Dental filling replacement

[Sleeplessparki]

I have several very old Amalgam fillings on my teeth. Should I have them replaced? Any of you folks ever had or considered having this done? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. I've read there is a correlation between the mercury vapor these fillings release and Parkinson's.

[Hikoi]

If you already have pd what do you hope this will do and how will you measure success?

[Sleeplessparki in reply to Hikoi]

Thanks Hikoi, you are right more than likely a waste of money as I already have PD and not sure how I would measure success.

[DEAT]

I had all my amalgam fillings replaced when i was about 45 yrs - 48 yrs.

I was dx with PD when i was 61 yrs.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to DEAT]

Thanks Deat for responding. So I take it you don't feel there was any connection with your Dx and your amalgam fillings.

[DEAT in reply to Sleeplessparki]

I also picked grapes and worked at a vineyard in my early twenties. I was exposed to pesticides.

I dont know if the fillings played a part in my dx.

I felt my health improved 25% after removing the fillings (sinus, respiratory, nasal).

[Sleeplessparki in reply to DEAT]

I too worked around lawn fertilizer a lot when I was younger and that maybe the cause of my PD. I like to hear you felt 25% better after removing your fillings. I would take that.... would love to feel 25% better!!!!

[Ruffinglgo]

That is a huge expense. Due to extreme dry mouth and jaw problems I am having a lot of expensive dental work. No dental insurance. My yearly checkups used to be cavity free. I brush/floss regularly use a waterpik electric toothbrush.

[Sleeplessparki]

It is a huge expense that insurance won't cover. I thought it made sense to have them removed as they continue to pollute the body with mercury vapor.

[jujulini]

i cannot stress this enough - you have to find a biological dentist that will remove them properly! i had an amalgam filling replaced improperly (drilled out & without protection from mercury vapors). i started having neurological problems within a week (i was 43), and was eventually diagnosed with pd. i believe that alot of pd & ms cases are due to mercury. people of my generation were exposed to mercury via fillings and thermometers. i remember breaking them and playing with the mercury - we thought it was great fun. and then if we had a cut, we put mercurichrome on it! and not to mention vaccines..... there is alot of info online about mercury/amalgam fillings. toxicteeth.org is a good place to start. dont put off having them removed - every time you chew or brush your teeth, mercury is released.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to jujulini]

I have done some recent reading online and that is what prompted the post. I was interested in finding out what the community here had to say. I agree I'm 60 years old and I too remember the mercurichrome days. I hadn't heard about biological dentists however.... thanks for insight. Do you know of any in the Boston area? I will google it. Thanks jujulini

[jujulini in reply to Sleeplessparki]

no i dont. i am in buffalo ny, and we only have 2 dentists (that i know of) in our immediate area. but you shouldnt have any trouble finding a good dentist in boston.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to jujulini]

Ok best wishes to you

[JantheNana]

My husband who passed away in July,worked around pesticides for years as a nursery owner.He was dx with heavy metal poisioning before his PD diagnosis.He received chelation therapy to remove the metals from his body.He also had all his amalgam fillings replaced.However,I cannot say with any conviction that any of this helped.

He was dx with PD in 2009.and then with PSP in 2016.Died in 2017. It is really a hard decision for you I am sure.Wish I could report that there was a benefit-maybe there was since I don't know how the disease would have progressed if he had not taken those measures.

Wishing you the best! Janet

[Sleeplessparki in reply to JantheNana]

Janet, my sincerest condolences on the loss of your husband. Thank you for responding I appreciate the input.

[Hikoi in reply to JantheNana]

"I don't know how the disease would have progressed if he had not taken those measures". - i think that is very significant comment Janet because its hard to argue against. In such a situation what i look for are success stories - but then what is considered success. It certainly is different from person to person.

[jujulini]

it only makes sense if you have a toxic substance in your body, to have it removed. it has to be beneficial.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to jujulini]

I agree

[Jlloy5]

I did have all of my amalgam fillings replaced with composite, but it didn't seem to change anything.

[Sleeplessparki]

Did you go to biological dentist

[JohnPepper]

I had 8 amalgam fillings at the time of being diagnosed in 1992. I subsequently had them removed and I feel sure that they had a serious effect on my Pd. Since 2002 I have not needed to take any medication for my Pd and I have lived a normal life since then. Read my profile on the site and see what I have done to get to this position. Just in case you think I am selling something, I am not. It costs nothing (ZERO) to do fast walking.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to JohnPepper]

John, I'm a true believer in fast walking. I'm going to have them removed. Thank you for the response

[Hikoi in reply to Sleeplessparki]

It difficult when you believe something is a pollutant because you feel you have to do something about it and can feel guilty if you dont.

I have the impression you want to be convinced that you should do this sleepless. I hope it proves worth while for you. Personally I havent seen any proof that amalgam is connected to developing PD.

You have researched on line Sleepless but I wonder who wrote the articles? I aways check who the author is and what their motives could be, what they have to gain, why they would have written this. What proof do they have,

I had all my amalgam replaced, didnt stop me getting PD.

[Sleeplessparki in reply to Hikoi]

It just seems like a no brainer! These fillings are giving off mercury vapors that are doing some kind of harm to the body. I'm sure you had yours taken out because you believed you would be better off and I'm sure to some degree you are.

[Hikoi in reply to Sleeplessparki]

No I didnt have them removed because I thought I would be better off and I certainly dont notice any improvement in my health only an empty bank account.

[jujulini]

sleeplessparki- here is a link for how to remove amalgams safely - iaomt.org/safe-removal-amal...

[Sleeplessparki in reply to jujulini]

Thank you very much for sending the link.

[11_dentist]

Rubbish. Do leave them alone

In 50 years of practice I never saw any justification for replacing amalgam fillings

[arwenmark in reply to 11_dentist]

And do YOU have PD ? Who handled all that amalgam material you or your assistants? How is their health these days? Just curious.

[faridaro in reply to arwenmark]

My mother worked as a dentist for over 30 years and got a mercury poisoning from doing amalgam fillings (outside US). Curiously enough she remained quite healthy, never developed PD or any neurological disease and ended up dying from a pancreatic cancer at 74. Of course our genetic make ups are different, people detoxify at a different rate, so what is harmless for one person can kill another one.

[brian636]

yes you need to replace the fillings.

The mercury amalgam depresses the immune system.

Metal fillings create a battery in the oral cavity and the small electric current can interfere with nervous transmissions from the brain to the heart and other organs.

See smoking teeth=poison gas