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Posted 5/26/2013 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
My rheumy recommended that I get my mercury fillings removed, but my dentist said he didn't think it would help. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks so much.
Posted 5/26/2013 4:30 AM (GMT 0)
How many do you have? How old are they?

I've never had mercury fillings only gold fillings. Yes, I have a gold tooth. :D
No one sees it unless I open wide, it's in the back.

If your rheumy is blaming mercury fillings for your fibro and your dentist is not then I'd side with the dentist. The dentist knows more about fillings than a rheumy.
Posted 5/26/2013 6:25 AM (GMT 0)
I have two & they're very old. The rheumy doesn't think the mercury caused the fibro, but he thinks it adds to the problem of the toxin level in my body.
Posted 5/26/2013 9:32 AM (GMT 0)
I watched a Dr. Oz show on television a couple months ago that was about mercury fillings.

In the show it was stated that some dentists don't see an issue with mercury fillings and others do see an issue.

They mentioned the mercury can make people ill but removing them can release a lot of toxins into the body. That if you have a few, they said, leave them in. If you have a lot take them out.

If you'd like more information, you can google Dr. Oz and look at the episodes.
Posted 5/26/2013 5:29 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks. I'll try to find it.
Posted 5/27/2013 5:07 AM (GMT 0)
Mercury is toxic to the body. Over in Australia the best practise now is ceramic, no more ugly silver coloured fillings. It's better health wise anyway, abeit slightly more expensive, but I rather do that than risk mercury poisoning.
Posted 6/12/2013 1:22 AM (GMT 0)
Dentists tell you "there's no reason to believe that it would help" precisely because they risk going to jail if they tell you otherwise. It's not because there isn't any evidence that it might help, there is evidence. Mercury is a neurotoxin. It's been proven that people who have mercury fillings have a constant ingestation of mercury vapor/particles into the body from the fillings. I had around 15 of them when i had them all taken out at age 22. had fibro since i was 9, 24 now.
Posted 6/12/2013 1:29 AM (GMT 0)
My dentist said he would never put mercury fillings in anyone's mouth. He also says it's likely that in 10 or 20 years, they'll find something wrong with the new kind of fillings and ban those too (although he wasn't being very serious, he did see it as a possibility).
Posted 6/12/2013 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
I don't think most dentists use mercury fillings now. Back when I was a child, that's all they had to use. Now the white filling are being used and have been for about twenty plus years...at least all the dentists I've been to.

Sherrine
Posted 6/12/2013 1:59 AM (GMT 0)
Very interesting subject. I've wondered about this for a long time.

I have (had) a TON of mercury in my mouth. But interestingly, "only" the teeth filled with mercury, {all of my lower, molars} started to crumble a few years ago. So yes, my dentist removed the mercury.... right along with my molars !

Also in the last few years, my Fibro symptoms have decreased by 95%, and my IBS is now in complete remission. I would be quick to point out this connection > except, that my top molars still have some mercury fillings, albeit about 1/3 of what my bottoms did.

Hmmmm.....

One thing is for sure, mercury is not going to be good for our Fibro, even if it is not the direct cause....

Fish
Posted 6/12/2013 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I've never had mercury anywhere near my mouth, but I know that going to the dentist brings on flare-ups (probably from all the fluoride, because fluoride toothpaste does the same things to me but to a lesser extent, because it's used in less amounts when brushing my teeth than when I'm at the dentist).
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