DENTAL WORK
Perhaps the use of inferior “practical” grade chemicals to
make plastics with, or recycled ingredients, causes wholesale
pollution of dental materials with toxic metals, dyes, or sol-
vents.
I also find insufficient hardening of plastic in your mouth
allows seepage of plasticizers, dyes, and other ingredients from
the soft tooth.
A method for hardening (curing) your own dentures and
partials is given in Recipes, page 574. Unfortunately, no way of
hardening fillings and glues has yet been found.
Another possibility involves the chemical antiseptics used in
manufacturing plastics. Although important, they are them-
selves polluted with metals, solvents and dyes. Pollution that
stems from antiseptics spreads further and further. It is like
having a wet kitchen sponge that drops to the ground; after that,
dirt will be spread wherever the sponge is used to “clean” a sur-
face. Ultimately, there is nothing left unpolluted with the anti-
septics themselves and the toxins found in them. Look at the
assortment of antiseptics legal for use in manufacturing proc-
esses, including the dental and plastic industries.^61
(^61) A complete list of allowable solutions for food-contact articles is in the (U.S.) Code
of Federal Regulations (21 CFR Ch. 1,4/1/95 ed., §178.1010 Sanitizing solutions).