Dental amalgam is composed of about 50 percent mercury, a well-known neurotoxin that can also damage your kidneys
Mercury vapors are readily released from the amalgam each time you eat, drink, brush your teeth, or otherwise stimulate your teeth
These vapors readily pass through your cell membranes, across your blood-brain barrier, and into your central nervous system, where it can cause psychological, neurological, and immunological problems
One woman tells her harrowing story of getting mercury poisoning from her dental amalgams, which was misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). She completely recovered after getting the amalgams removed
Besides MS, mercury toxicity has also been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological disorders. List of common mercury toxicity symptoms are included