by Pride Dental | Mar 29, 2018 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
People who seek holistic, biological offices like ours aren’t your average dental patients. For one, they tend to come in having already done a lot of research about the mouth/body connection and how dental conditions may be playing a role in their overall... 
by Pride Dental | Aug 20, 2015 | Biological Dentistry, Mercury / Heavy Metals
Filling cavities may seem like a really modern thing, but archaeologists have shown that the practice goes way, way back. The earliest known filling is about 6500 years old and made of beeswax. More recently, an even older tooth was found to have once been “drilled”... by Pride Dental | Apr 10, 2014 | Biological Dentistry, Mercury / Heavy Metals
Dr. Tom McGuire on the difference between “mercury-free” and “mercury-safe” dentistry: Strictly speaking, the term “Mercury Free” refers to dentists who do not put amalgam fillings in their patients’ teeth. This term was first used over 40... by Pride Dental | Nov 7, 2013 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
Early last month, the global mercury treaty was officially signed in Minimata, Japan. This treaty sets standards specifically designed to protect the environment, including provisions for a phase-down of dental mercury – the main ingredient in “silver” amalgam... 
by Pride Dental | Nov 7, 2013 | Mercury / Heavy Metals
Early last month, the global mercury treaty was officially signed in Minimata, Japan. This treaty sets standards specifically designed to protect the environment, including provisions for a phase-down of dental mercury – the main ingredient in “silver” amalgam...