OMG!!!!!!! This dentist has NO right to ignore your requests and concern regarding your daughter. You should get a refund from him for doing something that was contrary to what was asked, plus causing you extra pain and suffering in the process and now having to fork out for the job to be REDONE thanks to his deliberate gross negligence.

I would be absolutely furious. Well, the grandmother may think you're hyper over it, overreacting or whatever, as many of them do with people like us, but once again, matters not. You did not ask for an amalgam, you asked for composite and he's ridden roughshod over your requests and done his own thing.

I would actually make a complaint to the dental council/association if he does not give a refund. Whether they believe in mercury or not, is not the issue, you simply did not ask for amalgam, you asked for something you were not given and then charged for it. So the fact of the matter is, he owes you a refund. No question about it.

What an absolute b*stard. Whose supposed to be doing the service here? HE IS. Talk about taking over and taking control. He's the employee, the payer is the master. The customer is always right. I am so sick of some of these dentists doing this, I've heard it from others also. I feel like kicking their teeth down their throat and then charging them for the extraction.

Dawn, the next dentist your daughter goes to, should make a note about this. He/she should also be biologic and not use any amalgam in his practise. Don't go near anybody who does, because it's likely they'll only remove a bit and then cover it up with composite (not believing in the dangers of mercury).

The new dentist can give written proof that an amalgam was put in by a previous dentist and has had to be replaced and then paid for by the patient's Mother, because the other dentist ignored your requests. Definitely take some action on this. The dental council/association needs to know about it. It's like me going to a hairdresser and asking for a trim and getting a number 2 instead. It doesn't MATTER if the hairdresser says "well it's safe, you'll be ok". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/gunshot.gif" alt="" /> I mean for starters that would traumatise me (and anybody else who saw me), but again I got what I did not ask for, therefore you can get a refund or even more if there has been pain and suffering or inconvenience because of it.

Sorry, Im venting even more than you at the moment and it's not even my daughter. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shiftyeyes.gif" alt="" />