Hi Crunchie

I have only recently heard about the mercury vapour issue and teeth. I dont know enough about this to comment but Gareth didnt check this with me and placed permenant fillings in straight away. If you know more about this issue perhaps you could enlighten me.

He recommends using a product called seagreens for detox which i didnt take to. I chose to go my own way in the end and have sought help with this from another practitioner.

He also does a test on the first visit which can tell what electrical charge your tooth is giving of if i remember correctly. From this he can tell how much mercury your teeth are giving off. If it very small he will recommend not removing them. A friend of mine went to see him and he recommended against removal for her. I think thats why a hair test can also be useful. It might be better to get that done before you see him.

If he thinks the amalgam might be a problem is likely to suggest having a DMSA challenge test. There are problems with these tests as mentioned elsewhere so you will have to decide whether to go ahead with that.

You can also have a test to see wether you are allergic to mercury but that seemed unecessary to me as i had decided by then to have them removed.

Fillings are removed by a quadrant at a time. Upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right. He removes fillings only from one quadrant per visit. Apparently this has been shown as effective. I think he starts with the quadrant with the highest positive electrical charge first and works down, but you will have to clarify that. He uses all the relevant safeguards.

I did find him a little difficult to get hold of to talk to if something came up but did manage to keep in contact with perseverance