Would all the 80some people who signed up under "What is your Profession" Poll, please just sign in below indicating, yes or no:
1) had or still have amalgam fillings 2) did mother have amalgam fillings 3) have root canal(s) 4) worked or still work in a dental office
Let's see what we come up with, please.
Take care.
[ 02. February 2006, 12:41 AM: Message edited by: GiGi ]
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
1-yes 2-no 3-yes (12) 4-no
Posted by MizMo (Member # 8389) on :
1) No 2) Yes 3) No 4) No
Posted by karatelady (Member # 7854) on :
1. yes - 3 2. yes 3. yes - 2 4. no
Posted by Lymied (Member # 6704) on :
1) yes 2) yes 3) no 4) yes - for 4 years - have not worked there in six years
Posted by Michelle M (Member # 7200) on :
Hi GiGi.
1. Yes (still have amalgam fillings) 2. No (mother from Newfoundland, no dental work) 3. Yes (several root canals) 4. No (never worked in dental office, just paid for a few!)
Michelle
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
1) Had 3, were removed 8 years ago 2) Yes 3) No 4) No
Posted by Big B (Member # 8229) on :
1. yes 2. yes 3. no 4. no
Posted by duramater (Member # 6480) on :
1. yes - 1 2. yes 3. no 4. no
Posted by Jillybean (Member # 8071) on :
first 3 yes, 4th no
Posted by James H (Member # 6380) on :
1 Yes 2 Yes 3 No 4 No
Hasn't almost everybody older than about 40 probably had amalgam fillings?
For many years that was about all that was offered. (Gold was used for more extensive restorations of course.)
Posted by LC (Member # 7070) on :
1) Yes (will be coming out soon). 2) Yes 3) No 4) No LC
Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
yes yes yes no
Pam
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Gigi, please EDIT/pencil icon your TOPIC title to include TEETH poll...thank you.
Also, please be more specific in other posts you create about subject you will be discussing in your posts. I've noticed during this past 18 months that you do NOT do this ... this would save us all so much time by knowing what the SPECIFIC SUBJECT is. Thanks for understanding.
Answers 1 - yes 2 - yes 3 - yes 1 miserable one....never again 4 - NO
Posted by mbroderick (Member # 5220) on :
Yes - lots Yes - lots Yes - 2 No
Posted by oxygenbabe (Member # 5831) on :
1) had or still have amalgam fillings 2) did mother have amalgam fillings 3) have root canal(s) 4) worked or still work in a dental office
I had a lot of amalgam fillings as a teen when braces were removed. Had them replaced with composites in my 20's. My mother did not have many if any as I recall No root canals Never worked in dental office
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
Have had amalgam fillings (3) Mother has too and has always been in excellent health (age 80) Have had 2 root canals (I was completely numbed; there's no way I would have done a James Frey!)
Never worked in a dentist's office
These seem like funny uncorrelative questions, but maybe that's just me. Despite that, i'm happy to answer
Andie
[ 31. January 2006, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Andie333 ]
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
1-no-had all removed 15 years ago. 2-yes 3-no 4-no My toxic world was in my profession-working in oil paints,turpentine,paint dryers,sprays ect.. for 25 years.
Posted by SuZ-Q (Member # 5903) on :
1. yes 2. yes 3. no 4. no
For daughter: Yes to mother having amalgam, no to other 3.
Posted by HEATHERKISS (Member # 6789) on :
1. yes 2. yes 3. no 4. no
Posted by Bluetick (Member # 8467) on :
1) Yes, one left, two were removed last year 2) Yes, many 3) No 4) No
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
1) yes 2) yes 3) no 4) no
Posted by trueblue (Member # 7348) on :
1. yes (half removed) 2. yes 3. yes (2) 4. no
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Bettyg, I am truly sorry if you do not have the time. So just scroll on by.
The subjects I talk about are usually all encompassing, all inclusive, - when you have a physical problem, it never involves just the teeth, or just a certain organ. I always talk about the whole body - as it is affected by exposures from things in us and outside of us. It so happens, the teeth play a major, a huge role in the way they are affecting most everything else going on in our body.
I also am fully aware that my posts are repetitive. You have been looking at this board long enough to note how many people have come and gone - an almost total turnover within few months. Not mentioning the lurkers.
You are complaining to the wrong person, Betty. I am donating my time here, so humor me, please.
Take care.
