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All dentists agree that mercury is a highly toxic material so it follows that removing it from teeth needs to be undertaken extremely carefully.
At Moonfleet we aim to minimise the exposure of the patient, staff and the dentist to mercury during removal and to this end we follow the protocol of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology:
- Rubber dam is used to isolate the treatment area.
- High volume suction to evacuate the waste.
- Air filtration to remove mercury from the operating area.
- Protective gowns and clothing.
- Charcoal to line the mouth
- Nose piece and separate air supply for the patient.
- Nutritional support to detoxify the body of residual mercury deposits.
In addition we do not use an air rotor which we find increases the aerosol effect and sets up microcracks in the tooth structure which can eventually weaken the tooth.
We also avoid the use of adrenalin containing local anaesthetics. All local anaesthetics are mildly toxic and produce an effect in the brain membranes. We generally use mepivicaine which is arguably the least toxic of them.
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