From Library Journal
Doctors Huggins and Levy, who have spent years studying the toxic effects of dental materials, have written an authoritative book that accomplishes their stated purpose of "making the reader aware of the enormous and wide-ranging effects of dental toxicity." The authors have done an excellent job of describing the medical research in lay terms. They cover dental sources of toxicity, the body's reactions, specific diseases suspected or known to be caused by dental materials, and suggestions for dealing with such toxicity. Although a chapter with more clearly detailed information about alternative dental materials and detoxification methods would have been helpful, this work is well researched and well written. Recommended for public libraries.?Kristine Benishek, Good Samaritan Hosp. Lib., Dayton, OH
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Synopsis
Going to the dentist is bad enough but finding out that major diseases and many mental disorders are due in part to the metal toxins we drill into our teeth may drive us to despair. Hal Higgins opens wide cases of toxic poisoning that are traceable to the heavy metals in dental materials - cases that have been suppressed and ignored.
