Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Mercury Fillings: Dangers & How to Stay Safe During Removal #shorts

1 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A short, patient-facing video by Robert Whitfield MD warning that removal of old silver (amalgam) fillings releases mercury and can harm patients and staff if done incorrectly. The speaker stresses that removal inevitably causes mercury exposure and describes protective measures used: air filtration, isolating the tooth (rubber dam), and following the IAOMT 'smart protocol' checklist to protect the patient, room, staff, and clinician. The clip contrasts cautious, protocol-driven removal with careless removal by providers who ignore mercury safety.

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Similarly, in the mouth, if you have these old silver fillings that are half mercury, if you want those replaced and you do it with any Joe Blow dentist off the street who's not necessarily cautious or even acknowledges the need to be cautious with the mercury exposure, then believe me, because I've started out my career as a normal dentist, I have seen people tailspin when this was done the wrong way. And so what we do is we're really protecting the patient and everything in the environment, including myself and my team, from the mercury exposure that will happen. Not if it happens, but the mercury exposure that will happen when those amalgam fillings are removed. So we're filtering the air, we're isolating the tooth as best as humanly possible. Like, we are getting a. Like a rubber dam seal. It's basically like a condom on the tooth when we seal things off so that the patient is really minimizing the exposure to mercury. And we go through a process called the smart protocol that an organization that I'm a part of called the IAOMT developed back many years ago. And so we go through that smart protocol, we check the checklist and make sure that the patient, the room, the air that's surrounding us, and myself and my team are all protected as. As good as possible.