the price normally will fluctuate with the price of gold on the world market. Since it is a metal alloy, the gold used in dentistry still has the capability of participating in the oral galvanism phenomenon. Moreover, cheaper gold alloys often have base metals added. These additional metals could pose problems. A good dentist however, only uses good materials.

German researchers are finding a variety of problems related to the wide-spread use of palladium and are now recommending restrictions on the use of this material.

The newer materials available on the market today are referred to as bonded resin ceramics, composite resins or just composites. The term “newer materials” refers to those being used to fill or restore the posterior (back) teeth; composite materials have been used for more than 25 years in fillings placed in the anterior (front) teeth that are not subjected to great chewing forces.

The newer posterior composite materials have a much different structural formulation. Although there are several types available, their composition is essentially one of a quartz-filled Bis-GMA resin. From your standpoint as the potential recipient of these materials unless you happen to be a physicist or engineer, your main concern isn’t the actual chemical structure. The more important question is are they safe to put in your mouth or are they going to be as potentially harmful as amalgam?

These new composites being used for posterior restorations have been subjected to hundreds of research experiments all over the world to determine whether they were biocompatible and safe to use in the human body. To date, the data produced by these studies indicates a very high degree of biocompatibility, when properly placed.(78-79)

A key feature of composite plastics is their extremely large molecular size, which prevents penetration of body cells. However, some composites contain elements such as aluminum, that are potentially harmful if they are not bound into the material.

There has been one problem however with the use of the new composites and that is post operative pain and sensitivity. There is a small percentage of people receiving composite restorations that experience varying degrees of post operative pain and thermal sensitivity (hot or cold). Although millions of composite restorations have been placed, the profession is very concerned about those individuals who experience this post operative condition.

Research into this phenomenon is clearly showing that the use of these new materials is very technique sensitive. This means the dentist must be well informed on the different materials- i.e. bases, cements, composites- and their proper use. Some of the earlier materials that were being placed in direct contact with the dentin, to seal it, appear to have been irritating to the pulp and may have been causing varying degrees of post operative pain and sensitivity problems in some individuals. However, research and patient experience is now showing that the use of glass ionomer cements and certain calcium hydroxide products being placed as a base over the exposed dentin have been very successful in eliminating or reducing this problem.

Some people however may still experience an initial sensitivity to hot or cold that will dissipate over time. This is true for any dental procedure regardless of the type of material that was placed in your mouth; i.e., gold, composite, etc. We are all biochemically individual, which means that you could possibly react to something that normally doesn’t cause any problems in other people.

Mercury can also cause sensitive teeth for it irritates the mechanical nerve receptors in the dental pulp causing an inflammation. This causes the tooth to be sensitive to hot and cold sensations and pressure pain from biting on the tooth. Mercury can also can cause pain to the periodontal membrane, the lining of the root area which also causes pain on biting. This office uses detoxification paste when removing the silver amalgam filling. DMPS and DSMO are injected into the jaw bone to chelated (bind) the mercury out of the root area. Bacteria in the tooth also causes infection leading to inflammation of the pulp. Silver colloidal solution and a bacteria homeopathic remedy are used to treat this pulp inflammation.

No material is perfect for everyone. The potential for reaction exists for any foreign material implanted into the body. To further delineate what dental materials you may be sensitive to, some dentists advocate using sensitivity or biocompatability testing. This type of testing is intended to demonstrate the various materials that are best suited for you. Although these tests are still controversial in the dental and medical professions. they are certainly worthy of consideration for patients with severe illnesses or compromised immune systems.(80)

This office is the only one in Hawaii that uses the most biocompatible composite- Diamond Crown and Diamond Link material to replace dental toxic materials in the mouth.

How long will composite materials last? The newer composites being used haven’t been around long enough to have been subjected to 10, 15, or 20 year longitudinal studies. However, there are several 5-7 year studies that indicate wear characteristics that are as good if not better than amalgam. Although the final jury might still be out, all present indications are good. In this regard, there are several aspects of these new materials that are very encouraging:

(1) They do not contain mercury.

(2) They are aesthetically pleasing. When you smile, people do not see black, grey, or silver areas. All they see is what looks like natural tooth color. In fact, you’re hard pressed to tell the difference between the composite and your own natural teeth.

(3) They do not generate any electrical currents and therefore do not participate in helping to corrode any other metallic fillings or restorations you may have in your mouth.

(4) There is less loss of your natural tooth structure because the dentist doesn’t have to do extensive preparation for the new materials.

(5) The end product using these materials can truly be called restorations rather than fillings. Amalgam doesn’t restore anything. Composites are bonded to remaining tooth structure, are thermally insulating and with the bases and bonding agents used to place the composite, there is much more protection for the pulp and enamel structure of the tooth. In fact, there is scientific evidence indicating that tooth strength increases and that the tooth can be restored to up to 98 percent of its original predecayed state.