Posted by Foggy (Member # 1584) on :
GiGi, thanks for sticking around and contributing your time, support and wisdom. Tis true; most Lymies in remission fly the coup and don't look back.
btw. Is this poll for Dr. K or for your own curiosity?
[ 31. January 2006, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: Foggy ]
Posted by tequeslady (Member # 6832) on :
1) Yes, but not any longer 2) Yes 3) No 4) No
Posted by tequeslady (Member # 6832) on :
Gigi:
I'm interested in what this is going to tell. Anyone over the age of 35 or 40, if they ever had a cavity, will have had a mercury amalgam. When did composites come about in this country? I only heard about them in the last 6 or 7 years.
Composites didn't even exist when our parents, or at least mine, got fillings.
Just curious...
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Foggy, thank you.
No, Dr. K. does not need a poll. He has started to work with heavy metal toxicity in the chronically ill almost thirty years ago. Microbial infections were always involved in his approach. He does not need this poll. There is absolutely, absolutely no doubt in his mind and from his vast experience in treating very ill people that health is affected by the teeth. He says it clearly - "much disease starts in the mouth". That doesn't mean there are no other causes.
I am merely doing this poll for all the people to see and recognize the total picture.
Lyme Disease is not a disease caused just by a few microbial organisms. Some people are tortured by Lyme Disease and others are not, even though they carry the organisms in their body. That has become very clear. So in order to heal, we must figure out why this is so and approach it on a wide front. Dr. K. calls this the "The Seven Factors" I have often talked about.
The first one on the list of the Seven Factors is "toxicity" from all sources that is weakening our system and makes it susceptible to microbial invasions. The worse the toxicity, the easier their survival.
If we finally understand what contributes to our problems, we can do something about it.
That's all I have ever been trying to say.
Take care.
Posted by Lynn_B (Member # 8656) on :
Questions:
1) had or still have amalgam fillings 2) did mother have amalgam fillings 3) have root canal(s) 4) worked or still work in a dental office
Some long answers:
1) Had 13, replaced them 2 yrs ago. 2) A few, not many 3) No 4) Assisted friend, as patient, when she sat for her Dental Board. Massive amounts of mercury vapor in lab, everywhere! No air filter protection for any of us hundred or so patients in this lab at the time. T
Following this, for the first and only time in my life, I bled from my kidneys.
Soon after, I started to develop more symptoms that were eventually diagnosed as MS.
Just relayed this info to my new neurologist a couple of weeks ago. "Bleeding from the kidneys isn't a symptom of MS," he told me. "Yeah, but it is a symptom of mercury poison," I responded. He didn't respond either to confirm nor deny--just got real thoughtful.
This neurologist is a researcher in DC. He is the only one I've ever been seen by who ordered a Western Blot for me. What he finally said about mercury is that his good friend has worked for the CDC for years, but has never proven the connection between amalgram and MS, so that he doesn't believe in it.
So, I told him, "I do and believe the denial of any evidence might just likely be political, not scientific." And then I asked him, "what about axonal transport, not just of mercury, but of micro-organisms?"
He did agree with that. And that's when he prescribed the Western Blot for me.
Posted by hopeful123 (Member # 3244) on :
yes yes yes yes
Posted by Foggy (Member # 1584) on :
Amen GiGi. Y,y,y,n.
Isn't it amazing how our bodies become a toxic waste dump? Add pathogenic, viral, & parasitic infections to the mix...and yikes! Posted by Sue vG (Member # 3143) on :
I guess I missed the other poll, but here are my answers to these questions:
1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. No
Posted by hiker53 (Member # 6046) on :
1. yes 3 tiny amalgam fillngs 2. mother has 2 amalgam fillings 3. no root canals 4. never worked in a dentist's office
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
u - for hopefully some more responses
Posted by diana (Member # 7466) on :
1) yes 2) yes 3) no 4) no
Posted by tequeslady (Member # 6832) on :
up for more responses please
Posted by lisag (Member # 6798) on :
1)y 2)y 3)y 4)n...but have spent ALOT of time in the chair
Posted by breathwork (Member # 567) on :
yes yes yes no....but I sure have paid for a few mortgage payments for my dentist...maybe even a boat....
