The Secret Covenant - Reposting from Voat because searching for this gem grows more difficult as time passes
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drilling out amalgam fillings releases a shitload of mercury during the procedure. Your probably better off leaving them alone until if and when they fail, then replace them with non amalgam. Or you could just extract the tooth with the amalgam filling intact, then go for an implant. Or leave the space.
So what about the regular “incompetent” dentists who sit right above their patients and drill out old amalgam fillings all day? They’re using an air-driven, water-cooled high speed handpiece to do so. They will always at least be using a local high volume evacuator for suction. If the amount of aerosolized mercury from the removal of these fillings is of clinical significance, we should see those regular dentists develop some sort of illness (neurological, neuromuscular, immune) at a significantly higher rate than either the general population or than the “competent” dentists who don their space suits and respirators and use their special filters. Maybe they do... but I certainly haven’t seen it be an issue. Seems like a great marketing strategy to me- tell everyone that their existing work is poisonous so they’ll pay a boatload of money for new composite fillings (look up BPA in composites if you’re bored), e.Max or zirconia crowns, or porcelain implants (what’s the problem with medical grade titanium?). Some people possibly benefit from the removal of old silver fillings. Those people probably have a hypersensitivity to one of the ingredients in the fillings. Many include nickel... and 10% of women have a nickel hypersensitivity. Some people had shitty root canals done with insufficient obturation or missed canals (it’s always MB2) or developed a vertical root fracture. But I highly doubt the vast majority of people benefit from having all of their old work replaced, at great cost.
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There’s even more than you’d think. It was always the med school kids who were the pansies.
Well, that's what the damned root canals do. Doesn't leave many choices.
It's so sad that it's a "conspiracy" to heal your teeth. I've had success in the past healing a cavity, but if you say that to a dentist their brain will glitch.
My family has ectodermal dysplasia and very severe dental problems because of it. I've always had weak enamel and teeth that just break apart or rot out or get infected no matter what dentists advice I follow or how well. I eventually got so frustrated with painful teeth I started using only peroxide as a mouth wash and baking soda as toothpaste. The first year of my life I didn't have any cavities or problems so the dentist asked what I used. When I told him he immediately advised against it! Hahaha.
Ha ha ha ha thank you for sharing!
I had gone to a periodontist for a cleaning since my gum pockets were quite deep and on one tooth when he picked at it, I could feel the pick stick and it hurt quite a bit. He recommended seeing a regular dentist to have the cavity fixed. Frustrated, I came across the book "cure tooth decay" and started drinking raw milk, taking fermented cod liver, tried to eat chicken liver, stopped eating oatmeal, and practiced oil pulling. After 3 months I decided it was no way to live and went to a regular dentist to have the cavity filled. He said there was absolutely nothing wrong with the tooth (I could tell the tool wasn't sticking anymore and there was no longer any pain) and my gums were really healthy, no more deep pockets. So the soft spot that would have been drilled to put a filling in had actually hardened back up and the gums that were really close to needing surgery are now perfectly healthy.