Well, given my circumstances it was hard to know which way to go...leave amalgams in? Or take them out? Frankly I got to a point of almost tearing my hair out. You hear so many reports on both that in the end you feel impotent of doing anything.

All of these things have risks and particularly because each person is so different from everybody else. But mercury, being what it is, is the most toxic substance known to man, second only to plutonium....I think that makes it a standout! Yeah I know, uranium and the rest. What else do you propose we do?

yes there are toxic components in all dental materials, I doubt they have found a way of avoiding this unless we can all grow enamel properly. And if someone is badly reactive to plastic, then yes they may not have much choice but to leave things alone and do what they can, as you have done.

It's exhausting I know, and nobody wants to go from the frying pan into the fire...

however, mercury is also a neurotoxin and accummulates and given the time back, I think I would still get the stuff removed. It was puffing up my body tissues and causing me to look permanently slightly bloated. Even with a healthy diet! I managed to improve greatly with diet, but the massive withdrawal and detox effect after amalgam removal was more than enough to show me how much this poison had done to me for many years, how much was stored up and the dreadful suffering it caused to try and eliminate it...

Metal taste, metal stench, and the lot. I blamed my alternative dental materials at first because of the tremendous reaction to the withdrawal from amalgam, but later realised what it really was! Patience and chelation proved further it was metals coming out. But what pain to go through!

My later relapse from infection is a hard one to explain. And may show that there was indeed damage done by long term mercury poisoning for all those years, or may show I was born that way. Certainly I have always had health issues from a kid and reacted horribly to braces on my teeth in my teens. Metal sensitive too!

So as you are highly plastic allergic? I am hyper metal allergic. I don't put all my bets on plastics either, just because I don't have oral reactions to the stuff.

I'm sorry that you cannot replace your amalgams, and obviously this is the best position for you right now and it seems you are doing very well under the circumstances. I wish they had a benign material for us all or we could easily grow back teeth. But it's not so easy.

I don't have the exact text on Cutler's position on chelating with amalgams, though I know it's been mentioned before. The forums that take on his advice are certainly not for it at all. I know people have been made worse by trying it though. But if someone feels better....then yeah I would do it myself if I had no other choice and if it helped. I think he advises against chelating with certain metals that can leach out, but stainless steel I think is "ok" if one wants to chelate.

I dont' blame you for passing on what works for you. We all do it. But I have already mentioned that licensed doctors/specialists can and have (and do) make mistakes and can make people worse or use a protocol they consider is the "ideal" but it may hurt people. You hear bitterness from those harmed by these people whom one should be able to trust implicitely. I am sure there are fantastic reports too.

They SHOULD be the wise bet for sure and Cutler could be a bit of light weight upstart? who has happened to stumble on a method that .... works. Anybody can ask people on here or frequent dose forum/adult metal chelation forum who use his advice what it's doing for them, and they'll get their answers. You can also find out why they resorted to it and didn't they seek out licensed professionals first? Because I sure did and look at what happened to me and i hear the same from others. Andy mentions this in his book also and he certainly has had more than his share of dealing with backfires.

he's not a licensed doctor, but he's done extensive study and has an impressive track record with little risk...and the results do indicate he maybe on to a very stable and effective protocol if we are to believe those on here. He's a specialist in this field due to his own work, he understands it and did the right thing by self experiementation before using it on anybody....I don't quite believe he's a yahoo in an ivory tower, though I've heard him described as such.

Nobody has to take his advice, he's not a doctor and makes that very clear. Nobody has to listen to adverse reactions either if they don't want to hear about it. It's a controversial area and even licensed experts can argue with eachother about it and reach different conclusions and protocols.

I'm more concerned about extreme backfires, even if the person is more qualified than cutler. I'm not saying they ALL do this, but I think we should consider the risks and not ignore them.

I feel perhaps there are those who have let down their colleagues and given them a bad name due to not being careful enough, taking unnecessarily risks etc. But certainly there are methods out there that are proving to be troublesome, even though experts may recommend them.