pregnant friend's amalgam cracked apart

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a friend in her first trimester had an amalgam filling break apart the other

day. her dentist put in some temporary material and said they had to wait a

couple months before doing any work. the dentist told her that the temporary

material would not last her entire pregnancy and that she has to get

whatever is left of the amalgam removed in a few months to put in a

permanent replacement.

any suggestions on what she should do? thanks, julie

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I really don't know. That's bad. I had my amalgam broken while I was

breastfeeding. My son got some terrible illness at that time with

symptoms of acrodynia. His blood test done 4 months after I stopped

breastfeeding still showed mercury and silver above norm. My son got

better when I stopped breastfeeding. I think that the broken amalgam

was leaking...Why does she need to wait for 2 months? I would take

it away now with maximum precautions, may be she needs to find a

mercury-free dentist who knows how to do it. But I don't know for

sure.

Margaret

--- In , " julie genser " <j_genser@h...>

wrote:

> a friend in her first trimester had an amalgam filling break apart

the other

> day. her dentist put in some temporary material and said they had

to wait a

> couple months before doing any work. the dentist told her that the

temporary

> material would not last her entire pregnancy and that she has to

get

> whatever is left of the amalgam removed in a few months to put in a

> permanent replacement.

>

> any suggestions on what she should do? thanks, julie

>

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Ugh. Gosh, I don't know what she should do exactly, but if it is not

causing any/much discomfort without the temp in place, then I would

just say skip having them drill away at it until after she has the

baby. BUt if it is causing pain, I wonder what is in the temp

material-- if it is not " toxic " then could she just get more temp put

on it when this one wears away? Keep putting on temp until after she

has the baby?

Otherwise, I would insist on having oxygen while drilling is done,

and then get a composite put in.

W