If the gold sits over an amalgam, a situation we often see, the mercury will be deposited in the gum and bone tissue surrounding the tooth. In our opinion there is no safe dental metal, it all depends on the ability of the patient's detoxification systems whether they get any pathology or not from this 24 hour a day exposure to dental metals or not. These systems in turn depend on genetic inheritance, environmental exposures to toxins and haptens, the type of and duration of exposure and dietary influences. Exactly the same can apply to the immune system, the two are interlocked. Toxic reactions from exposure to a metal and allergy or sensitivity reactions to a metal are different but often confused even by professionals.
Most patients have both types of reaction.
Sensitivity reactions occur at very small exposure to the metal and are an immune system response, while toxic reactions depend on the amount of metal in the body. This happens when the detoxification systems, for whatever reason, are overwhelmed. Sensitivity to a metal can happen after a short or long exposure to the metal and take a myriad of forms. Be it a toxic or a sensitivity problem or a combination of the two, the end result is the patient is sick. These patients can have their symptoms eliminated or reduced by V-Tox.