Today, there is a much wider selection of materials available in dentistry that can be used as suitable alternatives to the use of metal. For example there are products available that are heat and pressure cured, which imparts different structural and finishing properties to the final product. Normally this is done in a dental laboratory. These types of materials are excellent for metal free crowns and for cosmetic dentistry applications such as very thin laminates that can be bonded to your teeth (with little or, in some cases, no tooth preparation) to cover bad stains, or to cover diastema (spaces between teeth). There are also porcelain laminates and veneers being used for cosmetic applications; and there are also metal free ceramic and/or glass crowns available.

The trend in dentistry moves more and more towards being totally metal free. There is now a metal-free partial denture material available. These flouropolymer thermoplastic materials are chemically inert and possess remarkable stability. If you are a partial denture appliance wearer you may wish to discuss this new type of partial with your dentist.

Unfortunately, and for far too long, dentistry has had to rely on and utilize potentially toxic metals in the oral environment because there were not any acceptable alternatives available. Now, however, the new technology and scientific advances that have been made are providing a variety of non-metal materials that can be used instead of the traditional metals. So you see, there are a multitude of options available for you to consider.

IS REPLACING AMALGAMS DANGEROUS?

There recently was a very animated debate that took place on the internet on the AMALGAM LIST. It dealt with the premise that the ADA is focusing on the terminology “sensitivity” to cloud the issue of what actually occurs in the human body exposed to chronic inhalation of mercury vapor. It is not sensitivity to mercury but rather mercury poisoning that amalgam bearers suffer from. Mercury being such an insidious poison, it attacks various biochemical functions of the human body causing a myriad, of deficiencies leading to discernable health problems only one of which may be an allergic reaction. It has been scientifically established that mercury is more neurotoxic than arsenic and far more neurotoxic than lead.

There are special techniques utilized by your dentist to remove amalgam fillings. If done properly, there is minimum exposure to increased levels of mercury vapor caused by the removal procedure. However, we feel it important that you, the patient, should be aware of certain aspects related to amalgam removal:

(1) The dentist should have an assistant present to assist in minimizing their exposure, and yours, to any mercury vapor. The correct protocol requires the use of high volumes of cold water both from the drill and separate irrigation by the assistant, who should also be simultaneously using high volume suction evacuation of the vapor and particles resulting from the removal procedure. The assistant should hold the high volume evacuator positioned next to the tooth being worked on until all of the cut filling and cavity have been cleaned out. A new Swedish aspirating device goes a long way to solve many of the common amalgam filling removal and replacement problems. This device called Clean-Up TM is a high volume plastic evacuator that fits directly over the tooth being worked on.

This provides continuous evacuation of the work area during the entire removal procedure. In addition to effectively removing the mercury, it is also removing any infectious particulate and aerosol, thus providing an additional “infection control” benefit. It can also be used during the composite placement process to keep areas dry when it is critical to proper placement.(83)

(2) It is the volatility of mercury that necessitates all the precautions and correct techniques. Mercury vapor pressure doubles with every ten degree centigrade rise in temperature. One acceptable procedure that minimizes extensive grinding (which generates great temperature increases) involves sectioning the amalgam into chunks versus just grinding it out.

(3) Some dentists will utilize a rubber dam during the amalgam removal procedure. This is a square of latex rubber stretched on a frame. It isolates the tooth or teeth being worked on. The rubber dam is supposed to prevent the patient from swallowing ground out amalgam particles and accidentally inhaling mercury fumes. However, high levels of mercury vapor have been measured under the rubber dam, therefore if your dentist does use the rubber dam, you should not breathe through your mouth during the removal process.

(4) The office and operatory should be well ventilated. In this regard, many mercury-free dentists are now installing central vacuuming systems in their offices. You may be asked to hold the vacuum hose on your chest during the removal process. This provides an additional high vacuum suction source, drawing out mercury vapor and mercury aerosol generated during the removal process. Mercury vapor analyzer testing of this additional safeguard has shown it to dramatically reduce mercury contamination outside the body. The ability of mercury vapor to adsorb to many different surfaces is causing many of the mercury-free dentists to now consider background levels of mercury and particulate in the dental office. Concern for the health and well-being of their patients, staff and themselves is causing many of these doctors to consider the addition of “Air Purifying Systems” to eliminate or greatly reduce these background levels in the operatories.

(5) Don’t be in a hurry. Current information indicates that it is better to replace only a quadrant at a time, with a week in between appointments. Regardless of the precautions outlined, some individuals may experience reactions to the mercury released during the removal procedures. These are described as being flu-like and can last from one to seven days. Symptoms may include fever, nausea, headaches, etc. If these symptoms persist, please let your dentist know.

