Hi there,

I think some people have found detoxing with amalgams in helps. Others can find it makes things worse. It maybe a risk. I'd wait personally until after the amalgams have been removed. Best move is to simply concentrate on preparing and supporting your body with diet/supplement support. Some forms of detox maybe ok, but I'd be careful with chelators.

Using ALA at this stage regardless would be unwise. The blood levels of mercury are still high and takes months following the last amalgam removal to reduce enough to be safer using a brain chelator like ALA. Otherwise, it will risk taking more mercury from the blood/body up into the brain. This will increase your levels of brain mercury.

Glutathione, methionine and whey protein maybe very much up to the individual tolerance. Each can mobilise metals, so be careful. I'd use with caution personally, or not at all.

Just a word of advice. If you are going to get any teeth extracted? make sure you get a local anaesthetic that does not contain a vasoconstrictor. Vasoconstrictors are used to increase numbing and the time the area is numb and restrict blood flow to the area. This actually can hinder healing because of blocking proper blood flow for that amount of time and is apparently a possible (probable) cause or contributing factor of cavitation formation (holes in the jawbone). Potent bacteria can then fill in the area and be a continual supply of toxicity.

I reacted badly to local anaesthetics and I think the vasoconstrictor containing ones may have been the problem. Far from being effective for numbing (for me), I found that my body responded so badly that all I felt was adrenaline rushing and heart racing. Because of that, my body was not responding properly to the numbing, because the dentist had to keep using more and more.

The next time I had dental work done, I asked for a NON vasoconstrictor local anaesthetic and the area numbed fine and I dont' recall having the same horrible reaction.

another major cause of cavitations is when the dentist takes out the tooth, but does not remove the periodontal ligament that is left behind. The ligament is then left to decay in the area, which prevents proper bone healing and again, leaves a space for this potent/toxic bacteria. So it is wise to have all these things done by a biologic dentist who is aware of such things and to request non vaso constrictor anaesthetic and ask that the periodontal ligament be removed. I don't know why dentists leave it behind, but most of them do.

Hal Huggins actually said that such toxicity from cavitations can make people sicker than amalgam. That's how severe it can be if the body is unable to keep the bacteria in place and it becomes systemtic.

I got alot sicker in 2004 after dental work was done (extractions). Coincidence? Hard to say, but I've never come right. Cavitations are not easy to diagnose and apparently not always easy to treat because they can return if healing is insufficient. They have to be surgically treated.