Recovering Your Health
Recovering your health is a process of detoxifying the mercury poisoning already accumulated in your body and choosing safer and healthier dental options in the future.
Step 1. Safe removal of mercury fillings |
Step 1
Safe Removal of Mercury Fillings
Choosing a Dentist
A great many people who contact DAMS have made the mistake of letting a “regular” dentist be the one to remove the amalgam fillings. Unsafe removal often results in a worsening of symptoms and maybe even the appearance of new symptoms and new disorders.
DAMS can provide you with its list of holistic dentists in your state or country.
DAMS can provide you with its list of holistic dentists in your state or country.
Why a “biological” dentist is needed in order to assure that the mercury amalgam filling removal be safe
A great many people who contact DAMS have made the mistake of letting a “regular” dentist be the one to remove the amalgam fillings. Unsafe removal often results in a worsening of symptoms and maybe even the appearance of new symptoms and new disorders. Don’t make that mistake! Think of hiring a lead abatement expert or an asbestos removal expert for your building. You don’t want to hire an incompetent contractor who will make a mess out of the job. With amalgam filling removal, a dentist is going to do a mercury material abatement and you don’t want that dentist to make a mercury vapor and amalgam particle mess in your mouth. DAMS can provide you with its list of holistic dentists in your state or country and we encourage to screen them further: where did they get their training that taught them about safe amalgam removal? There are three academies that train and educate the biological, holistic dentists: the IAOMT, the IABDM and the Holistic Dental Association. IAOMT has a new, improved protocol for teaches the newcomer dentists how to remove amalgam fillings safely enough; it is called the SMART and it offers a SMART certificate to those dentists that complete the training and obtain the needed equipment. The IABDM has a similar program that is calls the PROTECT PROTOCOL, and provides a certificate to those that complete their program.
Here are just some of the patient protections that need to be in place: a physical curtain, usually made out of nitrile, is used to provide barrier between the dentist and the tooth having the amalgam removed and the rest of the patient’s mouth and face.
A great many people who contact DAMS have made the mistake of letting a “regular” dentist be the one to remove the amalgam fillings. Unsafe removal often results in a worsening of symptoms and maybe even the appearance of new symptoms and new disorders. Don’t make that mistake! Think of hiring a lead abatement expert or an asbestos removal expert for your building. You don’t want to hire an incompetent contractor who will make a mess out of the job. With amalgam filling removal, a dentist is going to do a mercury material abatement and you don’t want that dentist to make a mercury vapor and amalgam particle mess in your mouth. DAMS can provide you with its list of holistic dentists in your state or country and we encourage to screen them further: where did they get their training that taught them about safe amalgam removal? There are three academies that train and educate the biological, holistic dentists: the IAOMT, the IABDM and the Holistic Dental Association. IAOMT has a new, improved protocol for teaches the newcomer dentists how to remove amalgam fillings safely enough; it is called the SMART and it offers a SMART certificate to those dentists that complete the training and obtain the needed equipment. The IABDM has a similar program that is calls the PROTECT PROTOCOL, and provides a certificate to those that complete their program.
Here are just some of the patient protections that need to be in place: a physical curtain, usually made out of nitrile, is used to provide barrier between the dentist and the tooth having the amalgam removed and the rest of the patient’s mouth and face.
- The tooth being worked on fits through a slit home in the “dam” curtain. This dam blocks the amalgam particle splatter that would otherwise spatter into the patient’s mouth. Another physical barrier that can be used is a product called Clean-up that fits around a tooth being worked on; it even has an aspirating arm that draws mercury vapor and fine amalgam particles away from the amalgam in the tooth being worked on.
- There should be a system to continuously remove mercury vapor from the aid: either an ion spray system or a high volume air vacuum system.
- Use goggles to cover the patient’s eyes and a disposal garment to be draped over the patient’s head hair and clothing.
- A clean air supply is provided for the patient to breather through a nasal canula.
- Patients are often provided with activated charcoal to drink before the amalgam removal is done in order to bind fine amalgam particles that have been inadvertently been swallowed.
The biological dentist is more likely to use adequate skill to place the new, white fillings properly, so that the new white fillings endures and the material is a good choice and doesn’t cause adverse side effects.
Step 2
Detoxification of the Mercury Poisoning Previously Accumulated in the Body
How does a patient detoxify mercury and recover health?
