Hello all, been using this site for a long time and have also felt the need for shared info on personal experiences with named dentists as this is a huge part of our recovery and it is so hard to knowwho to trust.Ive been to some bad dentists, some lying dentists and some ones who meant well but didn't have a clue. Hesham El-Essawy is the one I went to after my homeopathic dentist couldnt sort me out after being in severe pain for a year and managed to miss 3 abcesses that had gone into my jaw bone and sinuses, so, for me I could say Hesham saved my life as it certainly wasn't worth carrying on as I was. I would say he is an excellent oral surgeon and removed all my mercury without causing me any toxic effects as others have, nor did he pave over it as others had. Mercury truly is his obsession and that just may be his short coming as it took me an age to get him to take out some teeth that were just causing me too much misery, but in the end he did and he did a very good job of that, too.The teeth he didnt want to take out had been root canaled and he wanted to re -do them which I was reluctant to have done, partially because of what I know about root canals and just that I wanted to be pain free NOW, anyhow I agreed to it but I said at the time I was afraid of it being a waste of time and money .Well I went ahead with it and probably his root canals are very good as he does have some amazing machinery, lazer etc. but these teeth were past it, one had been originally done over 25 years ago and in the end I just wanted them out, anyhow he did not charge me for the job, only the anaesthetist, so I thought that was pretty decent.(This was after a month or so, too.)He does have an interesting procedure for removing mercury that means you have temporary fillings until you have detoxed, unfortunately these temps. do feel like your teeth are all stuck together but they arent meant to be there forever .His theory of why you only put temporaries in is elsewhere explained on this forum and it seems to make sense.I do know of other people who thought they had all their mercury out who ended up going to Hesham because they hadn't had it done thoroughly and he uses a merc. vapor meter to be sure, after all ,the stuff nearly killed him so he is completely sincere about wanting to REALLY get it out, he hates the stuff.As for his detox, I'm not sure that there is any one dentist who can do it all, I think people need another person who is really good at that side of things. I know someone who went to the Munro Hall clinic who says they absolutely saved her life and is totally transformed and loved her whole experience with them including their detox which other people here have criticiized. I guess I'm just saying that everyone can have a different experience with the same people because we all have different problems that need addressing so it stands to reason that there probably isnt any one person out there who is best for everybody.In my case if I thought I had a cavitation I would try and go to someone who specializes in those and since I have had my molars and front tooth removed I found the one person in this country who does zirconiumoxide implants as I wouldnt have metal in my mouth ever again. Sorry to ramble but I dont think Hesham deserves to be run down as I think he is completely sincere and highly skilled but just not the person who could help Tracy. Of course it would be great if we could just go to one person who could do it all, if anyone has had THAT experience I'd love to hear it.