>
> Hi Steve
>
> Hope the prep part went well - would you be able to post me a link perhaps to
> the Huggins info on using a gold crown and how the immune system got back to
> normal if you have one? I must check out the Bruxzir crown. I know the feeling
> you have about repeated dental visits - normally I ongl go once every 6 months
> for a check up and any treatment I normally need can be done on one visit - this
> year alone I have had 4 visits - 3 for treatment and I am scheduled to go next
> week for more - with everything I have going on at the moment my instincts are
> telling me to hold off with this treatment for now. the teeth where I want the
> amalgam removed from are sitting in front of what I think is a wisdom tooth
> which, like an on off volcano, has recently been putting pain and pressure on
> those teeth in front of it, and then subsided again. Right now I am in a
> "dormant" phase - no pain and no pressure - but I don;t know whether in these
> circumstances it is a good idea for the dentist to be trying to work on those 2
> teeth right in front of it. I have googled impacted wisdom teeth and I don't
> thinik it is impacted but I don't now what to do for the best. Meanwhile I also
> need to have the 2 RC teeth looked at [they are very EMF sensitive] but I need
> to see a different dentist for that [on mainland UK] and don't know how long it
> is going to take to get a slot to see him. Good luck with the final crown work -
> hope it goes well. Let me know what the new one feels like and how it is
> responding.
>
> BW
>
> Steph
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> ________________________________
> From: torch369 <torch369@...>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Mon, 27 September, 2010 15:48:22
> Subject: [eSens] Re: Bruxzir All Zirconia Crown
>
>  
> Hi Steph,
> The tooth was prepped last wednesday and the permanent will be placed on Oct. 7.
> I read up on the galvanism and I read about the dissimilar metals issue. I am
> going to be getting my crowns replaced eventually with the same elite II crowns
> (perhaps the bruxzir if I need a post). The biggest issue is mixing amalgam with
> metals and I have none left-no more metal fillings.
> This one tooth that's getting crowned wouldn't be a good candidate for the
> bruxzir because there is so little tooth left. The almost pure gold was better
> for this one. I also read about Huggins replacing nickel based crowns with gold
> and how the immune system got back to normal after the gold was placed.
> As for the es I will have to see what happens. It's not an all Gold Crown, its
> porcelain fused to the gold so hopefully it won't be an issue. Fingers crossed.
>
> Zirconium is a metal but zirconia is a ceramic from what I've been reading. The
> Lava Crown is zirconia fused to porcelain. the Bruxzir is all zirconia so
> stronger.
> These are new on the market so who knows what we'll discover about them?
> I know how you feel about not being able to get to the dentist. I am so tired
> dealing with this one tooth I'm hoping to take a few months off before replacing
> another one.
> Steve
>
> --- In [hidden email], Stephanie Smith <reader41@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Steve
> >
> > Have you had the treatment yet?? If not before you do anything google oral
> > galvinism - you will come to some sites, one of which advises something along
> > the lines that if you have teeth with different metals abutting each other and
>
> > causing the galvinism that you should allow a time lapse of 6 months before
> > replacement. I'm prob not quoting that acurately and wish I could cite the
> > websites exactly but it is enough if you google oral galvinism and have a
> >browse
> >
> > round there. I did that earlier in the week and thought "oh no - it will be too
> >
> > late for me to pass this on to Steve" but hopefully not!
> >
> > Re the Bruxzir crown - is Zirconia safe - i though Sivani posted something on
> > here not so long ago which says that zirconia is a metal? I really don't think
>
> > it is a good idea to have any metal in your mouth from an antennae point of
> > view. Let me know how you go and I hope it goes well. Me? my crown is giving me
> >
> > all sorts of bother but way things are I can't get to the dentist who needs to
>
> > deal with it at the moment.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Steph
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: torch369 <torch369@>
> > To: [hidden email]
> > Sent: Sun, 26 September, 2010 6:27:22
> > Subject: [eSens] Bruxzir All Zirconia Crown
> >
> >  
> > I found another alternative crown. The Bruxzir Crown is all zirconia without
> >any
> >
> > porcelain fused to it. It is stronger than a Lava Crown.
> > I am still getting the Elite II Porcelain fused to Gold Crown but the Bruxzir
> > looks like a good alternative if you are avoiding Gold for some reason. It
> >looks
> >
> > like it's strong enough for a molar.
> > Steve
> >
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