There are lengthy articles and entire books that address this question, so we will only make some quick comments and tips here. Good detoxification is done with an emphasis on going with slow, safe and gentle methods and does not push for a high-speed, quick success. The use of highly touted drugs like DMPS and DMSA, which dominated detox in the 1990s, are now usually bypassed in favor of more gentle, more natural products such as what are sold by Quicksilver Scientific (QS). A patient should a) prepare for a safe dental amalgam removal, b) have it done by a holistic, biological dentist, but do not expect your dentist to coach you along the process of detox because detox is not dental and falls outside of the practice of dentistry. c) allow a week or more for the body to adjust to the changes, and d) start one new product at a time and keep a health journal to evaluate how well the product of method is working out. e) dosage of detox products should be done done so as to “start low and go slow (increasing the dosage only gradually). f) If a dosage increase causes a problem, be prepared to back down to a lower manageable dose. g) A good detox program is individually tailored to the patient and so a “one size fits all” mentality is to be avoided. A detox program that worked well for your friend might not work well for you because you may have some genetic glitches or different other toxins that make your detox journey more difficult in some respects. f) First, look for products and methods that are safe and gentle and make sense to you and then find a practitioner to help take you there, not the other way around. Know where you are heading before you hop on the train or the bus. It might be better to have no practitioner or coach at all than to pick the wrong practitioner, one who does you more harm than good. g) Continue on the vitamins and minerals that you used to prepare for your safe amalgam removal. They are still very helpful. Some of these, like vitamin C and magnesium, should probably be take for the rest of your life.
Epsom Salts for Detoxification
Epsom salt baths and baths with epsom salts and baking soda continue to be helpful for ongoing detox. Saunas are also a fine aid to detox and work well for most patients; don’t over-do the heat levels or the time spent, and because and shower off the sweat so that you don’t let the toxins re-absorb back into your skin.
Detoxification with Enzymes
Ideally, the body can mobilize the mercury and other toxic metals at the cellular level and QS has products that help do that. Glutathione and the glutathione system of enzymes is used to grab onto the mercury atom, escort it out of the cells into the blood and carry it down to the liver. There are products that help to boost glutathione level, including nanosomal (tiny particle) sprays that spray somewhat like a liquid would spray, into the mouth and be absorbed well, starting in the mouth. There are products that help “push” the bile along through a stagnant liver and gall bladder, and get the bile through the gall bladder and into the small intestines . Once the bile, carrying its load of toxic metals, makes it into the small intestines, we need to have chlorella (a green algae) or some such binder to be there to bind up the mercury so as to prevent it from being re-absorbed back into the body through nerve endings and capillary blood vessels that are found in the intestinal walls. QS has a powerful binder product called IMD (intestinal metal detoxification) that supposedly serves as an ever better binder.
Detoxification by Improving Your Body's Digestive and Elimination Systems
Some patients are constipated and this problem is common. There are products such as certain herbs and even foods that can help normalize the bowel movements. Some patients need to improve liver or kidney function in order to get these organs to work well as your major organ of elimination. Silymarin, an extract of milk thistle seed, is most commonly used to help improve the function of these organs, and there are herbal blends that are also commonly used.
Fulvic acid and humic acid are natural organic substances from decayed plant matte. They are found in soil natural and they are excellent ingredients that are found in many detox products.
There are lengthy articles and entire books that address this question, so we will only make some quick comments and tips here. Good detoxification is done with an emphasis on going with slow, safe and gentle methods and does not push for a high-speed, quick success. The use of highly touted drugs like DMPS and DMSA, which dominated detox in the 1990s, are now usually bypassed in favor of more gentle, more natural products such as what are sold by Quicksilver Scientific (QS). A patient should a) prepare for a safe dental amalgam removal, b) have it done by a holistic, biological dentist, but do not expect your dentist to coach you along the process of detox because detox is not dental and falls outside of the practice of dentistry. c) allow a week or more for the body to adjust to the changes, and d) start one new product at a time and keep a health journal to evaluate how well the product of method is working out. e) dosage of detox products should be done done so as to “start low and go slow (increasing the dosage only gradually). f) If a dosage increase causes a problem, be prepared to back down to a lower manageable dose. g) A good detox program is individually tailored to the patient and so a “one size fits all” mentality is to be avoided. A detox program that worked well for your friend might not work well for you because you may have some genetic glitches or different other toxins that make your detox journey more difficult in some respects. f) First, look for products and methods that are safe and gentle and make sense to you and then find a practitioner to help take you there, not the other way around. Know where you are heading before you hop on the train or the bus. It might be better to have no practitioner or coach at all than to pick the wrong practitioner, one who does you more harm than good. g) Continue on the vitamins and minerals that you used to prepare for your safe amalgam removal. They are still very helpful. Some of these, like vitamin C and magnesium, should probably be take for the rest of your life.
Epsom Salts for Detoxification
Epsom salt baths and baths with epsom salts and baking soda continue to be helpful for ongoing detox. Saunas are also a fine aid to detox and work well for most patients; don’t over-do the heat levels or the time spent, and because and shower off the sweat so that you don’t let the toxins re-absorb back into your skin.