“Sequential removal” of amalgam fillings is a controversial technique advocated by some dentists. Sequential removal requires the dentist to measure and chart the electrical current of each filling and to remove and/or replace the amalgam fillings based on the charted information starting with the highest negative readings first. There is no scientific data to support the use of sequential removal. More importantly, there is absolutely no scientific data to support the statements being made by the proponents of sequential removal that “if your dentist doesn’t use sequential removal it will cause the mercury to remain locked into the tissues.” Moreover, it has been well established scientifically that precise measurement of these electrical potentials is not possible. Measurements are of specific points on the fillings, not the entire fillings which, therefore, cannot be compared to each other.

However, if your dentist has the equipment and wants to replace your amalgam fillings sequentially, there is no problem in allowing him or her to do so. Just bear in mind that it is not a prerequisite for successful amalgam replacement. In fact, most dentists around the world replace fillings by quadrant, usually starting with the quadrant that has the largest fillings, thus removing the largest source of mercury first.

Electrical currents from metal fillings in the mouth do result in the movement of metal ions, with resulting deterioration of the filling and release of mercury from amalgam, and can also cause pain. Although the electrical current of one filling cannot be immediately compared to that of another (contrary to the laws of physics), the severity of an electrical charge of individual fillings can be determined. To do so requires determination of a combination of the electrical factors, which are the electrical potential (voltage) and the current flow from one point to another (amperage).

There are other steps your dentist will probably recommend to minimize or reduce the potential for aggravating any existing mercury related symptomatology or, for that matter, causing any problems if you are symptom free. These are normally nutritional and involve diet modification and taking certain supplements. The reasons are to reduce your exposure to mercury sources other than amalgam dental fillings and to assist your body in coping with any exposure directly related to the removal procedure.

Diet modification usually involves attempting to reduce the amount of mercury ingested from dietary sources by elimination or reduction of certain types of fish and other foods that normally have a high mercury content. Reduction of refined carbohydrates and sugars is also beneficial, as oral and gut bacteria seem to thrive on these types of food. Increasing dietary fiber intake is also helpful by inducing a faster transit time of waste matter and toxins to be excreted, as is increasing or insuring that there is an adequate water intake to assist the body in flushing toxins through the kidneys.

The nutritional supplements your dentist may recommend are those that scientific research has shown to either bind with the mercury and help your body excrete it or help your body to neutralize some of the biochemical byproducts created when mercury affects normal metabolic processes. This is a very dynamic area of research producing new data continuously. We won’t list the nutrients and function, but leave that aspect of overall amalgam removal protocol to your dentist or physician (should you be under the care of one who has prescribed amalgam removal because of suspected mercury toxicity).

There are also therapeutic chelating protocols available. DMSA and DMPS are well established mercury chelating agents that have used in European countries for many years. They should be used only by qualified physicians/dentists. An additional benefit is that they may be utilized diagnostically (urine mercury mobilization or challenge test) to firmly establish a body burden of mercury.

The medical text book “Environmental and Occupational Medicine”(84) indicates that sweat induction may also be of therapeutic value in reducing the total body burden of mercury. The Spanish use sweat therapy on workers in the mercury mines who exhibit signs or symptoms of mercury vapor toxicity. Any means of inducing sweating would appear to be acceptable; etc. However, the use of certain methods to induce sweating is to be restrained such as steam baths, saunas, heat lamps for this induces the toxins released through the skin pores to be absorbed back into the body. Certain sweat therapy such as certain exercises such as lymphatic exercises, Qigong, aerobic exercises, jogging, Yoga will increase the elimination of mercury through the skin and should therefore help in reducing the total body burden.

NOTE: Pregnant women or anyone with a history of cardiovascular problems should obtain approval from their physician prior to undertaking routine sweat therapy.

PATIENT AWARENESS

Dr. Char believes that the patient should have access to the available scientific information. Based on this information of dental materials, the patient now can make intelligent decisions on the dentistry he/she prefers. There is a wealth of scientific data available: an audiovideo “Mercury Hygiene and Exposure”, Roger Eichman, D.D.S., “Root Canals”, George Meinig, D.D.S; scientific medical data, “Scientific Facts about Mercury and Dental Amalgam”, Detrich Klinghardt, M.D., American Academy of Neural Therapy; books “the Key to Ultimate Health”, Richard T. Hansen, D.M.D., FACAD, Ellen Hodgson Brown, J.D., “Whole Body Dentistry”, Mark A. Breiner, D.D.S., “Uniformed Consent”, Hal A. Huggins, D.D.S., M.S., Thomas E. Levy, M.D., J.D., “Dentistry Without Mercury”, Sam F. Ziff and Michael F. Ziff, D.D.S., “Dental Mercury Detox”, Sam Ziff, Michael F. Ziff, D.D.S, Timothy Ray, Lac., Gary martin, PhD., Guy Schenker., D.C. and Mats Hanson, PhD. and mercury research and literature via the internet and references.

Based on the research and clinical evidence, mercury vapor is released from dental fillings and is not locked into the fillings when the patient chews his/her food, during clenching and bruxing his/her teeth, while tooth grinding behavior usually during sleep, consumption of hot foods and drinks and during mouth and food acidity.

