Hi Dawn, I had my amalgams removed nine years ago. I've had a terrible time. I've gone from one horrible stage to another. ONly at one point in my life was I beginning to see the light and then other things occured to break down my immune system. I developed a bacterial.viral infection that never left me and from there the mercury still in me caused more of a problem. Then had further exposure to mercury from simply walking into a dental office, then had wisdom teeth removed and developed cavitations and now am chronically ill and my father looks after me daily. One visit to a dental office can almost drive me insane with suffering after it. Even the so called "mercury free" offices. The fact they remove mercury int heir office, means the office is contaminated with vapor, regardless of how scrupulous they are with their removals. I cannot seem to make any headway.