Hi Nina, I would suggest a second opinion. Even from a mainstream dentist, they can still respect your feelings on amalgam, especially a really nice/honest one and they are out there! They will still check for leftover amalgam and make sure he/she is very thorough.

This is what you should definitely do in my opinion. A second opinion, a second pair of eyes and expertise to check that there is absolutely NO amalgam sitting in there. Did you get a panoramic xray? This is a MUST, as well as thorough oral examination. The two go hand in hand, the dentist is not perfect and should be doing all he/she can to check everything out from all angles.

The holistic dentist maybe right, but I am not so sure. if he is, then you most definitely need to chelate because the mercury from the past has no doubt remained bound up and is continually poisoning you. Believe me the body can hang onto mercury like a limpid and keep you seriously poisoned.

Especially if you are already in a weakened state. I would continue taking the homeopathic stuff, get the second opinion and see what comes out of this.

You can tell the mainstream dentist that you are very ill and have been very sensitive to metals (mercury) and would like to know if there is ANY remaining amalgam leftover. Mainstream dentists understand that there are allergic people, so even if they are in some denial about amalgam toxicity, they usually admit to sensitive people having issues. And sometimes one will find what another has missed. Happens often.

I would get yourself onto high dose basic antioxidants without burning your wallet out. Vitamin C, vitamin E and selenum (any additional can help like zinc, milk thistle, magnesium etc). because if you are poisoned and you sure sound like you are, it uses up so much antioxidants/glutathione (do not take direct glutathione it can cause problems in mercury, you work by taking stuff to boost glutathione instead like antioxidants I mentioned). Undenatured whey powder can help, but take cautiously and watch for reactions if you do try it out. Things can stir mercury up and make you feel worse. Even antioxidants can do a bit of that because they help increase your body's ability to try and eliminate some toxins/ metals. They do not directly chelate metals, but indirectly encourage some toxic release by boosting the body's own antioxidant power/ glutathione.

However, it generally not enough unless the person is only mildly poisoned. Proper chelation is necessary. If you feel the homeopathy way is the way to go, if it helps you, that's great. If you want to try Andy Cutler's method? which I recommend HIGHLY, there are people here using it who can tell you what's happening with them and how best to start.

It is certainly possible you have no more oral mercury, but are poisoned up to your eyeballs from years of having it. There are people like us who get very sick from amalgams, because many people's body is not adept at excreting mercury too well and can tend to retain it and allow it to accummulate and remain tightly bound/stored in the tissues/organs and brain.

The body will definitely try to push out some of it, after the amalgams are completely removed and/or it is boosted and set off by chelation of some kind. But it needs a lot of help and needs something to grab onto this stuff and escort it out.

Candida diet with proteins and healthy fats does help. It can aid some natural detoxification and help healing and can give you further strength to handle the mercury. IN fact, some people on a candida forum who have mercury have admitted that they are improving from the diet alone....some are opting to do both diet and chelation (which I feel is the best way to go). I would not do one without the other.