Guest guest Posted February 23, 2002 Report Share Posted February 23, 2002 If you get it filled, of course go the composite route, but don't go to just any dentist to have it done. I would never go to a dentist that does both mercury and compostie. I have done this in the past. Sure he would take my money and put the composite in, but he really didn't know how to insert them correctly. They fell out over the next few years. The dentist I go to now only does composite and said it is a harder procedure for the dentist than mercury. It takes a lot of experience to do it right. One cavity should be about $100.00, more or less depending on size. By the way, mercury is not only toxic, it is a poor filler. You will more then likely get more decay around these type of fillings as they change size with different temperatures of foods and fluids eaten and also shrink over time. Composites supposedly don't have this problem. The dentist also has to take more healthy tooth out to fit the mercury fillings. I know way more about this subject then I care too! Shari ----- Original Message ----- From: skroyer Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: Re: Intro > whether or not I should pay those high prices for Celtic sea salt, I keep a small amount of Celtic sea salt around, but for both convenience and cost, most of my daily use salt is RealSalt (that's the brand name). One reason I like it is that it specifically lists the iodine content (naturally occurring, it's not iodized) and it seems higher than most of the sea salt I've seen. It's 10% RDA per quarter teaspoon if I remember correctly. Oh and it's also much tastier than ordinary salt...not quite as tasty as the coarse celtic salt though. > what I should do about going to the dentist (I need to have 5 > fillings...I'll cost $70 for mercury or $3000 for the composite), I assume that you added one too many zeros on the price for the composite filling. If you did, and the price is only $300, definitely go with the composite...although you can probably find it cheaper with another dentist. If you didn't use one too many zeros, and they really tried to charge you $3,000 for a filling, get a different dentist immediately. Then check with your attorney general, dental board etc to see if you can get the crook's license to practice revoked. I just had a mercury filling removed because it had a hole in it, and I had it replaced with a composite filling. The entire visit cost less than $300. Seriously! Minneapolis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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