hi Jason, yep you're on the same road as I'm on. Frustrating and distressing. Thanks for your support and kindness by the way and prayers too. The more I search, the more questions there are too.

I got quite annoyed recenty when I emailed a doctor/dentist who is supposed to be well up on dental materials and all aspects of dentistry. And he's on a holistic dental page and people can ask him questions.

Well, I asked him what cerec and heliomolar were like as replacements and if they were ok with toxic/sensitive people. His reply was "Both are ok". So that was that.

Well, later I emailed him again to ask about some bonding agents and I repeated the cerec and heliomolar as well and this time he said "I have reservations about the heliomolar" and then he told me to go ask some other people on there.

I mean really you have to wonder if any of them really know what they are talking about. One minute he says it's ok, next minute he's saying it isn't.

I am still interested in cerec, but my concern is this. I have periodontal gum disease (which apparnetly as common) and imagine if I end up spending thousands to get cerec put in and my gum disease worsens and is unable to be controlled and I end up losing my teeth ..... Because unless I do everthing perfectly, I have a chance at some point of "possibly" losing my teeth if the disease progresses (it's also genetic in my case, family members lost their teeth from gum disease too).

So I'm honestly at a loss as to what to do. I'm so tired of the mass contradictions and just when you think you're onto something and you start relaxing, something else pops up.

So really, I have no idea now what I'm going to do. I'm also concerned about further tooth drilling, as the trauma from this can end up deadening teeth if it's done too often. I have had some materials removed more than once already in the past.

And in your case? The gold and amalgam? Trust me, literally ANYTHING would be better than that. That's probably one of the worst case senarios, so I'm sure whatever you get would be an improvement. Though of course, even then, you want to make sure you get the least offensive material for you personally.

Yes, considering so many cerecs are replaced all the time, if they were not good, I'm certain there would be very available bad press about them, considering they are so popular and so used and the internet is vast. But I do wonder if they are hyped much more than what they really are.

Thanks again for your prayers Jason, you deserve to get well, you've been a great help to me and others on here.

Take care and keep us posted.