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The American Dental Association Betrays Dentists & The Public
The American Dental Association betrays dentists & the public
ADA endorses dental amalgam:-
“Dental amalgam (silver filling) is considered a safe, affordable and durable material that has been used to restore the teeth of more than 100 million Americans. It contains a mixture of metals such as silver, copper and tin, in addition to mercury, which chemically binds these components into a hard, stable and safe substance. Dental amalgam has been studied and reviewed extensively, and has established a record of safety and effectiveness.”
Source: www.testfoundation.org/adaamalgam.htm#statements
The legal position of the American Dental Association (ADA) on the safety of mercury containing dental amalgam and the use of the material by dentists in the United States was recently stated as follows:
"The ADA owes no legal duty of care to protect the public from allegedly dangerous products used by dentists. The ADA did not manufacture, design, supply or install the mercury-containing amalgams. The ADA does not control those who do. The ADA's only alleged involvement in the product was to provide information regarding its use. Dissemination of information relating to the practice of dentistry does not create a duty of care to protect the public from potential injury".
Source: Legal brief filed in 1995 by attorneys for the ADA in W.H. Tolhurst vs. Johnson and Johnson Consumer Products, Inc.; Engelhard Corporation; ABE Dental, Inc.; the American Dental Association, et al., in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Santa Clara, CA, Case No. 718228.
This legal position adopted by the ADA seems to contradict the organization's publicly stated mission, according to their own web site (www.ada.org):
"The ADA is the professional association of dentists dedicated to serving both the public and the profession of dentistry. The ADA promotes the public's health through commitment of member dentists to provide quality oral health care, accessible to everyone. The ADA promotes the profession of dentistry by enhancing the integrity and ethics of the profession, strengthening the patient/dentist relationship and making membership the foundation of successful practice. The ADA fulfills its public and professional mission by providing services and through its initiatives in education, research, advocacy and the development of standards."
The ADA is a TRADE association, more interested in its financial welfare than the welfare of dental patients. The ADA held 2 PATENTS on amalgam CONTRARY to claims that it did not manufacture amalgam. (A LIAR FOR A ROLE MODEL? who is GREEDY, CRUEL & EVIL!)
1)US Patent 4,018,600 April 1977 &
2)US Patent 4,078,921 March 1978, both assigned to ADA Health Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sunday, June 1, 2008