TODAY 8-17-05 I WENT TO A NEW DENTIST WHO IS A MERCURY FREE AND HOLISTIC DENTEST AND THIS IS WHAT I FOUND OUT. FIRST WE SAT DOWN AND HE EXPLAINED ABOUT THE CURRENT EUROPEAN AND UNITED STATES OPPINION ON THE EXCEPTABLE LEVEL OF MERCURY VAPOR TOXICITY LEVEL. EUROPE IS LOWER AT .01 AND THE UNITED STATES EXCEPTABLE LEVEL IS .05 USING A MERCURY VAPOR TESTER. HE DID MY EXAM AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EXAM HE TESTED THE ROOM AND SHOWED THE METER TO ME AND THERE WAS A 0.00 READING AND HE EXPLAINED THAT HE TAKES EXTREME PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP HE DENTAL OFFICE MERCURY FREE WITH SPEACIAL FILTRATION AND PROPER REMOVAL OF MERCURY FILLINGS. HE THEN EXPLANED THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE A READING IN MY MOUTH AND THAT THE READING SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LOW BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN CHEWING ANYTHING BUT MY LEVEL WAS AT 0.036 AND THE DENTIST SAID THAT WAS VERY HIGH AND THAT HE USUALLY GETS A READING LIKE THAT WITH PEOPLE WITH 12 AMALGAM FILLINGS OR CLOSE TO THAT. HE THEN HAD ME CHEW A PIECE OF GUM FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RECHECKED ME AND THE RESULT WAS 0.069 WITCH HE SAID WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AND THAT MY BODY CHEMISTRY WAS DEFINATELY REACTING TO THE FILLINGS AND RELEASING VERY HIGH LEVELS OF MERCURY VAPORS INTO MY BODY. THAT IS VERY BAD NEWS BUT IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT SINCE FINDING THIS FORUM AND ALL MY SYMPTOMS ARE REALLY BEING CAUSED BY MERCURY POSIONING AND THAT ONCE THE FILLINGS ARE REMOVED THAT I CAN START TO DETOX AND GOD WILLING START RECOVERING FROM MY SYMPTOMS. I AM REALLY GLAD I FOUND THIS DENTIST AND HE EVEN MENTIONED HIGGINS AND CUTLER WHILE WE WERE TALKING IN HIS OFFICE. I AM SCHEDULED TO GET THE ONLY TWO FILLINGS I HAVE LEFT REMOVED ON SEPT 12. I WILL KEEP EVERYONE POSTED ON MY PROGRESS AFTER REMOVAL. THANKS EVERYONE.