to sosick : I felt the same way before I had my amalgams removed , but now I am so glad that I did ,I had a large back right amagam that was huge ,when the dentist removed it ,he told me that it contained about 4 average filling worth of amalgam , I had 2 others done at the same time ,so alot of mercury came out on that dental visit ,I started to feel better with in a week of just those 3 removed ( go for it) i have had the last 6 removed at one time ,just to get it over with I spent about 5 hours in the chair for the last visit and well worth it I feel much better now and it was well woth it