Not all dentists use the same protocol..there are many protocols around. A rubber dam is not vital because there are other options which are far BETTER than a rubber dam. With a rubber dam particles of amalgam can get underneath it and then be swallowed by the patient. As long as the patient's teeth are isolated from their throat and an alternative air supply is used (which Hesham does, I might add), the patient is safe from particles being swallowed or inhaled. Conscious sedation is used to make this more comfortable for the patient.

Both Hesham El-Essawy and David Harvie-Austin are brilliant dentists. Each using their own method. As people will know on here, I've stated before that the best dentist in the UK is Hesham, but if I had to choose another, it would be David. I have known many people to fully recover after being treated by both dentists, but only by following what they have been told by them to the letter.

Detoxing is the most important part of the whole procedure. One cannot fully recover without a full detox after removal. This can take months or even years. Most people who do not see a great difference in their health in a few months feel their dentist has let them down and so call him/her a bad dentist. But it's usually because they have either stopped, or cut down on their detoxing. Pam Clayton, who also runs a Helpline in the UK for amalgam poisoning sufferers used a different dentist entirely as she does not live in London where they have their practices. Although he didn't do any tests before, during or after removal of her fillings, he was mercury-free, and it took her 3 years to detox the mercury from her body.

Because Pam's dentist did not use a mercury vapour analyser and temporary fillings were not put in situ first, it was found that she had some pieces of amalgam still in her teeth, under her new permanent fillings and of course, this affected her health once again. After being well for 3 years she began to get ill again. When a mercury vapour analyser is used during removal this makes sure that all the mercury has been removed but just in case a minute particle or vapour has been left in, temporary fillings are used. Once detoxing has been successful and the mercury reading is nil, you can be sure that all the mercury has gone and it is safe to have permanent fillings put in. It would be a very expensive procedure if permanent fillings were put in straight away only to find that you may have tiny pieces of amalgam which escaped the analyser's reading under some of your new filings and have to have them removed and replaced at a future date.

You cannot expect to get well again if you do not follow what the dentist wants to do fully.

Lyn Rennick
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