Hey Jolon,

I suppose the question is how much mercury remains in the pulp and for how long. I would presume that this would exit the body fairly rapidly through the blood stream and that any mercury hiding in dentinal tubules would be much more of a problem (as it could get stuck in the tubules which I beleive can be 3 miles long they are so microscopic).

Also does that mean that if you can a tooth extracted or a root canal undertaken that the pulp would be removed and with it the mercury?

Dr El-Essawy's information is extremely helpful. From what I can gather, if mercury does still reside in the pulp then this can be easily chelated once all mercury is removed from the teeth.

Ray