RZR
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I have a mouthful of amalgams that I would like to remove when I can afford it. In the meantime, I certainly don't want to add more amalgams.
Dentist hasn't checked it yet, but I think I have a tooth that will need a crown. It looks like a portion of actual tooth has broken away from an old, large amalgam filling. Tooth is quite sensitive.
What are my options? Do crowns contain amalgam?
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I am in the process of having my metal crowns replaced with zirconium(non-metal) ones. Seems like the best option as the various metals used in crowns can react with one another.
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Non-metal will not last long.. 5 yrs max. I replaced a broken crown with gold about 2 yrs ago. It's sensitive to cold, but should last a long time.
You can ask your dentist to get a list of metals included in any crowns you might want.
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Also make sure your dentist removes all of the amalgam before placing the crown. Found out that mine had left some under the temp crown when I switched dentists.
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Zirconium is supposed to last a lifetime, as opposed to porcelain or composite, which doesn't last as long, at least without metal. Zirconium is more expensive, but it seems worth it. There are a few others that biological dentists use, like titanium (which would be a metal).
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GiGi
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Different metals in the mouth create electro galvanism and stress the body.
Anything that causes sensitivity to a tooth is not beneficial. When the nerve eventually dies it takes us back to square one - root canal, etc.
Metals do not belong in the mouth.
The type of filling under the crown is also of importance; hopefully it is not amalgam.
Portions of the amalgams that I had under crowns when removed were still there, but much had already disappeared as smoking vapor and moved into the central nervous system/brain/brainstem. There it forms another type of mercury (methyl mercury) that is much more difficult to remove than the mercury used as the filling.
Many people end up being allergic to titanium and to gold.
It takes a lot of searching to do it right.
Take care.
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RZR
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So, is Zirconium the best choice?
I am trying to find a biological dentist for safe mercury removal. Is this necessary?
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