Hi, I had 8 amalgams altogether. I had the top 4 removed in 1994 by a mainstream dentist with no protection (2 at each session). Then I had one bottom removed by another dentist (but he didn't like using anaesthetic much, so I found the experience quite painful, never went back). Took a break and then at age 24, had the last bottom 3 removed by a biologic dentist (whose assistant failed to use suction and I swallowed the removed mercury that was still sitting in my mouth, even though I had a rubber dam on). So yeah it was all pretty disastrous when I look back. The initial removals were done with no protection (only suction). The last removal that WAS done with protection, I swallowed the amalgam anyway. Great stuff eh?

i have heard that they are apparently not supposed to put more than 4 amalgams into anybody's mouth, because of the exposure to mercury (as low as they tell us it is). Apparently we're not supposed to be exposed over a certain limit. (even for those who believe amalgams are pretty safe).

So if this is so, one wonders why they are not abiding by even that rule? ... how, if this is true, have they gotten away with putting up to 16 amalgams into a person? We've seen amounts like that on this very forum. I find that totally digusting.

When will these people be taken down? Or will they just, over long periods of time, gradually and secretly phase out the use of amalgam without alerting anybody, so nobody is any the wiser...hoping to cover their own tracks. See right now, they're making no admissions at all because they cannot afford to and are keeping amalgam very much alive in most dental practises to make out that there is no evidence it's hurting people...

However, as more and more testing is becoming available and the future it will be even MORE clear as to how much damage this stuff is really doing as the testing becomes even more advanced, you can see the motivation that would be behind the gradual and secretive phasing out of this diabolic material that they KNOW is hurting people.

Certainly there will always be covering of tracks, ongoing denials, and excuses no matter what they're faced with.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> I'll get off my soap box for now...