How does silver amalgam poison do

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Under normal circumstances, we only encounter amalgam when filling teeth. Many people also have such worries. What is the composition of this substance and what harm it can do to human body? Let's talk about how to do amalgam poisoning.

How does silver amalgam poison do

First: now, the posterior teeth are usually filled with silver mercury or silver ions, because they are firm and have excellent biological properties. Finally, silver mercury has been used for hundreds of years, and the material has been improving. So far, there is no clear literature that it can cause poisoning. However, silver Mercury also has obvious disadvantages, micro leakage, which will make your teeth mend again and again, and the area of mending will be larger and larger.

Second: a kind of filling material for filling teeth, the composition of silver amalgam contains mercury (mercury), silver, copper, tin, etc. Amalgam material has been used for decades to repair tooth defects. As a permanent repair material, it has good durability. When mixing amalgam, mercury is mixed in alloy powder to form metal compound, in which mercury loses its original toxicity.

Third: mercury poisoning can be treated with sodium Dimercaptopropanesulfonate or sodium dimercaptobutyrate, mild chronic mercury poisoning can be cured, and that is silver amalgam instead of monomer mercury. The prepared amalgam is a hard solid mixture, no chemical reaction and no new toxicity.

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Therefore, we don't need to worry too much about silver mercury poisoning, but if such a situation occurs, the best way is to send it to the hospital for examination in time, and let the doctor make a judgment, so that many accidents can be avoided.