Neuroendocrinology Letters incl.
Many patients attribute their health problems to amalgam and other dental metals.
In genetically susceptible indviduals, mercury and gold may function as haptens and elicit allergic and autoimmune reactions. The patients suffered from local and systemic symptoms attributed to dental restorations. After consultation with a dentist the patients decided to replace their metal restorations with non-metallic materials. Lymphocyte reactivity was also analyzed in 116 healthy subjects with no complaints of metal allergy. A significant number of patients had metal-specific lymphocytes in the blood.