Hi Weety, I'm sorry for the very difficult position you're in. I'm trying to think what I would do under the same circumstance and it's very hard.

For starters, I have heard that Huggins himself? Or a dentist that works with him have been known to take ALL amalgams out in ONE sitting. Um....so obviously Huggins must think this is ok, so long as they're taken out in the correct order perhaps? I know that Essaway works with (i'm quite certain here) someone who uses EAV or Voll testing? Surely they can test the measurements of your fillings and get them removed in the correct order? Or at least someone near you may use EAV machine testing? It's quite common, but not so common with dentists using it themselves. Some do though.

Just so you can get that done before you go for the removal, whether you do all amalgams at once, or a few amalgams at a time, perhaps taking them out in order no matter how many are done in one sitting is still ok. that will be up to you. I think in your position, with the cost of travel etc, you haven't really got the luxury of easy choice here.

It seems so many of these biologic dentists have studied for years themselves and had much experience on seeing which methods appear to work for the majority of their patients and Essaway mentions this also. They are not going to hit the jackpot everytime either.

personally for me? I would take the ultra cautious approach and get them removed a section at a time, even if it takes a long time to get that done. I know this is not just annoying to the extreme, but highly expensive for you. But I think even with the most perfect approach to protection, it's a heck of a lot of amalgams to be removed in one session. If you had only 4 or 5, it might be a much easier decision. If you cannot do this? based on finance etc, then you may have to opt for the full removal. I do know that Essaway uses full protection and he also uses temporary replacement materials to allow apparently for any trapped mercury in the tubules of each tooth to escape. Which may take 6 months or a year (I cannot recall exactly how long). But after that, the person goes back to him and gets the permanent replacements put in. He believes that this allows for a much more thorough detox.

I don't think any of us can tell you exactly which is the best way to go, because we are all different and respond differently to different amalgam removal protocols. Which one exacty is best for most people? I wish I knew. I see so many people on here with different problems, it's too hard to predict.....

For starters, anybody you do go to is at least aware of mercury and will offer proper protection. I did not even do THAT. I had mine removed willy nilly by mainstream dentists for the most part, no protection, nothing! No sequential removal either. Probably a very bad move in hindsight. My last amalgam removal, I swallowed amalgam (great eh). So yeah, I made a botch up of everything and so did the people I went to. I think no matter how you do it, the excretion of stored mercury following amalgam removal is not easy. No detox is easy. Perhaps sequential ordered removal somehow makes that process better....I personally do not really understand it and what exact difference it actually makes.

The owner of the forum Russ Tanner, maybe able to comment on this too. He has recovered from amalgam poisoning and I do not know whether he had the proper order removal or not. You may want to ask him about that. He's done very well!