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Can lead fillings in your teeth make you sick?
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It's not lead...: ... and dental amalgam will not make you sick. It has been used for over 150 years without consequence. If it was deleterious, we would have known by now.
Answered 10/6/2015
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Yes, lead fillings: could but lead has not been used in teeth for centuries or longer! Silver amalgam fillings composed of approx 50% mercury are still in wide use in spite of decades of controversies.
Answered 10/23/2018
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