Chewing Gum Mercury Dental Filling Amalgam

'Mercurial' problems for regular gum chewers

Gum chewing has more effects than just the strengthening of jaws as is widely believed. And all of them might not be as good as this one. A recent study done in Sweden opines that chewing gum releases mercury from dental fillings, increasing its concentration in blood. The study undertaken by the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in West Sweden, fo...