Corroborating human autopsy evidence showed that brain and kidney tissues contained significantly higher amounts of mercury in individuals who had mercury fillings especially over four fillings. A recent collaborative paper between three North American Universities used Monkeys to show that oral and intestinal bacteria exhibited a significant increase in mercury and antibiotics resistance within two weeks of mercury filling placed. The mercury-resistant bacterial species had resistance to various antibiotics such as ampicillin, tetracyclines, streptomycin, kanamycin erythromycin and chloramphenicol. They had not demonstrated such resistance before placement. This is the first direct experimental confirmation of a non-antibiotic factor, mercury, producing antibiotic resistance.

In a human autopsy study, brain tissue from people with Alzheimer’s Disease at death were compared with an age-matched group of control brains from subjects without Alzheimer’s Disease.

The only significant difference in metal content between the two groups of brains was mercury, being considerably higher in the Alzheimer’s group.

The mercury concentration was prominent in the hippocampus, the amygdala and particularly in the nucleus basalis, all brain structures involved in memory function.

The effect of mercury on central nervous system neuron membrane integrity has also been examined. Here the mercury specifically affects tubulin, a brain neuronal dimer protein responsible for the proper microtubule formation of brain neurons.

Other investigations have examined the mercury hypersensitivity from dental amalgam in patients with and without oral lichen planus lesions, an autoimmune disease which has oral white patches as a medical sign. These studies showed that patient groups having oral lichen planus had a much higher incidence of mercury patch test (skin allergy testing) reactivity (16-62%) than the control groups did (38%). Removal of the mercury fillings resulted in amelioration of the oral symptoms.

ESTABLISHING BASELINE VALUES

There are three phases that used to comprehensively evaluate and treat patients who are experiencing symptoms from heavy toxic metal toxicity and consequent nutritional imbalances causing bioelectrical cellular related illnesses.

CET 1 + 9 offers an analytical system by which to achieve a comprehensive patient evaluation. That system is based upon objective clinical data from three sources:

Medical, dental and emotional assessment questionnaires, cursory examinations of the health of the gum tissues and teeth, and heavy metal toxicity found in dental fillings,

Test of vital signs and neuro-psychological meridian reflex points.

and tests of saliva and urine chemistry

Phase I:  BIOLOGICAL INDIVIDUAL DETECTION.

The first phase is to DETECT the presence in your life, the source level of your RESISTANCE – feeling the joy of being healthy as opposed to feeling sad and sick. A dental examination of the dental metals, gum condition, soft tissue in the mouth and throat, and dental x-rays are first taken on the first appointment. Completion of the medical and dental histories include the mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, financial traumas and stresses are found in the comprehensive LADDER TO FREEDOM QUESTIONNAIRE www.healthydetox.com and the mercury symptom questionnaire.

Biochemistry

It has often been said (and now can be objectively clinically verified using these Bio-electrical Energetic  tests) that no two people are alike. Even the most casual look at the people around you reveals a diversity of sizes, shapes, personalities and levels of health. You are seeing merely the outward manifestations of internal chemical differences. In other words, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual qualities expressed by people are a reflection of their individual body chemistries; and different body chemistries mean different nutritional and life style requirements to maintain metabolic balance and to enable that individual to fully express his innate potential. 

Since everyone is different, we need a comprehensive system of evaluating each individual's emotional and nutritional needs. We need a scientific analysis. That is what CET 1 + 9 is all about - making chemical, psychoemotional and nutritional alternative evaluations scientific. And in having made it more scientific, bioelectrical testings and alternative biological analysis has simplified the practice of clinical nutrition.

This patient-specific approach will allow the health practitioner to do with CET 1 + 9 what could not be achieved with other forms of clinical nutrition.  The health practitioner can now perform and evaluate over 45 different tests on a patient and thus determine exactly what foods and emotional therapy make that patient stronger and what foods and negative emotions make him susceptible to disorders.  He/she will also know exactly which nutrition supplements and alternative therapy will make the patient healthy and which will actually make him/her weaker.  CET 1+ 9 testing is the one scientific way to determine the biological individuality of each of each patient. 

CET 1 + 9 is a truly holistic clinical nutritional and emotional system.  Most other nutrition and emotional systems that claim to be natural and holistic are merely trying to treat diseases with vitamins and minerals, using them as medicines.  The true meaning of the word holistic is treating the person, not treating his disease - and that is what CET 1 + 9 achieves. 

In identifying imbalances in your patients' body chemistries, the health practitioner (HP) you are getting to the underlying causes of their conditions.  The fascinating thing about using CET 1 + 9 is that the HP find himself treating two patients having identical symptoms with entirely different nutritional and emotional programs. 

Phase II. Comprehensive and Objective Testing - MEASUREMENT. 

The second phase is to MEASURE bioelectrically the qualitative and quantitative change to this RESISTANCE as the HP begins to implement healthy attitudes into his/her patient’s life. 

