Yes I believe it does have the potential for toxicity. They say it's no problem because it's "bound up" but if this was so, why did I get so poisoned after swallowing some amalgam grains during amalgam removal? And why do they put a mouth guard on or use suction in an attempt to protect patients from swallowing particles during removal if it really wasn't a risk?

I heard that a girl died after swallowing her amalgam filling. I hate to even mention that on here, and apologise but I feel it's serious. It was either Hal Huggins who said this or someone else in this area. how true it is, I am unsure.

The girl may have been very young, and obviously this is very rare, but the potential for toxicity is obviously there and I know people who have swallowed bit of fillings that has come out (My Mother included)and didn't "seem" to notice much, but my Mother never feels well anyway.

The dentist placing yours was obviously very bad at the job and this should NOT have happened to you. Wow! You could well have gotten poisoned by this happening to you. I sure did when I swallowed only a few grains.

I had to use proper chelation to improve from that, I couldn't do it just by doing nothing. I needed something to pull it out of me.