concerned about amalgam fillings Thanks I appreciate your input     Here is a good thread about fillings:  http://www.amalgam.org/#anchor551878 http://www.dentalwellness4u.com/freeservices/find_dentists.h tml http://www.iaomt.org/ http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=3691 It is best to use a specialist simply because they have the equipment to prevent you from ingesting and breathing the mercury vapors when the fillings are extracted.   I have been thinking about having another baby hopefully in the near future. I wanted to be begin my preparation by removing all silver amalgams from my mouth. Two weeks ago I had the first two removed. Now I'm reading information on the web about how dangeous the removal of these fillings can be, and how inportant it is to go to a "mercury free" dentist for this procedure. (which I didn't know exsisted until now)I feel that that the dentist wasn't very thorough, and I'm upset thinking I may have made myself more toxic. Is there anything I can do to assist my body in eliminating the mercury now? I know chelation may be something I may check out, but I was looking for something immediate that I can do right now ie. supplements? Its probably in my head but I feel like I'm "more air-headed" and my attention span is lacking Thanks I give my son Liver life to help support his liver. I was thinking maby it would be good to take some myself. I was reading online about a woman who had mercury poisoning after haveing work done on a "mercury filling". The hollistic doctor treating her had her taking all sorts of supplements in addition to chelation. Some of these included probiotics, essential fatty acids, and increasing antioxidants. Although I don't think I have "mercury poisoning" I thought maby I should take something to help my body with eliminating the mercury. I have read it can take 1 year to completely get the mercury out of my system from this one visit to the dentist. Any sugestions on detoxing? There are plenty of natural, safe, and cheap chelators out there, including Vitamin C, picolinate, cilantro, garlic, chitosan, and my favorite, liquid zeolite (not so cheap but worth it).  Zeolites are unique in that they trap only large particles like heavy metals and other harmful toxins and remove them while leaving behind needed minerals like magnesium and zinc.  The others that I listed are also effective, as are Epsom salt baths in which you soak for 15 minutes and then exfoliate.  Some of the more harsh chelators include DMPS, DMSA, and EDTA.  With these, it's best to do it under a doctor's supervision just to be safe.  No matter which route you choose, you should always supplement with lots of water, vitamins, and minerals to replace any that you lose as your body is undergoing the metabolic changes of chelation.  There are some great websites about things like chelating safely, body detoxification, bowel, kidney, and liver cleansing, etc.  If you are good at doing internet searches you should have no problem, just use the keywords "chelation" "detox" "mercury removal", etc on a site like Google, Yahoo!, or Ask.com.  Good luck! Mine all our comeing out and those teeth replaced with caps.
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