# Is your dentist a "Mad Hatter"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 3, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893 "2013-09-03T15:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/21 "2013-09-03T17:00:25Z")
My dentist is a dormouse, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/22 "2013-09-03T17:01:19Z")
Taking the OP seriously\*, it is incorrect to say that “the American Dental ass. has claimed mercury is harmless”. The ADA notes the scientific consensus that mercury-containing amalgam fillings do not cause disease. The OP might just as well claim that dermatologists believe botulism toxin is harmless, since they haven’t acted against the use of Botox. Or he could argue that radiologists think ionizing radiation is harmless, since they endorse the use of radiation in imaging and radiation therapy. The OP needs to review the concept of [“the dose makes the poison”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dose_makes_the_poison). \*which could be indicative of early-onset dementia. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/23 "2013-09-03T17:02:23Z")
Obligatory music link… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hHsDKqKE_kc/hqdefault.jpg "Little Shop of Horrors I'm a Dentist") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsDKqKE_kc) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/24 "2013-09-03T17:05:35Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Obligatory music link… > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsDKqKE\_kc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsDKqKE_kc) I see that and raise you https://www.youtube.com/embed/wk92O0SEjXc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/25 "2013-09-03T17:07:00Z")
> [@georgewk10](#): > > for the longest time the American Dental ass. has claimed mercury is harmless. > they didn’t even regulate the disposal into the ocean. The Q. is ;has your dentist > been brain damaged by all this exposure to this heavy metal? > Google; The Mad hatter. I dunno about Mercury, but can your dentist see Uranus clearly at night? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/26 "2013-09-03T17:30:19Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > The better question is, have you? Figures you’d chime in on a mercury thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/27 "2013-09-03T18:30:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I dunno about Mercury, but can your dentist see Uranus clearly at night? Not if the blinds are closed. Besides, that’s not the important question. [This is.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318368) ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/28 "2013-09-03T19:03:37Z")
Oboy. I’ve never seen a banning as it happened. This will be my first! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893/29 "2013-09-03T21:57:25Z")
You have been told on several occasions that your post-and-run style providing minimal content is not appropriate to this forum. More recently, you were told that if you continued, you would be subject to sanctions. This is a **Warning** that you are fast approaching the point where you will be banned for ignoring staff instructions and deliberately spamming the board with [JAQing off](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JAQing%20off) style nonsense. [/Moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-dentist-a-mad-hatter/667893.md?page=1)