Dr. Ben Javid

Still being used.

Wow.

In this country, still being used.

The FDA allows that?

yeah i know it's it's really sad situation with that because you're you're um in europe and a lot of countries were abandoned in the 70s you know a lot of countries abandoned here they're still okay with it to be placed for some reason i don't know why hopefully with new uh leadership we'll get some change in that direction as far as health goes but this uh mercury since we're talking about mercury a little bit

Um, it is, uh, the most toxic non-radiographic material that you can use that's on the, on earth.

Uh, and it's more than 50% of it is in the fillings.

Now they, we can, as dentists cannot, um, utilize, uh, or remove mercury in the mouth and let it go down the drain.

Legally, we can't let it go down the drain.

Holy crap.

You have to have something called an amalgam separator.

So you got to separate it before it goes down the drain because it's that toxic for the environment.

Wow.

But it's okay to put it in the mouth.

And when we're drilling it, obviously all the vapors that are going through,

It's okay for the patients to breathe it and doctors to breathe it.

But obviously for us, biological dentists, because we're cognizant and thinking about this kind of stuff and we're trained to think about the materials, we will go and get trained on the proper removal techniques so we are protected, the patient's protected.

And, of course, we're not exposing everyone in the room and everyone in the building to mercury vapor.

Right.

Which is, it's just has, has causes so many health issues contributing to that heavy metal toxicity that, that, you know, it causes all kinds of neurological disorders and heart cardiac disorders and neurodegenerative disorders.