I've heard as part of looking at overall treatment of lyme/co-infections one should look at removing any metallic fillings which could contain mercury, silver, tin and copper. If you have such fillings how do you know whether you should get them removed/re-done? Should you see if you have symptoms aligned with heavy metal toxicity or get heavy metal tested?

Most of us have limited budgets so spending our money wisely on improving our health is important. If we did everything everyone said has benefited them we'd be dead broke! Thanks for any thoughts.

My LLND told me not to worry about my amalgams....

But, I sometimes think I should get a heavy metals test done...see how much mercury I have in my system.

If you can't find a biological dentist to do the removal..I don't know if it's a good idea to have them removed.

I did discuss with my dentist...and she didn't promote the removal - even though she would make a lot of money redoing them.

I'm on the fence about it.

Removing amalgam is trauma to the mouth. Maybe not as invasive as a cut on the skin, but it is a trauma to the body. Unless you are super strong, I do not like the idea of putting my body through trauma.

Trauma invites problems - inflammation or infection.

However if you have an abscess, you certainly should have it taken care of.

Hello, Rikky1

I like the comments of Traveler, PeteZa, & bluelyme. If you're going to have them removed please ensure that it is done by a holistic dentist.

Above all though, please please assess the cost / benefit of filling replacement procedures based on your current state of health and immune system. Not to be alarmist but in 2012, a very dear, very informed friend embarked on a quest to address his health issues with removal of all of his mercury fillings. He passed away very rapidly at the end of 2012 and, while the main culprit was an underlying bacterial infection, many of us believe that the filling removals hadn't been necessary and that they further weakened him - giving his body little ability to fight /rally against the infection. A trauma, indeed, as PeteZa notes.

thanks everyone. funny enough my LLMD wrote a book on environmental toxins and their effects on the human body so is quite knowledgeable in the areas of such things so i'm going to ask him his opinion next appointment in a few weeks. also going to ask about heavy metal testing and i've been meaning to go over my genetic genie results with him. will let you know what he says. if you are interested in his book email me its pretty good.

interesting, I was just looking into this. I found a holllistic Dr very close to my house and was thinking about it. my concern is detoxing with the fillings in place?

I'd rather not go through the trauma and expense if I can avoid it.

I had all my root canals removed because the gums and even the dead teeth seemed abscessed to me. At least, they were very sore. The dentist said it was not possible for a dead tooth to be abscessed, but when each dead tooth was removed, I was embarrassed at the odor coming from the cavity and I could taste the most awful, rotten taste. My dentist says implants are made of titanium, and they shouldn't cause a problem. So far, they are not a problem for me. Long story short, I felt light years better after getting those root canals and fillings out of my mouth. I now have one metal crown, and I hope to have it replaced soon.

(P.S. Editing to add this: I don't know where I read this, but somewhere it said that if you have a MTHFR gene, you will have problems with the metals.

And, from a friend's experience, she and her daughter go to the same holistic health doctor, and that doctor said her daughter needed all her metal fillings removed, but my friend did not need any removed.)

Post Edited (Mississippi Jane) : 8/14/2016 12:38:20 AM (GMT-6)