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There's lead from dental fillings though.

• refurb 7y ago
  Mercury? There is no lead in dental filings. In fact, filings are mercury free as of the last couple of decades.
  • praptak 7y ago
    I think lead was used in dental amalgams but I don't know when it was phased out. But yeah, mercury too.
    • bregma 7y ago
      The word "amalgam" means a mixture of mercury with another metal. A lead amalgam would be too soft to use as a chewing surface (it would have a texture like chewing gum). Traditional dental amalgams were mixtures of silver or gold and mercury.
      • praptak 7y ago
        You are right, I probably misremembered what I've read.
  • labawi 7y ago
    In some places, yes. If you get the silver/gray stuff, it's about half mercury.