what about amalgam stains under fillings??

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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