Re: please answer- what about amalgam stains under fillings??

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

>

> No one ever responds to this question --- i'm wondering whether it's

because

> no one knows, or because it isn't important.

>

I think it's because no one (who is reading right now) knows.

When my amalgams were removed I didn't get to see if there were

stains. Probably mine are the same as yours.

My dentist didn't do any chelating steps before placing the composite.

Andy might know more about it.

J

> Can someone please answer that, at least?

>

> don't want to be a bug, but I'm really concerned about this.

> thanks,

> NJ

>

> what about amalgam stains under

> fillings??

>

>

>

> Hi,

> I asked this question awhile back and didn't get a response. Please

if you

> know anything about this, or have experienced it, please let me know.

>

> I've noticed that in each of the quadrants where amalgam has been

removed,

> the teeth have dark staining underneath where the amalgams were --

not on

> the gums or anything but in the drilled-out part of the tooth. I see

this in

> the bathroom mirror after the amalgams are out, on a break while

they switch

> me out of the amalgam room.

>

> I know some of this comes out in the next session, with further

drilling for

> cavities, and he also uses a procedure where he puts some wadding in the

> teeth with some chelating agent on it, and uses a laser on it to draw it

> out. But I know, and he acknowledges, that there is staining left there

> which cannot be removed.

>

> I've asked my dentist about it , and he says that the stains, which

> seem to be rather deeply embedded in the tooth (after 30+ years!)

canleech

> material into the system and so he does the chelating step described

above.

>

> But there is just so much he can do, it seems, as there is still (what

> seems to me) some definite staining, which will be there under any

> restorations. He says that they can't really grind all the amalgam stain

> away, because the staining goes into the tooth and drilling it all would

> go into the pulp and kill the tooth. I seem to be stuck with it for

life.

>

> Have any of you all noticed this issue when your amalgams were removed ?

> Surely I can't be the only one. Has your chelating program gone well? It

> seems that most people who've had amalgams in this long would have

> encountered this happening, the discoloration. This office I go to

is very

> good, quite thorough, and openly anti-amalgam, so they must be doing

> everything they can short of removing half my teeth!

>

> Will this doom my efforts to chelate? Has anyone with this issue

chelated

> successfully?

>

> please tell,

> NJ

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I've noticed that in each of the quadrants where amalgam has been removed,

>the teeth have dark staining underneath where the amalgams were -- not on

>the gums or anything but in the drilled-out part of the tooth. I see this in

>the bathroom mirror after the amalgams are out, on a break while they switch

>me out of the amalgam room.

I have seen this before. Often it is black underneath old amalgams even after

being scraped clean. It is either metal residue, or it is clostridium bacteria

that has stained it. This bacteria stains the tooth black (even if it is not a

current infection), meaning you could have had a low grade infection there for

years and it stained it black over time, like a mould on your bathroom cement.

When you look at the ridge of a metal crown you can usually see a dark black

line surrounding an old crown. This is clostridium staining.

Dean

[Guest guest]

> I've noticed that in each of the quadrants where amalgam has been removed,

>the teeth have dark staining underneath where the amalgams were -- not on

>the gums or anything but in the drilled-out part of the tooth. I see this in

>the bathroom mirror after the amalgams are out, on a break while they switch

>me out of the amalgam room.

I have seen this before. Often it is black underneath old amalgams even after

being scraped clean. It is either metal residue, or it is clostridium bacteria

that has stained it. This bacteria stains the tooth black (even if it is not a

current infection), meaning you could have had a low grade infection there for

years and it stained it black over time, like a mould on your bathroom cement.

When you look at the ridge of a metal crown you can usually see a dark black

line surrounding an old crown. This is clostridium staining.

Dean

[Guest guest]

> I've noticed that in each of the quadrants where amalgam has been removed,

>the teeth have dark staining underneath where the amalgams were -- not on

>the gums or anything but in the drilled-out part of the tooth. I see this in

>the bathroom mirror after the amalgams are out, on a break while they switch

>me out of the amalgam room.

I have seen this before. Often it is black underneath old amalgams even after

being scraped clean. It is either metal residue, or it is clostridium bacteria

that has stained it. This bacteria stains the tooth black (even if it is not a

current infection), meaning you could have had a low grade infection there for

years and it stained it black over time, like a mould on your bathroom cement.

When you look at the ridge of a metal crown you can usually see a dark black

line surrounding an old crown. This is clostridium staining.

Dean

[Guest guest]

I do not believe " amalgam stains " remaining in your teeth after removing the

fillling are

significant once covered up by some alternative filling material.

Most people will have these, to remove them would require excessive removal of

sound

tooth.

I have never heard of this being a problem once the person had all the solid

amalgam

removed.

Andy

> Hi,

>

> No one ever responds to this question --- i'm wondering whether it's because

> no one knows, or because it isn't important.

>

> Can someone please answer that, at least?

>

> don't want to be a bug, but I'm really concerned about this.

> thanks,

> NJ

>

> what about amalgam stains under

> fillings??

>

>

>

> Hi,

> I asked this question awhile back and didn't get a response. Please if you

> know anything about this, or have experienced it, please let me know.

>

> I've noticed that in each of the quadrants where amalgam has been removed,

> the teeth have dark staining underneath where the amalgams were -- not on

> the gums or anything but in the drilled-out part of the tooth. I see this in

> the bathroom mirror after the amalgams are out, on a break while they switch

> me out of the amalgam room.

>

> I know some of this comes out in the next session, with further drilling for

> cavities, and he also uses a procedure where he puts some wadding in the

> teeth with some chelating agent on it, and uses a laser on it to draw it

> out. But I know, and he acknowledges, that there is staining left there

> which cannot be removed.

>

> I've asked my dentist about it , and he says that the stains, which

> seem to be rather deeply embedded in the tooth (after 30+ years!) canleech

> material into the system and so he does the chelating step described above.

>

> But there is just so much he can do, it seems, as there is still (what

> seems to me) some definite staining, which will be there under any

> restorations. He says that they can't really grind all the amalgam stain

> away, because the staining goes into the tooth and drilling it all would

> go into the pulp and kill the tooth. I seem to be stuck with it for life.

>

> Have any of you all noticed this issue when your amalgams were removed ?

> Surely I can't be the only one. Has your chelating program gone well? It

> seems that most people who've had amalgams in this long would have

> encountered this happening, the discoloration. This office I go to is very

> good, quite thorough, and openly anti-amalgam, so they must be doing

> everything they can short of removing half my teeth!

>

> Will this doom my efforts to chelate? Has anyone with this issue chelated

> successfully?

>

> please tell,

> NJ

>

>