The vital signs and neuro-psychological meridian reflex points are tested with neuro - kinesiology for energetic aggressions: negative emotions,  psychological reversals, electromagnetic interferences, water deprivation, autonomic regulation response, dental, hormonal disorders, skin resistance dysautonomia, acute entry procedures, and dental material toxicity.

Scientific analysis is my goal in  coordinating with the evaluation of dental diseases, heavy toxic metal fillings and the symptoms founded in the patient’s medical history.  How do I achieve it? Clearly, prescription of a patient-specific nutritional and emotional regimen that is dependent upon a comprehensive evaluation of the patient. Furthermore, the patient evaluation is be achieved via objective testing procedures. 

With advances in biotechnology and psychopharmacology, I find that the Biological Terrain Management  (BTM™), Biological Immunity Research Institute (BIRI), Oxidata and Schwermetall (HTM) tests enable me to quickly predict, evaluate and monitor from the saliva and urine the effect of any diet, remedy, medicine or therapy on the individual human system or Terrain (bioelectrical inner environment of the human body).  It is objective and reproducible.  It points out when to prescribe a remedy for a difficult cellular terrain; differentiate between choices of therapy and probable choices in a timely way.  It also validates objective muscle test, point test and how to interpret lab tests that do not seem to relate to real time human function or healing

These tests are the ultimate tool for managing Heavy metal toxicity and Chemical Detox.  It lets you know what to treat and in what order, how to treat it by including the needs of the Biological Terrain, and have immediate, objective feedback as to the utilization of the intervention.

Based on the works of Dr. Carey Reams and Professor Vincent in 1940, Dr. Timothy Ray, OMD, LAc

(BTM™ ) and Dr. Gary Martin, PhD, (BIRI) developed tests that indicated bioelectrical changes in the organ meridians  from the presence of heavy metal and chemical toxicities, specific oxidation/reduction potentials,

loss of the top soil and it’s impact on food values, and distinguish between organic food and junk foods.

The interpretation of the cellular Terrain is based on the relationship and needs of anions vs. cations, positive ions vs. negative ions and alkaline vs acid.  These values are calculated from measurements of saliva and urine pH, salts, sugars, N03 and NH4.  It calculates the deviation away from normal values, and also the exact impact of a food, medicine or therapy for each of the values.  The practitioner then can select treatments to cancel out the negative vectors of a patient’s state or the impact of therapy and return the Terrain towards normal balance.  Once that balance is achieved, regulation is opened.  The inner healer comes back to work. The person can again either respond to therapy and heal.

BTM™, BIRI, Oxidata and HTM tests do not diagnose or treat disease; it evaluates and enhances the structure and function of the human Terrain (the Body Electric) with Real – Time Functional Medicine.  These test is not here purported to be a miraculous single end all solution to the complexities of human health.  Rather slight different and valuable bioelectrical perspective can now add to our understanding and management of health and disease.  In the words of the National Institute of Health, “One is diagnosing the undiagnosed”.

Phase III.  PLANNING AND WELLNESS CONTINUUM

 Set up a PLAN to get where you are today to where you wish to be tomorrow mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.  The BTM™, BIRI, Oxidata, and Schermetall tests  helps you immediately experience and know if your plan is working.

I feed the information from the tests, dental examination, and questionnaire into the computer which generates a report.  The computer takes the numerical values I measure and compares them with values from any previous CET visits (if any).  After a complex set of calculations, the computer software determines which metabolic imbalances, if any, the patient has, along with a food program and a supplement program.  Another set of measurements are done after three weeks after the first set, and the program the patient is on may change.  On each of the first – two CET visits, I do a consultation where I go over the report of findings and what it means.  After these first two consultations, the patient generally understands the CET food and supplement program well enough to use the printed report alone after future tests are done.  Most patients start making noticeable progress after starting to follow their program.  Once stable, I usually perform a re – test every 4 weeks.

Patterns

A pattern of dysfunction is defined by a collection of aberrant test results. These aberrations are indicative of lost homeostasis in those body functions associated with a particular metabolic chemical control system.  CET 1 + 9 has identified these metabolic control systems which are continuously active in maintaining metabolic balance.  Each of these five balance systems can shift out of balance in two opposite ways.  PATTERNS OF METABOLIC IMBALANCE to identify and treat with the CET system.  

The total essence of CET  philosophy can be simply stated as follows: Every condition or disease can be defined in terms of its Patterns of Metabolic Imbalance.  In other words, rather than name and treat the "disease," define and treat the pattern. In so doing the HP will have a patient-specific approach, derived from a scientific analysis and based upon the concept of biological individuality. 

CET testing will add a whole new dimension to the HP’s clinical practice by giving him/her an objective system by which to monitor the results of his/her patient’s therapy, rather than relying solely on the subjective response of the his/her patient. In other words, when the therapy is effective, the HP will know why. The HP will know exactly which metabolic control systems have benefited. And when it is ineffective, or perhaps even counterproductive, the HP will have a set of objective monitors, telling him/her why, and keeping him/her continuously apprised of the problem systems.