Detoxification with Enzymes
Ideally, the body can mobilize the mercury and other toxic metals at the cellular level and QS has products that help do that. Glutathione and the glutathione system of enzymes is used to grab onto the mercury atom, escort it out of the cells into the blood and carry it down to the liver. There are products that help to boost glutathione level, including nanosomal (tiny particle) sprays that spray somewhat like a liquid would spray, into the mouth and be absorbed well, starting in the mouth. There are products that help “push” the bile along through a stagnant liver and gall bladder, and get the bile through the gall bladder and into the small intestines . Once the bile, carrying its load of toxic metals, makes it into the small intestines, we need to have chlorella (a green algae) or some such binder to be there to bind up the mercury so as to prevent it from being re-absorbed back into the body through nerve endings and capillary blood vessels that are found in the intestinal walls. QS has a powerful binder product called IMD (intestinal metal detoxification) that supposedly serves as an ever better binder.
Detoxification by Improving Your Body's Digestive and Elimination Systems
Some patients are constipated and this problem is common. There are products such as certain herbs and even foods that can help normalize the bowel movements. Some patients need to improve liver or kidney function in order to get these organs to work well as your major organ of elimination. Silymarin, an extract of milk thistle seed, is most commonly used to help improve the function of these organs, and there are herbal blends that are also commonly used.
Fulvic acid and humic acid are natural organic substances from decayed plant matte. They are found in soil natural and they are excellent ingredients that are found in many detox products.
NBMI, is a good mercury chelator for detoxification
NBMI, a good mercury chelator Boyd Haley, the highly respected research chemist, has developed a great chelator product for removing mercury from the body. It was once successfully sold as a supplement but in 2010 the FDA, deciding that its was too successful and helpful to allow it to continue being sold, and forced his company to take the product through the drug approval process. When approved, it will be the only drug that has been approved drug use as a detoxifier for acute mercury poisoning. The product, called NBMI as its chemical name, and having the drug name Irminix, will be widely used in this toxic world we live in. We are convinced that it is far safer and more effective for mercury detox than DMPS, DMSA or EDTA are, as none of the latter are good chelators of mercury. (EDTA is a good chelator of lead).
To learn more about NBMI (Irminix) go to the company’s web site, www.EmeraMed.com. Read about early access, i.e. access to this product before FDA approval is given for general marketing.
NBMI, a good mercury chelator Boyd Haley, the highly respected research chemist, has developed a great chelator product for removing mercury from the body. It was once successfully sold as a supplement but in 2010 the FDA, deciding that its was too successful and helpful to allow it to continue being sold, and forced his company to take the product through the drug approval process. When approved, it will be the only drug that has been approved drug use as a detoxifier for acute mercury poisoning. The product, called NBMI as its chemical name, and having the drug name Irminix, will be widely used in this toxic world we live in. We are convinced that it is far safer and more effective for mercury detox than DMPS, DMSA or EDTA are, as none of the latter are good chelators of mercury. (EDTA is a good chelator of lead).
To learn more about NBMI (Irminix) go to the company’s web site, www.EmeraMed.com. Read about early access, i.e. access to this product before FDA approval is given for general marketing.
Step 3
Choosing Safer Dental Alternatives in the Future
What is the best white filling to use to replace the amalgam with, or for a new filling?
There is no consensus among holistic dentists as to what white filling material is best. Most of them have a short list of three or for filling material choices. They are such materials as Admira Fusion, made by VOCO, Kalore, Point 4, Filtek Z-350, and Holistore (safe but not a strong or durable material), made by DenMat. In choosing a material, holistic dentists these days are avoid a gold material choice because the body does not naturally have metallic body parts and metals tend to create electrical battery effects and produce currents. Such currents can have a disruptive effect on the brain and the nervous system. The newest material mentioned here is the Admira Fusion which is a new technology, as it has no plastic resin; therefore it cannot give off bisphenol A (BPA) which is an endocrine disruptor that is associated with estronic effects and may possibly increase the risk of breast cancer and other hormonally related cancer. Biological dentists seem to finding Admira Fusion to be durable, aesthetically pleasing and easy to work with.
To read more about safe dental procedure options check out our Problems & Solutions page!
Mailing Address:
1041 Grand Ave #317 St Paul MN 55105 651-644-4572 dams@usfamily.net www.amalgam.org DAMS is a 501(c)(3) federally tax exempt organization.
© DAMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
Disclaimer: Our focus is on educating the layperson, the layperson, and DAMS does not operate dental or medical clinics and DAMS does not provide dental or medical advice. For example, DAMS will not try to tell you why a tooth is hurting or what to do about that tooth; DAMS will not try to give you a dental treatment plan; only an actual dentist who examines you can do that. DAMS can only provide general educational information, and it is likely that a reader will need to consult a knowledgeable dentist or other practitioner to determine whether and how the discussion presented here should be applied to him or her.
Do you feel like suing somehow? We are often asked legal questions and may give some brief replies, but realize that we do not practice law and do not provide legal services, Persons seeking legal advice should consult a knowledgeable attorney. |
|