>SHE ALSO HAS A CAVITY THAT HER DENTIST WON'T FILL B/C >SHE IS BRSTFDG.  I 
>TOLD HER TO ASK HIM WHY.  HAS ANYONE >RUN INTO THIS BEFORE? ANY IDEAS?
>THANKS
>PATTY BELKIN PNP IBCLC

It is likely that the dentist won't do the fillings while breastfeeding 
because he is planning on using "silver" amalgam fillings, which contain 
mercury.    The use of amalgam fillings, whether breastfeeding or not, is 
becoming highly controversial.  A study done by Dr. Gary Null, PhD and Dr. 
Martin Fedlman, MD in 2002 points to the evidence that mercury continually 
leaches from amalgam fillings at a rate 10-50 times the safe limit set the 
the US Public Health Service.  Mercuery does transfer into milk.

Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk recommends against having amalgam 
fillings removed during breastfeeding, but does not address the issue of 
having amalgam fillings placed while breastfeeding.

Mellanie Sheppard, IBCLC
Arlington, TX

Null, Gary and Feldman, Martin. Mercury dental amalgams: the controversy 
continues. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2nd Quarter 
2002, pp. 85-110 [180 references]

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