Yeah, it's probably safe to say there is plenty of evidence that mercury causes plenty of detox reactions. Considering the fact that doctors do study it and track the detox reactions...

but, there isn't any evidence that chelation pulls mercury out from amalgams causing nightmarish symptoms. I don't know where people get that idea. there is plenty of evidence it simply isn't true. people with amalgams get chelated every day... for mercury.. for cadmium... for lead... and they all get better not worse from chelating.

in fact, I feel pretty good after chelating for about a year with 5 amalgams still in... maybe 6... i have to look in there and count.

That being said, I find it difficult to imagine that mercury residue under composites could cause major issues while chelating. Bacteria under mercury fillings with composites over them can be problematic however.

If you're using only an oral chelator liike dmsa, a big portion of it gets used up in your liver anyway, which will hold onto a lot of toxins. I'd venture it's quite doubtful much of it ever reaches the mercury in the amalgams in your mouth. There's a lot of argument about it of course.

and then, there;s the fact that the first few weeks of chelating may often do nothing or not much... and then all of a sudden stuff starts realeasing. It could be anything. You might want to get tested for lead for instance. Dmsa binds better to lead than mercury. A lot of people have problems with lead (or copper, aluminum, tin) and aren't aware of it. The blood tests are kind of expensive but worth it.

After 22 years your body would have eliminated much of the mercury on it's own. but you get a new breathful daily no matter what. over 40 tons of mercury (that's old data btw) are released into the environment every year by industry and fossil fuel power plants. They are building a new coal generated power plant in China every week so that's sure to give us all a health boost too.

Plan on some form of chelation forever I guess. I like cilantro in that respect.