Hi Bex,

I'm wondering if Dr. Schulze's Tooth and Gum Formula would possibly offer a little relief in your case? I haven't ever tried it myself before, but I have tried several of his other formulas with great success--they appear to be very powerful and potent herbal extracts. I actually wiped out a cold and cough that had been getting worse for three days by taking his Echinacea Plus, and Super Tonic together. After taking these formulas, the cold was gone in literally 4 hours. I took a dose every 2 hours, and could actually feel the effects after the first dose, but by the second dose, it was completely gone in the next two hours. I have also used his Kidney Cleanse and Prostate formulas with very good results. He also seems to be well spoken of on curezone.com from what I have been able to gather. I don't know if he would ship to NZ, but it may be worth a shot(?). It appears that you have already tried a lot of things, but I thought that I would give this to you anyway, just in case. His website is at the following address: http://www.800herbdoc.com/warning.asp

Be assured, I will definitely share any experiences of where I go from here. I think that I may attempt to take the plunge and go for the zirconium CERAC's (both crowns and fillings) if the biocompatibility test results are OK. I just want to avoid aluminum (even in the oxide form), but think that zirconium oxide may be a safer alternative. I believe that they often use zirconium in aritificial joints, etc. so I will have to ask my wife what results her patients have had with this material, and if there have been any complications in the healing process for these people (she is an RN in home care--it's just too bad that she doesn't accept a lot more of the facts about what is actually going on in her industry). I would think that having a large joint in the body would contribute a lot more of this material into the bloodstream than a few small teeth. Plus this way, if the CERAC's do not work well, I can let everyone on the forum know about it so that they can stay away from them in the future. However if I remember correctly, there was at least one person on this forum that used CERAC, and they seemed to be fine with them so far.

Jason