I have a friend who works as a dental assistant. She tried very hard to get me to leave my amalgams in. Her dentist said that dentists who remove them were taking advantage of their patients. They even went on the internet and printed "information" about how safe amalgams are. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

In the end, I had them removed anyway and have never regretted the decision.