Amalgam Tattoos, was Re: hormone problems

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Val wrote:

>> I had a complete dental revision in 2003 at a huggins clinic.

Root

> > canals pulled etc etc. I don't know how I could still have any

> > amalgam in my mouth? They even caught amalgam left over from

> > another dentist who did a shoddy job on the first quadrant.

What is

> > an amalgam tatoo?

> >

>

> Amalgam Tattoos are grey staining on teeth from where amalgam used

to

> be.

---------Maybe it can be both, but I thought that amalgam tattoos

was grey areas you could see in your gums or other tissue, like

inside of cheeks, etc.? And that they contained small amounts of

amalgam, and can be surgically removed. I don't recall hearing the

staining on teeth being called this, but I could be wrong.----Jackie

--------You could also search archives for discussions on this,

and/or ask Dean on the Dental forum.-------Jackie

I too spent a fortune getting my amalgams removed by a Huggins

> dentist...didn't matter. They can only remove the actual amalgam

and

> unless they drill away tooth to remove the grey or pull them

all...if

> you have any grey staining from where they used to be...you have

> tattoos. I had to double check this with a light and dental

mirror.

>

> Not everyone does...if your amalgams were small...you might not. I

had

> a lot of rather large ones...and my Huggins dentist told me unless

I

> pulled those teeth out...the staining is there, nothing to do about

> it. It's from where the mercury migrated into the dentin tubules of

> the teeth. The could not remove it without drilling away what

little

> was left of the tooth. And I would lose those teeth.

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