Hi Gdawson,

Similar happened to me. But get this - I had a panoramic xray which didn't really show remaining amalgam. Even a biologic dentist did not spot anything amiss in that area.

However, when I had my plastic composites redone in cerec porcelain, I had to go to a mainstream dentist because this requires somebody very experienced. The guy I went to was actually a cerec instructor and I wasn't taking any chances with an expensive material like this by going to somebody perhaps less experienced. He was also a little less expensive. Plus, I was not having amalgam removal, so it wasn't quite as "necessary".

As he was removing my composites - he discovered a bit of remaining amalgam in either one or two teeth (I cannot recall). I was pretty angry because the previous dentists I'd gone to knew that I was getting amalgam removed for health, not for "looks". However, I must also remember that two of the dentists I had gone to for amalgam removal were not biologic. So that is a lesson. This cerec dentist told me that it is common for a dentist to leave amalgam behind because they do not like to drill too deep and often avoid doing so by leaving a little leftover.

I only found out by having composites removed. This cerec dentist drilled out that bit of amalgam for me. No protection of course, but what did I expect? However, thankfully it was only a small amount. Now did the bit of remaining amalgam/s have anything to do with the utter agony I went through with chelation? Or is that just expected with mercury detox anyway? I will never know. I never recovered from it anyway - I was still detoxing the stuff when I went down hill with the virus that has plagued me ever since. Plus I think cavitations from later extraction.

Mercury poisoning leaves a person in a far more vulnerable position. Just because a person may reach a point of "feeling" better, it is highly on the cards they are still very poisoned. As I believe in my case. Even Andy says that as a person chelates, they may reach a point of "feeling" well again. This is the point where people can make the mistake of quitting chelation too early. There comes a point where the chelation maybe KEEPING a person well, but there is still plenty of remaining mercury. It is wise to keep chelating for sometime after you feel well. E.g. 6 months or more to make sure that the improvements become permanent, not temporary. A number of people have mistaken feeling better for BEING well and have quit chelating, only to find themselves regressing again as the remaining stored mercury is still there and still slowly leaking out and causing problems.

I too have some greyish discolouration from my amalgam days. I can only hope the cerec dentist did his best.

Though even with the bit of remaining amalgam, there is no doubt that my body did go through the mercury dumping stage regardless. So enough amalgam must have been gone for my body to start trying to dump the storage. Or this would not have taken place. I also lost a some weight after last amalgam removal too (which was needed). I had a more streamlined appearance, rather than my typical slightly bloated/solid look, which I could never shift with amalgams. It shifted all by itself after the removals.

However, the little bit of amalgam remaining may well have hindered me somewhat both in healing and in my efforts to chelate - either way I cannot be sure. But I am soon to begin ALA chelation. But awaiting a better time, because my gut is in no condition to support chelation. I am struggling still after the probiotic usage. Further problems that ALA has created in my gut in the past would be making a difficult situation even worse.