During the developmental years of the CET 1 + 9 system much clinical experience was accumulated demonstrating the clinical extremes found for each of these different urine and saliva chemistries and each of the different vital signs and neuro-psychological meridian reflexes. It became apparent that groups or patterns of abnormal test results would tend to occur simultaneously. For example, it most often occurred that high urine pH was accompanied by low urine specific gravity. Before long these simultaneously occurring patterns of abnormal test results could be labeled. In other words, one pattern of abnormalities corresponded to an acid condition, another pattern related to cardio-renal disease, and so on.  After years of clinical testing, patterns of aberrant test results associated with several fundamental metabolic control systems were defined. 

These fundamental control systems are ubiquitous, playing a role in virtually every state of health or disease.  Thus, a comprehensive, objective means of evaluating functional metabolic control in each patient is achieved.  

Benefits of this Process include:

• Identifies blocks to successful therapy

• Less time and money wasted on inappropriate therapies and remedies

• Identifies when to start detox safely

• A more rapid recovery

• Increased awareness of the whole picture

• Increased patient responsibility, participation and education

• Increased control of the case

• The creation of “free people instead of doctors ‘annuities’

Is the CET 1 + 9 Wellness Program for you?

The CET program is good for the majority of people.  It is very comprehensive, and can pinpoint different types of metabolic imbalances.  It provides a strategic plan to stable any major disturbances in the patient’s neuroemotional and nutritional system.  Ultimately optimal health is attained.

WHAT IS NDF?

NDF is most effectively used as an antitoxic metal dietary supplements  Dr. Char now is using NDF as the main supplement to detoxify his patients from heavy toxic poisoning. Char has found that patients taking NDF require less supplementation. NDF contain certified organic, raw, whole, pure and nanonized chlorella , cilantro , PolyFlorTM probiotics and 18% pure grain alcohol as a preservative. Based on a survey, Nature¹s Balance produced theonly non-contaminated chlorella of the eight companies investigated.  According to clinical research, it was found that patients ingesting 13 to 20 chlorella capsules per day took up to three years to rid the body of

heavy toxic metals after these toxic metals were removed from the teeth. Laboratory results showed that toxic patients using NDF were cleared of these metals from one to 12 months.

NDF works well with Liver Life and Oxy Oxc to support the liver and Silver and Clove for parasites infestation.

The Heavy Metal Urine Test is used to analyze the dominant toxic metal in the body.

(Nanocolloidal Detox Factors), A MIER CHELATOR

Description: An oral chelator of heavy metals including mercury, arsenic, cadmium, cobalt aluminum, uranium, lead, platinum, thallium, and nickel.  Targets the whole body; sites including the soft tissue, circulatory system and CNS.

Indications: Behavioral and functional abnormalities resulting from chronic heavy metal toxicity; 76 of which are published to date. (Anecdotally: also found to be effective for the removal of arterial plaque, mycotoxins, some pharmaceutical drugs, various chemicals, and is radio and chemo protective.)

Method of Action: Whole peptidoglycans bind with greater affinity to receptor sites than heavy metals, thus releasing them to be bound by the mucopolysaccharides (ion exchange resin) in chlorella cell wall. The bound metals mobilized per dose are eliminated 95% via the urine, 5% via the bowel, 80% of which exit via the urine in the first urination following the dose.

Safety: Method of action is not sulfhydryl group dependant thus does not bind in the kidney; one year of continuous use at 2 ml. per day showed no elevation of serum creatinine. Very low to no risk of enzyme and 'Leaky Gut' mediated resorption through the bowel, or flora mediated methylation of unbound mercury. NDF does not pull enzyme system bound beneficial minerals from the body, rather it is also a source of bioavailable minerals. NDF compared with DMPS and DMSA showed no side reactions.

Dosage: 6 drops twice a day in 10 ounces of distilled water on an empty stomach constitutes the average dose for a 150 lb. adult (and is equal in elimination of metals per month to one DMPS IV push per month). Dosage can be adjusted up to 2 ml. twice a day with physician supervision, providing 920% more metal elimination per month than 1 DMPS push. Challenge dose is 4-6 ml. per 150 lbs. body weight.

Term of Administration: Take until there are no detectable metals in the first urine following a challenge dose of 4-6 ml.

Duration of therapy will vary depending on dosage and total heavy metal body burden.

Contraindications: Do not take during acute infections, while pregnant or nursing, in the presence of anuria or renal failure. Do not take if allergic to chlorella, cilantro or beneficial bowel flora- Do not take if currently on life sustaining western medications; consult with a physician. If weak and debilitated use NDF-Plus at first.

Precautions: Do not take proteolytic or digestive enzymes on an empty stomach on the day of dosage. Drink distilled water, up to 10 ounces per hour, with and following the dose until the first urination following the dose occurs. Avoid sulfur containing foods (garlic, egg yolk, cabbage family, broccoli) and supplements (MSM, sulfates) on day of the dose. If metals are 'in the teeth, brush teeth with several drops of NDF or

Dentachelate, spit and rinse prior to dose.

