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MOST PEOPLE TAKE THE SILVER FILLings in their mouth for granted. As long as their dental work doesn't crack or fall out, they are happy to leave well enough alone. But over the past couple of decades, it has become popular among some followers of alternative medicine to have the old fillings removed--a process that is not only expensive but also often painful. The theory is that the fillings slowly poison the body by leaching out mercury that was mixed with silver to make the amalgam. Hundreds of dentists in the U.S. offer amalgam extractions as a profitable...
Huggins got into trouble, according to state dental examiners, when, in pursuit of mercury, he went beyond the bounds of dentistry. In some cases he prescribed lithium tablets and ordered potentially dangerous injections of insulin "without clinical justification." One man, who had no amalgam fillings, was allegedly told that his lab reports showed he had "retention toxicity." Huggins denies any wrongdoing and claims that "dentistry is trying to embarrass me for getting this message...
...Pension plan changes scheduled for the middle of next year need rethinking," Jacger said. "And the University's horrible idea about doubling health and dental insurance premiums for part-time workers in 1997 needs complete eradication...
...tooth fairy. "Now I don't mean that the OSHA idiots said dentists may not give out baby teeth," Norwood says. "They said any item with blood on it is contaminated. Lawyers look at that and read it strictly, and it was the opinion of the American Dental Association that we can't give out baby teeth." The A.D.A. denies it ever issued such an interpretation, but Norwood believes its interpretation of the osha rule would have included children's teeth. In any case, the A.D.A. says dentists continue to give kids their teeth...
...year-long dental plan will cost individual students $115.32. Services are covered up to $1,500, though there is a $10 fee for each office visit. There are also single-semester plans...