Sosick, glad you're here! Many of us are in dire straits too because of dentists and/or other things adding to it.

I think the forum owner Russ Tanner will be able to help you with some advice regarding law suits etc. He's more up on that kind of thing than I would be. I HOPE something can be done for you, because there is a lot of anger amongst people like us for what we have been put through by the dental profession, on top of actually financially almost crippling ourselves in the process.

For me to even remotely function, I have to be on a specific diet. Many on here are doing the same now. You may know about it, but it helps reduce the toxic load, reduces candida in the body and aids the immune system, and helps you handle whatever other issues are going on. May not be a cure, but it's all I have for now until I can find out what is REALLY going on. Mercury is only part of it for me, I have apparently got cavitations (jawbone infections), from having wisdom teeth removed. The dentist and oral surgeon used a vaso constrictor (which reduces blood flow) in the local anaesthetic, this in turn can cause cavitations because though the vaso constrictor acts to keep the numbing for longer, it can frustrate healing afterwards and it is crucial to have a good blood flow for healing to take place. So in reducing blood flow as much as it does, bad things can happen. It can also contribute to killing teeth so I hear. Not sure how true that is.

On top of this, most of them do not remove the periodontal ligament after they have extracted the tooth. That is what was holding the tooth in place. This ligament then gets left to sit there and rot. So in doing that, it can cause cavitations too because the bone is not able to heal over properly. They call this problem gangrene. Basically it is rot in the jaw and it does not always cause obvious symptoms like swelling or pain and the poor person can be totally unaware that there is a problem. Many people may have it, but their immunity maybe holding the bacteria in place. But it can become systemic and cause chronic illness.

So you see, a person can be crippled physically by some simple dental procedures and not even know it. They are also hard to detect and are often missed on xrays etc. So it's like working in the dark. Some people have had miraculous recoveries from having them surgically cleaned out, others have not. It's touch and go and expensive and devastating.

So it isn't just mercury that is ruining people, it's their other procedures as well that can impact a person, sometimes even worse than mercury!!!

Take care and maybe you might find the diet many of us are on may help you in the meantime. Not easy because you can go through a detox once you start it and get worse temporarily. But it maybe worth it.

Bex.