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    My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    So I got my first cavity I've ever had in my life. The dentist found a cavity in a recent teeth cleaning procedure, and rescheduled me for a cavity filling.

    So before the process I asked what was inside of the fillings. The dental assistant I was dealing with came back after a few minutes with a printout which was written by some hack dentist claiming that Bisphenol-A was totally safe, and that people who believed different were quacks. I'm not kidding. I explained to the dental assistant that Bisphenol-A was a form of estrogen and linked to the feminization epidemic throughout the country. I even told her it was banned in Canada and I think she seemed a bit shocked after I said that.

    I dunno if she believed me or thought I was crazy, so I asked if there were other options besides the ceramic/BPA type filing which was their default. She said the alternative was the old school mercury fillings. I asked if there was any other forms I could do. She said no. I asked her to double check with the dentist, so she reluctantly did so. She told me there was a 3rd option, which was a gold dental amalgam. I seem satisfied with that and said I would go with that, but they obviously don't have gold on hand since they told me only one person a year requests this.

    So I scheduled an appointment to get a fitting for my tooth so they can send it out to a lab and get my custom gold filling. The price tag was high, but I'd rather have that than the Bisphenol-A or the Mercury filling.

    Now I'm wondering, are there other options? Is the gold filling the right choice? I heard that gold isn't perfect either, but then what do I do?

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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Quote Originally Posted by Shami-Amourae View Post
    So I got my first cavity I've ever had in my life. The dentist found a cavity in a recent teeth cleaning procedure, and rescheduled me for a cavity filling.

    So before the process I asked what was inside of the fillings. The dental assistant I was dealing with came back after a few minutes with a printout which was written by some hack dentist claiming that Bisphenol-A was totally safe, and that people who believed different were quacks. I'm not kidding. I explained to the dental assistant that Bisphenol-A was a form of estrogen and linked to the feminization epidemic throughout the country. I even told her it was banned in Canada and I think she seemed a bit shocked after I said that.

    I dunno if she believed me or thought I was crazy, so I asked if there were other options besides the ceramic/BPA type filing which was their default. She said the alternative was the old school mercury fillings. I asked if there was any other forms I could do. She said no. I asked her to double check with the dentist, so she reluctantly did so. She told me there was a 3rd option, which was a gold dental amalgam. I seem satisfied with that and said I would go with that, but they obviously don't have gold on hand since they told me only one person a year requests this.

    So I scheduled an appointment to get a fitting for my tooth so they can send it out to a lab and get my custom gold filling. The price tag was high, but I'd rather have that than the Bisphenol-A or the Mercury filling.

    Now I'm wondering, are there other options? Is the gold filling the right choice? I heard that gold isn't perfect either, but then what do I do?
    Does gold amalgam also contain mercury?
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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    They said it didn't have mercury. I did ask that. Apparently I'm going to go in to get an impression of my tooth, and they will send that to a lab, which will custom mold the gold it to my tooth. I think this is the old school procedure from 100+ years ago.

    I'm really shocked only 1 person a year gets a Gold amalgam. They joking told me that it's more popular on the East Coast (Jews?).

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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    I'd like to see information stating gold is less then perfect for dental work.
    I have 4 gold crowns and swear by it.
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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Dollars will get you donuts that beneath each of those gold crowns the dentist placed a silver amalgam (aka mercury time bomb).
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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Well I honestly think it's kind of cool getting gold. I'm just worried it might be toxic in some way. I did read that if you have gold and mercury filings there's an electric reaction or something that makes the mercury leak even more than normal.

    I do heavy metal detox here and there anyways, I just want to know if it's safe/smart.

    Thanks for your input EE_.

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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Quote Originally Posted by palani View Post
    Dollars will get you donuts that beneath each of those gold crowns the dentist placed a silver amalgam (aka mercury time bomb).
    So the gold fillings still have mercury? Now I'm confused. Maybe I should try to talk to the dentist himself about it, since I only talked to the aides.

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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Found this:
    http://americasholisticdentist.com/1...lver-fillings/

    He says gold isn't safe either. I'm going to have to do some deep research into this to find a solution. Since of all the electrical signals moving through your body is supposedly messes up your brain he says.

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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    Super glue and duct tape.
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    Re: My Visit to the Dentist Today - About Cavity Fillings

    sounds like an inlay to me. gold is maleable. so it will be easier with chewing. it will wear with the opposing tooth. but it's also very conducive to temp. it might end up being pretty sensitive to extreme temps. watch out, though, they absolutely do mix it with other metals.

    the dentist i used to work for did about 10 - 15 of these a year. very easy. almost like a partial crown. same procedure. they'll clean out the decay. take an impression (hardest part for most patients). then most likely put a temporary filling in there. you'll come back 7-10 days for placement of the final filling.

    edit: found this "It is not completely pure but a mixture of gold, silver, platinum, copper, palladium, and zinc."

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