Dental fillings, mercury, composite resin, ceramic, etc.

[bharminder]

Are amalgam tattoos dangerous?

I think I had a silver crown placed on my molar tooth when I was younger. Eventually it fell out when I was chewing gum and I didn't get it replaced. But....there seems to be a black circular stain about 1 mm in diameter right below the tooth that had the crown. I believe it's called an amalgam tattoos. Are these dangerous?

Are they just stains or actual metal/crown elements that are stored in the gum tissue as it is too toxic to excrete?



here is a sample picture of an amalgam tattoo:
http://milldental.com/millennium/procedures/images/uploaded/fillings_006.jpg

this is one i found off the internet, ...my amalgam tattoo is smaller in diameter and adjacent to my molar tooth on the bottom part of my mouth. I am wondering if toxic elements are slowly being released from that spot, or if it is a storehouse of metal, etc

[raw-al]

I am certainly not an expert on things dental but this looks more like some kind of underlying infection.

[Brother]

My woman's a dentist, so I asked her: Her answer was that all fillings are bad and comes with possible complications ranging from unpleasant to life threatening. That fluoride is a horrible poison, but....the damage done by the unfathomable sugar consumption of our times makes it their only line of defense against heavy tooth decay. According to her, 100% of all independant dentists would rather not have to use any of it. But since people wont listen, and they want good looking teeth at the same time. Poison time!

*)it should be noted that the reason they fear tooth decay and caries so much is because it is very, VERY dangerous. More and more studies they do show a direct link between bad mouth hygeine/problems and heart, artery...I mean all kinds of potentially fatal problems. So they are very scared of it now. Its not the bad breath..

[miles]

You think composite crown+ceramic veneer is bad and poisonous..? For the first day that I had it put on, my mouth tasted of plastic.

[raw-al]

You think composite crown+ceramic veneer is bad and poisonous..? For the first day that I had it put on, my mouth tasted of plastic.

Not sure what the issues are regarding unhealthiness, I chose it as the lessor of the evils. My opinion now is that a raw diet would have prevented it in the first place. However that is a guess. The old rumour that G. Washington had walnut teeth apparently ain't so...

"which is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, to supervise laser scans on one of the four known sets of Washington's dentures.  The dentures are made from gold, ivory, lead, human and animal teeth (horse and donkey teeth were common components)."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6875436/
Interesting that they used animal teeth.

The latest thing is having teeth replaced with a complete synthetic tooth that is mounted on a screw. Not sure about that but if you have too much decay in the jawbone from the infection that caused the tooth to decay in the first place you cannot have the false tooth screwed in. Ask me how I know.

I believe that sugar, excessive fruit and grains especially flours are the evil empire. My teeth feel great since I started on raw.

[miles]

It's a crown because my mouth smacked into the edge of a wooden step when I was ten; not from decay.

I just searched crown and found this is not in fact a crown... That's what I thought it was called. What I have is something else. When I snapped my tooth the surgery was closed because it was 24th December so I got 'emergency treament' or something. Anyway the guy stuck something on the top the half-tooth which was left. Recently, around 8 years later, I went in and got a ceramic veneer placed over the front of this original stuff/thing...

I think the original stuff may have been composite resin? It was white. The veneer which I think is ceramic is also white.

[Brother]

You think composite crown+ceramic veneer is bad and poisonous..? For the first day that I had it put on, my mouth tasted of plastic.

Nope. Ceramics is just that. rarely used because of the expense involved. They have to make a cast and have it specially made for you. Composite on the other hand. She says that it is worst while they are working with it. The chemicals they use to attach and mold it in your mouth is so toxic that the guidelines state that if they get it on their glove, they must change it within 5 minutes. That was on their gloves!

The basic idea is that you should stop eating shit that rots your face. Whenever they do anything in your mouth, other than a good pro brushing, it comes down to a choice between evils.

[Brother]

I think the original stuff may have been composite resin? It was white. The veneer which I think is ceramic is also white.

It was composite with almost 100% certainty.

[miles]

That's what sucks... I didn't eat shit that rotted my face, I got it snapped in half because of someone else's lack of consideration -_-

So are you saying that now that it's done I should leave it, as the fitting is when it's bad? Or do you think I should actually have it removed and walk around with half a tooth missing?

[Brother]

That's what sucks... I didn't eat shit that rotted my face, I got it snapped in half because of someone else's lack of consideration -_-

So are you saying that now that it's done I should leave it, as the fitting is when it's bad? Or do you think I should actually have it removed and walk around with half a tooth missing?

I am in no way qualified to answer that. But I will ask her tomorrow. My feeling is that she is going to say that you should leave it in.

I wasnt reffering to you specifically with the 'rotting face' thing. That is what she repeats ad nauseum.

[ster546464@yahoo.co.uk]

weston price found a tribe who lived on bread, milk , butter and chesse, and some meat and veg, and their teeth were fine

i know its been discussed 1,000 times, but its worth pointing out

[Haai]

weston price found a tribe who lived on bread, milk , butter and chesse, and some meat and veg, and their teeth were fine

i know its been discussed 1,000 times, but its worth pointing out

Was that the people in the swiss mountains?

[proteus]

i had a friend who completely lost his sense of smell after having his tonsils removed.  not sure how that happened.  but he always used to stink up the gym and wouldn't believe us when we told him - thought we were making fun of his disability or something.

as for fillings - i had two mercury ones and replaced them both with 93% gold, 7% platinum alloy.  interestingly enough it is more grey than yellow in color.  looks something like this:

http://geology.com/minerals/gold/dental-gold.jpg

nothing like what you may find in the mouth of a black rapper.  anyway this is what you want for chewing/back teeth / molars.  you will want ceramic for the front / smile teeth for cosmetic reasons.  i wouldn't recommend mercury to anybody.  composite is ok if you plan to die soon - because they have a limited life span.

keep in mind though that gold and ceramic involve much more work than mercury or composite - this means more of your time and money.  

also it depends on how bad the damage to the tooth.  you can go with composite for some mild damage, that way if it fails you can replace it.  but if your tooth is already on the verge of falling apart ( root canal etc ) if you go with a composite and it fails you may lose the entire tooth.