Side Effects: Over dosage may result in mild 'healing crisis' type symptoms including fatigue, body ache, nausea, headache and loose stools. Discontinue use until symptoms subside and then resume at lower dosage under physician supervision.

Proof of Effectiveness: Laboratory verified consistent decrease in fecal metals with corresponding urinary output of heavy metals elevated (6.6 times) in 1st urination following the dose, decreasing to 2 times in the 4^th urination following the dose. Real time EEG verified normalization of brain waves 13-20 minutes following the dose lasting at least 4 hours. Lab reports and fall literature available to view at website: www.bioray2000.com.

GUARANTEE: Purchase price refund if heavy metals are not proven to be eliminated with independent laboratory verification; see terms, conditions at www.bioray2000.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NDF, BTM AND LADDER TO FREEDOM QUESTIONNAIRE, GO TO www.healthydetox.com. and www.biri.org.

WHAT IS THE OXIDATA TEST

Free radicals play an important role, both in health and disease. They have been implicated in countless human disease processes, but are also vital to human health. These molecules (Reactive Oxidant Species) are extremely important to human metabolic processes according to a growing body of scientific literature.

Any molecule can become a free radical by either losing or gaining an electron. Molecules containing these uncoupled electrons are very reactive. Once free radicals are initiated, they tend to propagate by becoming involved in chain reactions with other less reactive species. The chain reaction compounds generally have longer half‑lives and therefore extend the potential for cellular damage.  The life of a free radical Hydrogen has three stages‑. The stage, the stage, and finally the termination stage.

Free radicals are molecules that have an uncoupled electron. This uncoupling occurs as a by‑product of normal metabolic reactions and xeno‑toxic reactions (foreign to the body). This is a very unstable state, causing these molecules to be highly reactive. Once free radical species are initiated, they propagate by becoming involved in chain reactions with less reactive species of cell material. The chain reaction compounds itself from cell material that generally possess longer half lives, and therefore extend the potential for cellular damage. Many chronic.diseases are imlicated with free radical damage.

Free radicals are terminated or neutralized by antioxidants, enzymatic mechanisms, or by recombining with each other. The quest is to find that delicate balance between free radical activity and optimum antioxidant therapy ‑ thus achieving a healthy homeostasis.

CLINICAL APPLICATION

Helps to pinpoint cellular oxidation-reduction trends. The OxidataTm Urine Test measures the distant end of the polyunsaturated fat chain where aldehydes form as a result of free radical attacks. aldehyde is most concentrated in the urine. Approximately 50 times more sensitive than blood plasma aldehyde measurement.

ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

DISCOVER YOUR NEED FOR ANTIOXIDANTS

The OxiData Test enables you to determine the level of stress on your body caused by free radical activity.,  People of all ages can benefit from knowing if they are getting enough antioxidants in their diets and nutritional supplements to effectiverly counteract free radical cell damage.

The OxiData Test is a technological breakthrough which has been developed by researchers in a major university hospital to help in this important quest. This test measures the distant end of the polyunsaturated fat chain where aldehydes form as a result of free radical attacks. fu It is particularly valuable because it tests urine where Aldehyde activity is much more concentrated and therefore can provide a more accurate representation of cell damage.

The OxiData Test is a colorometric (color absorbent) reading from the urine, which has evolved from blood/plasma fluorometric data. In studies at a major university, it was confirmed that this new urine test is more sensitive than blood,/plasma aldehyde testing.

TEST INFORMATION

FREE RADICAL MEASURING MECHANISM

In the process of free radical activity in the body, there are certain chemical by products produced One of these products is malondialdehyde (MDA) which is the substance that causes the color reaction in the OxiData Test.

TEST VALIDATIONS      

The test was scientifically by means of the Contiflourometric assay in the laboratory. This is a highly sensitive test that can measure minute quantities of MDA present in body fluids.

COMPARISON WITH BLOOD TEST

The OxiData urine test is significantly more reliable than an MDA blood test. The accuracy of the test is in the 90% range. Blood contains only the amount of MDA circulating in the body at a particular point in time. The amount of MDA in the urine is more of an end point product and the test is non‑invasive.

The urine test used in the OxiData  Test was not converted from a blood test. It is a urine MDA test that was modified from a complex laboratory procedure into a simple qualitative test. The OxiData Test is not a quantitative test, nor is it a diagnostic test for any particular disease condition. The OxiData Test provides a useful nutritional guide in the form of a color chart that helps determine the amount of oxidative activity in the body and the need for corrective antioxidants.

FREQUENCY OF TEST

The frequency for the OxiData Test varies with each individual. If an individual test color is in the high free radical range, the person should begin or increase antioxidant supplementation and retest at least twice a month until free radical activity has been reduced. The OxiData Test should be taken once a month thereafter.

