Dr. Saylor, along with many other of today’s leading dentists, is convinced that the mercury alloy, amalgam, is very toxic and does not belong in your mouth. Silver fillings are 50% mercury and this toxin is released when chewing, grinding the teeth, brushing, etc. Any stimulation that heats amalgam releases mercury vapor.  This vapor is tasteless and odorless, so a person has no […]

This person had a visible crack in the enamel on the outside cusp of this pre-molar which was sensitive to bite on.  When the old silver filling was removed, the crack was visible under the old restoration.  The amalgam acts as a wedge through the center of the tooth. Biting pressure over the years eventually […]