James
I had my mouth completely restored 2 years ago. I had 19 teeth with roots, the rest was bridges. Each tooth was crowned so the tops were all taken off, the amalgam underneath was removed, the root canals were redone with an inert substance. Then all new composite crowns and bridges were put on. I did this in less than a month.

My health has significantly improved. It started immediately and the many symptoms are still reducing. I would like to think I am half way back to really healthy.
I do use several alternative doctors who advise me as to what to detox with. I do use a bit of DMPS but the majority of my protocol is vitamins and herbs. I also use a small number of homeopathics. The main thing we are working on is removing the blockages that occure in the immune/lymphatic system as the mercury is excreted.By that I mean glands and organs such as liver, kidney,spleen,thymus,parotid gland,etc. I can still get a rotten herxheimer day but the severity is minimal compared to how I regularly felt prior to the dental work.
What I have recommended to other people is that they take a list of symptoms from one of the mercury poisoning sites like www.toxicmetals.info and rank themselves before and after on a scale of 1 to 10. At least this helps remind you if and how well you are detoxing.

There are many tricks to detoxing but I think you have to try each--one at a time-- to see what works for you.
Chelation(either IV or foot baths) , infrared sauna, SRT frequency machines are some examples. Each of us seem to have a different level of success with the chemicals like DMPS,DMSA, EDTA and the natural chelators like chlorella and cilantro. You have to try them yourself. And always start off with a minimum dose or minutes exposed.

Remember as Russ always says- Detox is a marathon not a sprint

Al