Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I got all my amalgams cavities removed. I didn't know root canals had amalgam also. Do root canals really have amalgams in them???? --- ronm1951 wrote: > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness > which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I got all my amalgams cavities removed. I didn't know root canals had amalgam also. Do root canals really have amalgams in them???? --- ronm1951 wrote: > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness > which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I got all my amalgams cavities removed. I didn't know root canals had amalgam also. Do root canals really have amalgams in them???? --- ronm1951 wrote: > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness > which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I have a little knowledge of this as I had a lot of trouble with a root canal, that eventually I had pulled. Most dentists use Gutta Percha for root canals which is rubber based. The only thing is, that a dentist I went to swore up and down that it contained no metals. There still are binders & fillers in it, among of which can be a metal. This dentist gave me the container of the gutta percha he used and when my holistic dentist researched the other ingredients in it he found it did contain metals, and a coloring agent which also can be a metal. Some dentists (as this was evidently was) seem to be ignorant of this, or they are just think we're stupid. Here are 2 links pertaining to gutta percha which sounds like what you have. http://www.dentalarticles.com/percha.html " The same bio-inertness property that made it suitable for marine cables also means it does not readily react within the human body, and consequently it is used for a variety of surgical devices and for dental applications including padding inside fillings or inside the root-canal during root canal therapy. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoprene V > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed years ago, but high mercury levels > and very symptomatic). Recently I had a root canal with a dentist > that does not use mercury at all. He used a material he described as > normally " biocomaptible " and I didnt take the conversation further. I think I remember the > dentist saying something about rubber, but am not sure. I would have > thought it is mostly metal that would produce such a spike in the > tinnitus, but that isn't based on anything I know. Ron > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I have a little knowledge of this as I had a lot of trouble with a root canal, that eventually I had pulled. Most dentists use Gutta Percha for root canals which is rubber based. The only thing is, that a dentist I went to swore up and down that it contained no metals. There still are binders & fillers in it, among of which can be a metal. This dentist gave me the container of the gutta percha he used and when my holistic dentist researched the other ingredients in it he found it did contain metals, and a coloring agent which also can be a metal. Some dentists (as this was evidently was) seem to be ignorant of this, or they are just think we're stupid. Here are 2 links pertaining to gutta percha which sounds like what you have. http://www.dentalarticles.com/percha.html " The same bio-inertness property that made it suitable for marine cables also means it does not readily react within the human body, and consequently it is used for a variety of surgical devices and for dental applications including padding inside fillings or inside the root-canal during root canal therapy. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoprene V > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed years ago, but high mercury levels > and very symptomatic). Recently I had a root canal with a dentist > that does not use mercury at all. He used a material he described as > normally " biocomaptible " and I didnt take the conversation further. I think I remember the > dentist saying something about rubber, but am not sure. I would have > thought it is mostly metal that would produce such a spike in the > tinnitus, but that isn't based on anything I know. Ron > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I have a little knowledge of this as I had a lot of trouble with a root canal, that eventually I had pulled. Most dentists use Gutta Percha for root canals which is rubber based. The only thing is, that a dentist I went to swore up and down that it contained no metals. There still are binders & fillers in it, among of which can be a metal. This dentist gave me the container of the gutta percha he used and when my holistic dentist researched the other ingredients in it he found it did contain metals, and a coloring agent which also can be a metal. Some dentists (as this was evidently was) seem to be ignorant of this, or they are just think we're stupid. Here are 2 links pertaining to gutta percha which sounds like what you have. http://www.dentalarticles.com/percha.html " The same bio-inertness property that made it suitable for marine cables also means it does not readily react within the human body, and consequently it is used for a variety of surgical devices and for dental applications including padding inside fillings or inside the root-canal during root canal therapy. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoprene V > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness which I wrote about here > a while back (amalgams removed years ago, but high mercury levels > and very symptomatic). Recently I had a root canal with a dentist > that does not use mercury at all. He used a material he described as > normally " biocomaptible " and I didnt take the conversation further. I think I remember the > dentist saying something about rubber, but am not sure. I would have > thought it is mostly metal that would produce such a spike in the > tinnitus, but that isn't based on anything I know. Ron > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 > > > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness which I wrote about here > > a while back (amalgams removed years ago, but high mercury levels > > and very symptomatic). Recently I had a root canal with a dentist > > that does not use mercury at all. He used a material he described > as > > normally " biocomaptible " and I didnt take the conversation further. > I think I remember the > > dentist saying something about rubber, but am not sure. I would > have > > thought it is mostly metal that would produce such a spike in the > > tinnitus, but that isn't based on anything I know. > Ron > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 > > > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness which I wrote about here > > a while back (amalgams removed years ago, but high mercury levels > > and very symptomatic). Recently I had a root canal with a dentist > > that does not use mercury at all. He used a material he described > as > > normally " biocomaptible " and I didnt take the conversation further. > I think I remember the > > dentist saying something about rubber, but am not sure. I would > have > > thought it is mostly metal that would produce such a spike in the > > tinnitus, but that isn't based on anything I know. > Ron > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 No Ron, my problem was with the root canal itself. It was infected, then retreated, and then developed a fistula. and when the dentist wanted to retreat again I just had it pulled by an oral surgeon. Think heavens I did for the infection was in my jaw bone, and was due to the root canal being cracked. It never would have healed. I think the dentist that originally put in the root canal did the cracking as he had a hard time finding one root, and really ramed around trying to find it, and he was a root canal specialist. I had been having problems with that tooth a long time. Of course that dentist denied that his root canal was the problem nor did it cause the fistula but guess what? The fistula went right to that CRACKED root. I will never go back to that dentist. V > Dear - THank you so much for your cogent reply. I have one > additional question for you: did you have on-going trouble with the > tooth that had to eventually be pulled specifically due to the Gutta- > Percha? Doesn't sound like it, but I thought I would check. Thanks > again. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 No Ron, my problem was with the root canal itself. It was infected, then retreated, and then developed a fistula. and when the dentist wanted to retreat again I just had it pulled by an oral surgeon. Think heavens I did for the infection was in my jaw bone, and was due to the root canal being cracked. It never would have healed. I think the dentist that originally put in the root canal did the cracking as he had a hard time finding one root, and really ramed around trying to find it, and he was a root canal specialist. I had been having problems with that tooth a long time. Of course that dentist denied that his root canal was the problem nor did it cause the fistula but guess what? The fistula went right to that CRACKED root. I will never go back to that dentist. V > Dear - THank you so much for your cogent reply. I have one > additional question for you: did you have on-going trouble with the > tooth that had to eventually be pulled specifically due to the Gutta- > Percha? Doesn't sound like it, but I thought I would check. Thanks > again. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 They can have amalgam in them, depends on the dentist. Some put it in the root tip when doing the root canal, sometimes there is some left in the tooth from the old filling and they put the final cap over it. Either way, the toxic effects of the root canal overshadow any amalgam left in the tooth. > > > Hi - I have severe mercury related illness > > which I wrote about here > > a while back (amalgams removed > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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