by Pride Dental | Mar 21, 2022 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
We were thrilled to hear the news last week that now BOTH of the major suppliers of dental materials here in the US are no longer dealing in mercury amalgam! Our thanks to the office of St. Louis biological dentist Dr. Michael Rehme for letting us share their... 
by Pride Dental | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s so nice to be able to end the year with some good news! According to a recent email from Charlie Brown at Consumers for Dental Choice, the world’s top dental products manufacturer, Dentsply Sirona, has read the proverbial writing on the wall and is no... 
by Pride Dental | Dec 5, 2019 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
This past summer, the FDA put out a call for consumer input on medical devices, including dental amalgam. Hundreds of comments poured in, and 94% percent of them had to do with the adverse health effects of “silver” mercury amalgam fillings. Some stories came from... 
by Pride Dental | Aug 29, 2019 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
Every week is mercury-free (and mercury-safe) week here at Pride Dental, but you know as well as we do that there are plenty of folks out there who still have no idea how truly risky mercury amalgam fillings can be. According to one Zogby survey, 57% of Americans... 
by Pride Dental | Jun 27, 2019 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
Sometimes, you just can’t help but take the click-bait: But while old school procedures such as trepanation, lobotomies, and fecal transplants continue today in updated, more specific forms – and occasionally rebranded to move away from the stigma...