Tooth pain with amalgam removal

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Hi. I'm new on this group, although I see many familiar names on

here I have searched but am not seeing a specific answer to my

problem.

About 6 weeks ago, I started the amaglam removal process. I had 3

replaced in one quadrant, with plans to finish the other two this

month. Since the first removal, I have had pain that moves from one

tooth to the next - all of the ones that were replaced are

affected. The dentist said he changed my bite with the

replacements - and I agree as the bottom teeth were hurting too and

they were not worked on. Over the weeks, he has made minute

adjustments trying to fix it. During this time, the pain has moved

forward from the back tooth, to the next, and then to the next. It

was manageable up until this last week. Now it's the kind of pain

that I can't live with. It is clearly something wrong in the gum

area as that is where the pain is if I drink anything. I have an

appt tomorrow and I suspect they are going to say " root canal " .

I have heard you cannot let an infection of the mouth go untreated

b/c the infection can migrate up to the brain. I do not know if

this is true, as I've never had to give thought to it until now, so

have never researched this. Does anyone have any thoughts, advice,

wisdom for me? My dentist is not a mercury free dentist, but he

does think amalgams are bad and was more than willing to replace

them; understanding the reason I want them out.

I honestly don't know what to do. I cannot get the rest of my

amalgams out right now b/c we ran out of money, so it's not a matter

of hurry up and do that, then chelate. I'm not going to be able to

chelate for awhile I'm sure.

Thank you for your input.

Wyndie

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I had a lot of tooth sensitivity and pain for the first month or so

after removal. It did calm down to where they were just really

sensitive to anything for the next few months. Finally about 5-6

months after removal they don't bother me anymore than they did

before removal. I also found that the nerves that received the

lidocaine injections were a bit pain prone for a while.

But sometimes if you had an amalgam removed that was really huge,

the tooth may not survive it. This will cause chronic pain. It does

not happen often but can happen. That is what they call abscess. It

that case they will tell you to root canal, but you should just pull

it. Yes, the bacteria from root canals is very toxic. Linked to

cancers and immune problems. An xray will show if any of the teeth

have abscessed. Though if they were smaller fillings, it may be some

other problem.

>

> Hi. I'm new on this group, although I see many familiar names on

> here I have searched but am not seeing a specific answer to my

> problem.

>

> About 6 weeks ago, I started the amaglam removal process. I had 3

> replaced in one quadrant, with plans to finish the other two this

> month. Since the first removal, I have had pain that moves from

one

> tooth to the next - all of the ones that were replaced are

> affected. The dentist said he changed my bite with the

> replacements - and I agree as the bottom teeth were hurting too

and

> they were not worked on. Over the weeks, he has made minute

> adjustments trying to fix it. During this time, the pain has

moved

> forward from the back tooth, to the next, and then to the next.

It

> was manageable up until this last week. Now it's the kind of pain

> that I can't live with. It is clearly something wrong in the gum

> area as that is where the pain is if I drink anything. I have an

> appt tomorrow and I suspect they are going to say " root canal " .

>

> I have heard you cannot let an infection of the mouth go untreated

> b/c