Tracy,I am sorry you find my reply offensive,do you not think it's offensive to wrongly discredit someone on a matter you have most likely gotten wrong? You may not have started this thread but you chose to respond to it. Anyone else who has experience of Dr. El-Essawy's method KNOWS that he does not place permanent fillings straight after amalgam removal., this is why I questioned your post some time ago, I notice you did not really answer that .If anyone else who has been to him can refute this,I hope I am a big enough person to admit my mistake.You continue to influence people based on what I am concerned is false information which is why once again I feel impelled to respond.I have absolutely nothing to gain by sticking my neck out, in fact I don't like making myself unpopular on a forum where you obviously have a lot of friends,but I can handle that more than i can handle the perpetuation of what appears to be false information. Dr. El- Essawy has a protocol as do other people like the often refered to Andy Cutler,and he does NOT place permanents first off. Anyone who does not go along with this should NOT go to him.If you continue to uphold your position and it is erroneous, you do people out of the chance to make a properly informed choice. For people like me who are on the 2nd round of having my amalgams PROPERLY out I am already feeling the benefits. There aren't enough good dentists out there as it is. Maybe you just did not like Hesham, why not say that?Also, Tracy I would NEVER call you unintelligent and would not want to insult you,Lets not have a bun fight, but someones career is on the line here.