Group Members,

Anecdotal evidence linking amalgam dental fillings to neurological disorders has always been plentiful. However, until recently, anyone taking this evidence seriously has generally only been able to imagine that any explanation linking the cause with the effect must lie in the toxic behavior of the mercury content of the fillings.

Now it has been suggested that the real explanation may be that amalgam fillings placed in teeth constantly dissipate low levels of electrical energy through the nerves in people's heads as a result of their thermoelectric behavior, and that this is in fact the cause of many so-called "psychiatric disorders".

In recent years the countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden have phased out the use of amalgam fillings in their dental surgeries. And it may be of some interest to learn that in 2016 the Danes were judged to be the "happiest nation in the world" - only to be overtaken in 2017 by Norway - see:

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/mar/23/norway-worlds-happiest-na...

Nevertheless, it appears that no-one has bothered to ask the authorities in Denmark, Norway or Sweden whether the phasing out of amalgam has led to any significant reduction in the incidence of neurological/"psychiatric" disorders in those countries.

I have no doubt that some people would argue that if there had been such a reduction then everyone would have been told about it, and it is therefore reasonable to assume that there hasn’t been. However, I think that there is a much more rational view than that. The supply of the metals used for dental amalgams worldwide is a multi-billion dollar industry, and those who control this industry derive a great deal of wealth from it. These agencies must have been monitoring the situation in Denmark, Sweden and Norway when the use of their product was phased out. There isn’t any sensible rationale for suggesting that they wouldn’t have been. Furthermore, given the continuing controversy over amalgam fillings, if it had not been possible to detect any reduction in the incidence of neurological disorders, then surely it is much, much more likely that we would have been told about that.

The pro-amalgam lobby would have been shouting it from the rooftops.

But they’re not.

Whichever way you look at it, surely no-one can deny that the phasing out of amalgam fillings in those three countries should constitute a massive epidemiological test of the issue.

Why haven’t we heard anything at all one way or the other? (Apart from newspaper articles such as the one from the Guardian of course.)

Well, one possibility is that there has indeed been a corresponding reduction of neurological and so-called “psychiatric" disorders in those countries but that, out of its own self-interest, the pro-amalgam lobby has successfully blocked any reporting of it because that would inflict serious (terminal?) damage on its accumulation of wealth. And its argument would be that if the link of cause and effect had not been “proven scientifically” then any suggestion that there is a link is merely based on “anecdotal “ evidence and may not be publicised.

I think it would be very naïve to presume that our World doesn’t work like that. I think it should be obvious to most of us that it does.

(Incidentally, I also believe that “anecdotal evidence” is often under-rated. Think of the case of that water-pump in Soho and the incidence of Cholera infections. Seal off the pump – new infections cease. Open up the pump again, new infections begin again. When the link is clear enough statistically, you don’t need to prove anything else, you just disinfect the pump. The case of thalidomide was similar. Prescribe the drug – the rate of deformed new-born babies increases. Stop prescribing the drug – the rate of deformed new-born babies decreases. Scientific response – stop prescribing the drug.)

I think that the point is made. The widespread adoption of metal amalgams in restorative dentistry some 180 years ago was quickly followed by the rise to prominence of psychiatric “medicine” in our societies. We have all grown up in societies where a large proportion of the population having thermoelectric batteries in its teeth is the “norm”.

We need to know what the effect of ending the use dental amalgam has had on the populations of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in detail, otherwise any opinion that we may have on the matter is only made from a position of ignorance.   

However, it really does appear that no-one has even bothered to ask.

It’s idiotic.

And, in spite of the fact that amalgam dental fillings are placed in children’s teeth, it also appears that no-one has ever attempted to measure the thermoelectric potentials generated by the inhomogeneous mixtures of dissimilar metals that are dental amalgams.

That’s idiotic too.

Best regards,    

Keith P Walsh

PS, The attached PDF is the poster “Thermoelectric Eddy Current in Bio-Compatible Materials”, which will be presented at ICT2018 in Caen.