Gold Dental Fillings are they Toxic?

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Im looking to find out if gold fillings are toxic and if they should be removed.

My GF went to a dentist and they told her its the highest quality filling anyone can have and even if we wanted to they would refuse to remove them because its a crime to remove such a rare perfect filling. ?

[Leo Gura]

If it's truly pure gold, that's fine.

But most dental work is not pure gold, it's a mix of various lesser metals.

[Osaid]

Dentists are so full of shit sometimes

5 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

But most dental work is not pure gold, it's a mix of various lesser metals.

Correct, quick Google search shows that it is always a mix of various metal alloys, which makes it "dental gold". The high-noble alloys can include palladium, copper, zinc, silver and platinum. The non-noble alloys, if used, can include chromium, nickel, cobalt and iron:

https://www.drericmorrison.com/post/understanding-the-difference-between-dental-gold-regular-gold#:~:text=Precious metal (high,metal by weight

https://www.animated-teeth.com/dental_crowns/t-dental-crown-gold.htm#:~:text=Here’s the classification system established by the American Dental Association (1984) that’s used to categorize dental alloys.

[Devin]

You know to not go to a normal dentist to have metal fillings removed right? I think they're called biological dentists that have a setup to keep the removal from exposing you to the metal.

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12 hours ago, Devin said:

You know to not go to a normal dentist to have metal fillings removed right? I think they're called biological dentists that have a setup to keep the removal from exposing you to the metal.

Thanks, I didnt think i would find one local but there are a few actually!