Guest guest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 oh and the posts to the root canals were made of " noble metals " , whatever that means. my dentist thought they were fine. he replaced a post that was stainless steel though.. i'm still groggy............ ~robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Robin, I've just gone through this, too. My biocompatibility test is what the dentist used in selecting safer materials for me, right down to the glues used. There was only one option for me for crowns (and I don't remember the name), because my test results were very difficult to work with. I couldn't have porcelain ('diamond brite' or something like that would have worked) because I was highly reactive to metals or other materials required to fuse them down. Hopefully your dentist is selecting materials for you based on your own immune responses to them. Some people react to gold, but if I remember correctly, it doesn't have a strong affinity for the chelation agents we use. Joanne > > i just had 6 crowns replaced with porcelain, 4 more to go.. what we > found under the crowns was a little bit of amalgam and a lot of gold. > is gold reactive in the chelating process? should i be glad i got rid > of this stuff? and what about the glues they use for the temporary\ies > and the final crowns? it must be a probem, no? > > i read some s stuff on onibasu but it was unclear.. > > ~robin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Robin, I've just gone through this, too. My biocompatibility test is what the dentist used in selecting safer materials for me, right down to the glues used. There was only one option for me for crowns (and I don't remember the name), because my test results were very difficult to work with. I couldn't have porcelain ('diamond brite' or something like that would have worked) because I was highly reactive to metals or other materials required to fuse them down. Hopefully your dentist is selecting materials for you based on your own immune responses to them. Some people react to gold, but if I remember correctly, it doesn't have a strong affinity for the chelation agents we use. Joanne > > i just had 6 crowns replaced with porcelain, 4 more to go.. what we > found under the crowns was a little bit of amalgam and a lot of gold. > is gold reactive in the chelating process? should i be glad i got rid > of this stuff? and what about the glues they use for the temporary\ies > and the final crowns? it must be a probem, no? > > i read some s stuff on onibasu but it was unclear.. > > ~robin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yes, Dean, it appears I'm an extreme case. My dentist wound up talking with the company that does the testing to try to figure out the best approach -- I'd become hypersensitive to everything, so we simply had to make a call on what to do. I think the new material that's being used for my crowns has only been available for a year or so. Let's hope it works and holds out a good, long time. Joanne > > I couldn't have porcelain ('diamond brite' or something > > like that would have worked) because I was highly reactive to metals > > or other materials required to fuse them down. > > This would be Diamond Lite - a filling material > See metal free dentistry link here- > http://livingnetwork.co.za/dentalnetwork/ > > Diamond Crown is the crown material and it MUST be bonded with Diamond Bond. > > I have seen many biocompatibility charts from Clifford Labs and not once > have I seen a problem to Diamond products. > They are all metal-free, a rare even in dentistry. > > DeanSA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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