Fuggles.. that is what my "proffessional" bastard dentist did to me....
Full safety gear etc.... i caught him cheating on the removal off the whole filling, he was going to cover it up in new plastics... he left 1% amalgam where i caught him on the nr.2 tooth... and what i hid under the composites on the nr.1 tooth he drilled, i don't know....

However.. yes.... in my mind.... a broken alloy is more unstanble than a intact alloy...
My broken amalgam remainders tasted amalgam (ink, pencil taste) for months afterwards... worse than before....

But i have still not done anything to fix this... it's neutral today.... atleast taste...
So it may have stabilized....

However... i say... i you're well enough..... than extract that tooth that was "too hard" in his words, to clear out fully....

Extract it!... Drilling is dangerous! My experience.

How easy to recover... that is "no one shoe fits all"....
It takes time for most of us.... Time and patience loaded with hate for the old school dentist who installed that draconic amalgam in the first place while telling you that "hey... you got silver, now you're a rich kid, and a lucky one, ain't ya?!"....

Well....
Btw.. if you want statistics,, check out Hal Huggins on recovery percentage.... Cutler also btw...

I belive most people here, who give their best tries, get better.
However. for most people... atleast of us here, doing everything we can to recover... it is a continuing challange to tell the truth... atleast to get clean from mercury fast enough, and safely enough....

Heh...

Relax buddy... you will get well... most of us will!
:):):) Smile and have faith in your own living body's wisdom!

Nurish it right......... and it will fix it self.... atleast mostly.... given time....


Cheers..