I though of something else. Putting aside the "mercury poisoning from amalgams and diseases and conditions that result, given that it would be hard to prove that the mercury came from people's fillings which caused their maladies, what about just the issue of uninformed consent. For example, I go to the dentist tomorrow with a cavity and he gives me a "silver" filling and doesn't tell me he's putting mercury in my mouth. Can't I then turn around and sue him because he put a toxic heavy metal in my mouth without telling me and without me consenting or signing for him to do so? I thought this might be a way for people to sue. Those of us who haven't gotten any amalgams placed in the last five years, such as myself, would be exempt because the statute of limitations on medical malpractice is 5 years.

Sandra