TEST RESULTS

Immune stimulating tonic herb formulations should be taken until an optimum level of free radical activity is detected by the OxiData Test. Antioxidants should not be taken if no free radical activity is detected by the OxiData Test,

MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1)  How does the free radical test kit measure a person's free radical activity?

The test measures the breakdown product of the free radical activity on the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) found in the phospholipids, particularly those found in the phospholipids that are prominent in cell membranes. This breakdown product develops at the double bond at the extreme end of the PUFA. This gives a three carbon compound that has an aldehyde group at both ends. Namely Malondialdehyde (MDA).

2) Is MDA the best marker to indicate oxidative stress in the body?

It is certainly the best, because the cost to measure it is low, and because AMA causes the breakdown of DNA.

3). How does this test address the difficulty to measure oxidation products in the biological samples?

There is a constant low level of MDA production from all subjects. We consider this level the zero point that we measure from. Also the fact that MDA levels can be, and have been reduced with added antioxidants to an antioxidant deficient diet shows a clinical application for the free radical test.

4). Specifically, what type of oxidative stress does the MDA measure? What does a high level of MDA tell you about a tissue or organ?

MDA and other aldehyde breakdown fragments from PUFA reflect the direct activity of free radical attack on PUFA. The free radical kit measures total body aldehyde production which is reflective of overall body oxidative stress. Elevated aldehyde levels reflect that small fraction of oxygen (2 to 3%) that is always diverted from that perfect match up in the respiratory chain with hydrogen to make water. We have to have small daily amounts of antioxidants to take up the diverted oxygen.

5) If you measure a high level of MDA, could there be other causes for it besides oxidative stress?

Yes, you could take in MDA from raw or only mildly cooked meat that contains MDA, and also excessive intake of several of the antioxidant vitamins can actually become oxidants and not give antioxidant protection.

6) Has the range of MDA that signals good health or high risk been well established in previous studies?

There are a number of articles in the literature pertinent to this topic. In addition, we are preparing a paper for submission to Biology and Medicine on free radicals in Parkinson disease (PD).

7) Are you aware of any other home test kits that measure free radical activity from urine samples?

No we are not aware of any other device.

8) How reliable/accurate is the free radical test kit? What are the QA and QC procedures used on the test kit?

Each lot of reagent is tested by both the production staff and by an outside testing lab. This testing is done with a batch of 10 to 3 0 fresh urine sample and checks for speed of reaction, color for visual and spectrophotometric intensity at essentially no visual color up to level 5, and is also compared in our very sensitive fluorometric DMA assay. The finished ampoules are similarly tested and must compare to the reagent results by the same criteria used for initial reagent testing. The comparison between Oxidata TM and flourometric assay are quite comparable. The actual comparison data will appear in the aforementioned PD article.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OXIDATA URINE TEST, GO TO  www.oxidata.com.

HEAVY METAL TOXICITY TEST - SCHWERMETALL.

The continuous exposure of the body to environmental toxins, and the constant increase of toxins in the environment, accounts for the increase of chronic illnesses. WHO (World Health Organization) states that up to 90% of all chronic illnesses, including cancer, are caused by environmental toxins. Heavy metals such as copper, lead, mercury, nickel, or zinc belong to the most toxic environmental toxins known.

The Heavy Metal Screen was developed as an in‑vitro heavy metal ion detector. The dithizone reaction method employed in this test is a scientifically proven, analytical procedure that has been used in chemical laboratories since the 1920's. In general terms, this screen is ideally suited to demonstrate the necessity of detoxification as well as monitor the effectiveness of the detoxification procedure.

Detoxification should take place even if minor contamination is present. Any detoxification may take from 2 to 12 months, as the intoxication process is slow and ongoing (10‑50 years). Amy detoxification may take up to 12 month as long as no additional contamination occurs.

  According to the World Health Organization (Florence/Italy, 1975) heavy metal contamination contributes to as       many as 80% of all diseases and blocks therapeutic measures. More recent studies of the Institute for Toxicology at the University of Kiel/Germany confirm these findings (press release in DZW 26/1997, Zahndrztlicher Fachverlag, and completed report).

The practitioner may find that the HMT confirms a diagnostic suspicion, namely that heavy metal contamination is at the root of a patient's complaints. The test is based on the dithizone reaction method, a proven chemical procedure. It permits the detection and identification of different metal ions in bodily liquids, such as urine or saliva, by means of coloration. This makes it possible to determine whether and to what degree heavy metal contamination may be present. The method is quick yet reliable and, due to the user‑ready preparation of the components, safe yet economical.

The Heavy Metal Screen should be administered to every patient because the presence of heavy metal ions in the urine can indicate whether allopathic, naturopathic, or homeopathic treatments are feasible. The Heavy Metal Screen can check and detect heavy metal contamination.

Based on the improvement of 1569 patients relating to similar symptoms, what is the potential for cure or improvement