Anyone replaced mercury fillings? My dentist refused!

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I rang my dental surgery today to enquire the price of removal of my mercury fillings. I have six in total and was thinking I would do two at a time but apparently unless the fillings are decayed underneath then they won't do it! I looked into this for health reasons as I have a Candida overgrowth and removing any mercury fillings is advised so I've read. So has anyone managed to get this done? How many do you have and how much per tooth roughly?

Many dentists won't do it without a clinical need because there's always a risk with drilling out the old mercury filling which is far greater than leaving it in situ.

YABU for buying into the nonsense that is ‘Candida overgrowth’.

Clap. Trap.

who advised you you have cadida overgrowth and to have them removed. a snake oil sales person naturopath?

the fillings are pretty safe and unless they need doing just leave them. removing them would mean cleaning the tooth, removing more (healthy) tooth material and possibly damaging it.

Interesting. I have a few amalgam fillings and dentists have asked several times to remove them. I really don’t want any more messing about in the mouth than necessary and TBH have avoided the dentist for a while —longer than I should— because of this. Have they all calmed down about it now then?

It's all down to cost, I reckon. Privately there'd be no probs. Just my thoughts...

Many years ago, when I first moved here from overseas, I registered with a NHS dentist and told him that I'd love to smile again. At that time he drilled out all the metal and replaced with the white stuff, for free..

Would that happen now? Nahhhh..

I asked about having ,one replaced with white fillings, and my dentist refused as it causes further damage to healthy tooth. She also won't give me new white fillings if I should need them as white wears differently to amalgam.

Was just talking to a friend and apparently she's had two removed and knows others who have. Different part of the country but my dentist was not interested.
No not clap trap unfortunately I wish it was! I was told I had severe Candida overgrowth by a gastroenterologist at the local hospital after a endoscopy procedure and am currently following a plan by a 'normal doctor '!!

I had three replaced about 15 years ago but private not NHS. They are in adjoining teeth and the largest one needed replacing for the second time due to breakage. Can't remeber how much it cost, I do remember them saying I could only have it done if I was absolutely certain I wasn't pregnant, so there clearly is some risk with removal.

I have mouth full of amalgam fillings (plus quite a few white ones): I have no microbio imbalance. Instead, I'm extremely robust. Maybe just lucky.

Problem is that to replace a filing, they have to remove some healthy tooth. I have so little natural tooth left, I can't countenance any unnecessary removal.

I found a Link that claims the white fillings are just as candida-promoting as the amalgam, if that makes you feel better.

The mercury in amalgam fillings is only active when placing the filling and when taking it out. Therefore unless there is a clinically need they do not like to take them out. Although I do wonder if you want a cosmetic dentist they may do it for cosmetic purposes to your discretion knowing the risks.

Is your dentist Private or NHS?

If NHS you may need to find a private one.

My dentist is private, I didn't know there was a risk to removing the mercury fillings? I will need to enquire a bit more about it and of course to see if anyone actually does it in my area. I don't relish the thoughts of having it done but apparently could be one of the reasons for overgrowth.

My NHS dentist is gradually replacing mine but I have to pay for the white filling. My filings are all very old, will need replacing so I thought I'd replace them at the same time. Am so glad I have as it makes such a difference to the 'look' of my mouth!

I had two replaced at the recommendation of my dentist. I had the money at the time and thought it's better getting them replaced now as opposed to when I'm old and it's a longer recovery.

I asked my dentist about this years ago. He said you would be likely to ingest more mercury during the removel process than you would by leaving them in place.

Mine were all removed. I had cracked two teeth in two years I'll never eat raw almonds or peanut brittle again both ended up with crowns so those amalgam fillings were removed first.
Then the dentist removed the rest and replaced with white fillings over 2 years, 1/4 of my mouth at a time. Mine were very old, and the dentist had said they needed doing, I had some crack appearing in other molars. I had excellent insurance at the time and was living abroad. Brilliant dentist, best I'd ever had, he died and his partner finished the last lot he was just as good. Now back in UK and have a private dentist here and don't get anywhere near the care I got, and pay a lot more for it.

I had all my mercuries removed years ago for health reasons. I went private to have it done. However, years later I found out that removing them can expose you to a lot of mercury and thus the only safe way of doing them is via specialist procedure using rubber dams to stop you ingesting the mercury bits and vapour. Only a few dentists do this and they are called biological dentists, so you have to google that to find one. For some ppl the mercury is a problem; it is a known toxin and does leak out of fillings.

Dentists won’t want to replace a viable filling without decay beneath because every time you replace it you lose some of the tooth in the process. So from that perspective you want to keep fillings in place a song as you can to prolonge the life of the tooth.

What you would need to persuade a decent dentist is that the clinical benefits to you in swapping them outweighs the risks. And I guess that would in part depend on how sound and proveable the Candida/mercury link is.

You have to go to holistic dentist. It’s quite dangerous to have mercury taken out. The dentist are all gowned up, special vacuum to dispose of mercury. You have a rubber dam, mask on your face. It’s all done very carefully.

Google holistic dentist, DP paid £80 per tooth.

There is a divide in countries that prefer amalgam and those tgT prefer white fillings. White fillings might be prettier and less scary sounding but shrink so are more likely to fall out.

My aunt had hers removed a few years ago. She became so unwell over a 2 year period that she was virtually housebound and could hardly walk. It was the Mercury. She made a full recovery (eventually) but having seen first hand how vicious it can be, I would t go taking any risks.

You'll have to get them done privately I'm afraid and by a dentist who specializes in mercury removal. It cost an absolute fortune so be prepared. Amalgam is terrible for your health. I can't believe dentists are still allowed to use that poison.

I've had all of mine replaced over the last 20 years. I'm abroad and have dental insurance and it's cost me maybe £40 per tooth. No resulting health issues or problems. They did use a dam - can't remember much else. They were very old fillings and due for replacing anyway.

Removing amalgam fillings produces a mercury vapour which hangs around
We don’t want to breathe it in Thankyou and nor do the rest of that days Patients
Mercury is poisonous- they don’t do those fillings in pregnant women or kids anymore either for that reason

And so they won’t remove fillings unless it’s clinically necessary

Anyway the mercury is safely contained inside the mixture of metals within the filling ( once it’s set/Undisturbed)

very unlikely to affect your physical health at all

I had 7 fillings replaced about 12 years ago when diagnosed with MS. Dentist was happy and commented last week at a check up that all my teeth were excellent. The MS is very mild with few symptoms, maybe this helped.