Comments on: Ask Your Dentist Some Pointed Questions http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-152092 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:23:03 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-152092 Thanks, Alex. Among Barrett's many dislikes is the Weston Price Foundation. Thanks, Alex. Among Barrett’s many dislikes is the Weston Price Foundation.

]]> by: Alex C. http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151917 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:29:05 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151917 I e-mailed IAOMT to ask them about this question of mercury vapors rising vs. falling. I have quite a few amalgam fillings in my mouth, so I want to get to the bottom of this. I'll post another comment if and when I get a response from them. As for Stephen Barrett, he tends to go after the easy targets. I'd have more respect for him if he exposed the pseudoscience behind more-conventional treatments that have no basis in science. I e-mailed IAOMT to ask them about this question of mercury vapors rising vs. falling. I have quite a few amalgam fillings in my mouth, so I want to get to the bottom of this. I’ll post another comment if and when I get a response from them.

As for Stephen Barrett, he tends to go after the easy targets. I’d have more respect for him if he exposed the pseudoscience behind more-conventional treatments that have no basis in science.

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151859 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:56:06 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151859 Thanks, Chip, that's helpful. As for the Quackwatch article, it's by Stephen Barrett. My mom told me he criticized a website named Planetree that helps average people get medical research information. I suppose he felt they couldn't be trusted with it; the details of his criticism are no longer on Quackwatch. Given that attitude, I don't take him seriously. I'd guess the criticism of the video is right. But I also think the video probably makes a correct point: mercury probably does leak from your mercury amalgam fillings into your body. Thanks, Chip, that’s helpful. As for the Quackwatch article, it’s by Stephen Barrett. My mom told me he criticized a website named Planetree that helps average people get medical research information. I suppose he felt they couldn’t be trusted with it; the details of his criticism are no longer on Quackwatch. Given that attitude, I don’t take him seriously.

I’d guess the criticism of the video is right. But I also think the video probably makes a correct point: mercury probably does leak from your mercury amalgam fillings into your body.

]]> by: Chip Morris http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151740 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:58:31 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/12/ask-your-dentist/#comment-151740 There are serious doubts about the validity of this video. See "this post":http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2005/04/smoking-teeth-truth-gets-smoked-out.html for a good analysis of the video. Also, "QuackWatch":http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html has a general article on mercury amalgam fears/hoaxes. There are serious doubts about the validity of this video. See “this post”:http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2005/04/smoking-teeth-truth-gets-smoked-out.html for a good analysis of the video. Also, “QuackWatch”:http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/mercury.html has a general article on mercury amalgam fears/hoaxes.

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