A Vision for Revision

Yesterday I pulled out a chart of my teeth that a previous dentist had supplied me with. It showed what my teeth were like before the revision process started a year ago. It's a very detailed computer drawing, showing all of my fillings, root canals, and crowns. Wow, have things changed!

I've had 11 teeth worked on so far, and 8 more to go. All 11 teeth contained amalgam fillings. 9 of them now are shiny composites, the other two have had root canals, and both will eventually need to be removed. Those two are included in the 8 still needing work. The other 6 teeth are precious metal crowns with amalgam underneath, and 3 of these teeth are root canaled and will need to be extracted. Who would have thought so much can happen in such a small area of the body!

After going over this chart and seeing where my problems still exist, I think I have come up with a good plan for the next groupings of revisions, and it should take four phases. Hopefully my dentist will agree and we can get started as soon as possible so that I can have the bad RC (root canal) extracted right away. Two days ago I had an email second opinion done with the dentist from Minneapolis about the tooth in question, and he's willing to help me in any way he can if my dentist doesn't do what I feel I need done for my health. I'm really relieved to know I have him to fall back on. He also said he would talk to my dentist (since he knows him) about RC's to see if he can be of some help in that way. I'm trying to be patient and give him a few days to do that before I call my dentist and tell him I'm ready for my next revision, but I seem to be feeling a little worse each day and don't know how much longer I can put up with this.

In the process of talking to the dentist from Minneapolis, I learned of a new type of implant that can be done for fake permanent teeth that isn't as intrusive to the bone as titanium. It's a zirconium implant, much like porcelain. According to this file, the FDA may have approved it for the U.S. now, but I'm not exactly sure. The dentist encouraged me to go to Germany to have them implanted, though!

I have another list of websites available for your own research.

http://herballure.com/HotTopics/MyMercuryStory.html
http://herballure.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=UBB19
http://community.tri-cityherald.com/?q=node/526/12195#comment-12195
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=489
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=488
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=17498
http://curezone.com/dental/mercury_symptoms.asp
http://community.tri-cityherald.com/?q=node/526
http://www.iaomt.org/news/archive.asp?intReleaseID=240
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfVsUuhoFWY&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA&mode=related&search=
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2001/may2001_report_mercury_1.html
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-abstract.php?articleid=495
http://talkinternational.com/detoxification.html
http://www.kitchendoctor.com/articles/cilantro.html
http://www.positivehealth.com/article-view.php?articleid=503

Thanks to Sparky for these!