"Then the TMJ kicked in, I would wake up with bleeding gums and my teeth started to loosen. "

Huh, so there just might be a connection between TMJ/TMJD! Looking back, I now realize that my TMJ hell began somewhat soon after I got some new fillings... it was a testing and hellish time in my life, and I made the stupid choice to quit smoking for health reasons... a great idea normally, but with the fillings in not so good... why? Because I began chewing gum in an almost violent and frequent fashion to stave off the nicotene jones... and because Of the stress I was grinding my teeth in my sleep...
I'm pretty darn certain one fed the other.

This may be a bit extreme, but I really hope that the people who are responsible for this Mercury filling cover up pay the piper in some way or another, whether in an afterlife or in their next lives. The damage this stuff does is pervasive. Not married, but when I do and my wife gets pregnant, beforehand I am going to INSIST!!! that she have any fillings removed and be chelated.
Scary to think that some kids are born with this gunk allready in their bodies.