Custom dental appliance: non-detect (negative) for Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium & Antimony.

Custom Dental Appliance

Below are the XRF Test results for the custom dental appliance pictured here. Please scroll down through all of the images below as well. Each component was tested for a minimum of 60 seconds with the results reported below. Tests were repeated multiple times on each component to confirm the accuracy. Test results are accurate, science-based and replicable.

Top part of appliance – photos above

Test #1) Plastic component

Iron (Fe): 196 +/- 43 ppm
(no other metals detected)

Test #2) Plastic component Reading #2:

Iron (Fe): 261 +/- 32 ppm
(no other metals detected)

Test #3) Metal hooked part at front

Chromium (Cr): 26,000 +/- 1,100 ppm
Tin (Sn): 1,722 +/- 95 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 7,004 +/- 458 ppm
Iron (Fe): 106,600 +/- 4,200 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 9,886 +/- 741 ppm

Test #4) Metal hooked part at front – test #2

Chromium (Cr): 12,300 +/- 400 ppm
Tin (Sn): 140 +/- 26 ppm
Copper (Cu): 237 +/- 84 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 3,659 +/- 204 ppm
Iron (Fe): 56,400 +/- 1,500 ppm
Vanadium (V): 964 +/- 217 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 964 +/- 190 ppm

Test #5) Focus on metal part in center

Chromium (Cr): 2,372 +/- 80 ppm
Copper (Cu): 160 +/- 41 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 905 +/- 68 ppm
Iron (Fe): 16,300 +/- 400 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 121 +/- 50 ppm

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Bottom component of device – photos above

Test #6) Plastic component:

no metals detected

Test #7) Large metal rectangle part:
(other thicker metal components had similar readings)

Chromium (Cr): 123,300 +/- 9,800 ppm
Copper (Cu): 2,654 +/- 872 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 73,100 +/- 6,400 ppm
Iron (Fe): 503,100 +/- 40,000 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 149 +/- 76 ppm
Vanadium (V): 1,492 +/- 76 ppm

Test #8) Thin metal wire:

Chromium (Cr): 18,800 +/- 600 ppm
Selenium (Se): 40 +/- 19 ppm
Tin (Sn): 1,732 +/- 58 ppm
Copper (Cu): 318 +/- 94 ppm
Nickel (Ni): 6,085 +/- 250 ppm
Iron (Fe): 92,500 +/- 2,200 ppm
Bismuth (Bi): 26 +/- 14 ppm
Vanadium (V): 401 +/- 222 ppm
Titanium (Ti): 11,100 +/- 600 ppm

Test #9) White plastic case:

Tin (Sn): 83 +/- 35 ppm
no other metals detected

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama