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Dental questions

Elle
I never really thought much about the harm from amalgam fillings.  Until I am reading more and more posts and some doctors calling for the removal.  I have 3 small fillings and I would like to remove and change to composite.  
This scares me as I feel my teeth are pretty weak overall now.  I am also extremely afraid of breathing in or having the mercury enter the bloodstream during the process.  

I also have a titanium implant in my left lower jaw (thanks to a monster dentist many years ago) and sitting atop is a porcelain crown but I am not sure if there is metal underneath.   If I have the implant removed I would then have a hold in my jaw bone and that would need to be covered/filled somehow...
I read Titanium is very low as a conductor, but I'm still concerned.

Does everyone agree they need to go?  
Also does anyone have a name of a FANTASTIC holistic dentist who does this with the care and skill needed?  Or a recommendation for a good one the Tampa bay area?
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Marc Martin
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Yes, in some cases, it's your dental work that is contributing to a lot of your ES symptoms.

Although do NOT just go to any dentist to have this work done, as you can make yourself worse doing this.

Instead, go to someone who will protect you from mercury exposure during removal.  Also, ideally you'd do one filling at a time separated by weeks in between, although I know some dentists like to "get it over with" ASAP (not the best approach, in my opinion).

People can also react to titanium, so oftentimes people recommend getting a ceramic (non-metal) implant instead.

As for dentist recommendations, well, you can start looking online for that.  For example:

  https://www.mercuryfreedentists.com/

Marc
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Elle
Thanks, Mark!
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Romana
No one knows how much ones dental work affects health, but some have reported ES have vanished in a sudden after cleaning up while others slowly getting better. And for someone it dont help to clean up. All of course are related to how much and what you have done in the mouth and for how long it have been there, and if mixing of different metals which is not good. For example mixing of gold amalgam titan steel copper++ which in turn can cause galvanic reactions - body tensions - leaking etc.  But as you also know there are a lot with amalgam and other types of dental work that dont have es so there is no necessary correlation.

Some dentists advise to not replace amalgam with white composites because teeth may break because of brittleness and/or if big cavities. Well, I dont know. I have replaced mine and didnt run into any problems. And there is also another problem with amalgam - its not bonded to the tooth like composites or inlay so it may constantly making pressure to the toothwalls when eating so also that way may make the tooth break after years.

And as Marc said do the eventually change of amalgam properly. Get read up on the theme. You must choose a clever and experienced dentist who also take the dangers of mercury seriously.

Composites also crimp when cured so its advised to get a good new type - one which dont crimp as much i think. But choose materials that is safe and throughly tested, dont be a test subject.

Just a caution, if you do this wrong you may get seriously ill, like if a lot of the mercury get absorbed during sanitation.

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casper
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Elle if you do try and find a dentist, there are some good basic question to ask to check if they know what they are doing when they remove amalgam fillings.

First start by asking a basic question: "How do you remove amalgam fillings?".

If they are a regular dentist they will respond with something like "What do you mean? We simply drill it out and replace it.".

If that is their response, hang up, leave, and never go there for any amalgam procedures.

If they say: "We use a Kofferdam barrier, and supply filtered air (or oxygen) by mask during the procedure.", then you know you have found the right place.

The Kofferdam barrier is a rubber seal that is placed inside your mouth around the tooth, in order to prevent the debris and fumes of the amalgam residues to enter your body.

The supply of filtered air or oxygen through a mask is equally essential, in order to prevent you from rebreathing any mercury fumes produced during drilling.

This is a simple check you can do. Just ask them, and if they say Kofferdam + external air supply, you will be in good hands.
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Elle
Casper, thanks so much for this advice.  I will confirm and make sure this is the process.  :)
Thank you!
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Elle
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Romana, great information.  I plan on removing all metal from my mouth especially as there is a mixture of metals in the implant (aluminum, vanadium, etc) and the silver amalgam needs to go.  3 teeth have amalgam and one separate implant.  
One tooth with amalgam has a vertical fracture (since July) and that one has silver, so will just have that tooth removed.  :(   Hope the composite will work for the 2 left.