Posted by millymollymandy (Member # 7703) on :
1. Yes 2. No 3. No 3. No
Posted by ebrischoux (Member # 7281) on :
1. Yes for my son-Two removed last year 2. Yes-I have 8 3. No 4. No
Posted by AP (Member # 8430) on :
1. I think so 2. No 3. No 4. No
Posted by oxygenbabe (Member # 5831) on :
This is interesting, because from what I see, the main "yes" that all the answers have in common is amalgams, thus mercury poisoning. More so than bacterial infections (i.e. root canals). Considering what we know of mercury toxicity this makes sense. Unbelievable that the ADA would have poisoned us for so many decades like that.
Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :
quote:Originally posted by oxygenbabe: Unbelievable that the ADA would have poisoned us for so many decades like that.
They are still doing it!!!
My answers: 1)yes.....removed by biodentist over a year ago. 2)yes.... now all false teeth. 3)no 4)no
Posted by Mo (Member # 2863) on :
1. Yes, fillings in far back teeth
2. I think so, am going to find out if she had them when she was pregnant with me cuz she was only 21 then (I know she has them now)
3. One root canal
4. No
Posted by janjan (Member # 8306) on :
Gigi,
1. yes 2. yes 3. 1 root canal 4. no
Janjan
Posted by lucy (Member # 7802) on :
1.yes 2.yes 3.no 4.no
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
1 yes 2 yes 3 no 4 no
Posted by Mishelly00 (Member # 5897) on :
1) yes I had 10 removed so far and still have 3. 2) yes 3) yes 5 4) No
Posted by mjo (Member # 7876) on :
1. yes 2. yes 3. yes 4. no
Posted by Dalphia (Member # 8305) on :
1. Yes 2. No 3. Yes 4. No
Posted by groovy2 (Member # 6304) on :
Hi GiGi
1-Yes and gone now-- 2-No 3-No 4-No 5-No --Jay--
I just saw a Good short movie about Toxic Releases in Texas coast town-- # 1 on most toxic water in US-Ouch -- Title -- Texas Gold --
I saw 12 shorts tonight total -- 4 were perty Good---
8 of the films were perty much in the Top 10 Worst Films I have Every seen-Ouch --
Posted by JimBoB (Member # 8454) on :
YES, NO YES NO
JIM Posted by JimBoB (Member # 8454) on :
OXYGENBABE:
They are STILL using mercury in our teeth. MY dentist said last week there are TWO differnt lines of thought on it and the toxicity of it.
He said the Silver/Mercury fillings are CHEAPER so are used a LOT.
Jim. Posted by Wallace (Member # 4771) on :
Yes Yes No No
X wallace
Oxybabe Bacterial infections can be in the jaw due to dead teeth, periodontal disease etc not just root canals
Posted by tequeslady (Member # 6832) on :
You're not doing that though, are you JimBob? I hope not.
quote:Originally posted by JimBoB: OXYGENBABE:
They are STILL using mercury in our teeth. MY dentist said last week there are TWO differnt lines of thought on it and the toxicity of it.
He said the Silver/Mercury fillings are CHEAPER so are used a LOT.
Jim.
Posted by humanbeing (Member # 8572) on :
yes yes no no
Posted by lymesux (Member # 6248) on :
Yes probably yes no
Posted by Starship Trooper (Member # 8546) on :
1. Yes, but not now - they all fell out.
2. Yes. I seem to remember her telling me that she used to play with mercury when she was little. didn't know any different back then.
3. Yes - 1
4. No.
Posted by AZURE WISH (Member # 804) on :
I have no dental work
not sure about mom's fillings
never worked in a dental office
Posted by monkeyshines (Member # 6406) on :
1) yes (though removal is scheduled) 2) yes 3) no 4) no
monkeyshines
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Pretty, please. Having posted here for many years, I know there are more people out there that could respond if they cared enough.
Thank you for considering it.
Posted by klutzo (Member # 5701) on :
I was not part of the original poll, but here are my answers: 1. yes 2. yes 3. no 4. no
Klutzo
Posted by micul (Member # 6314) on :
1) Yes 2) No 3) No 4) No
Posted by mom2DJM (Member # 8245) on :
1) YES- I have at least 6 or 7 amalgam fillings 2) YES- my mother had quite a few. She passed away 5 years ago from what we now believe was lyme. 3) NO 4) NO
Posted by lpkayak (Member # 5230) on :
1) yes 2) ? 3) yes 4) no
Posted by Littlesprout (Member # 7406) on :
1) Yes - 10 fillings in 5th grade - 40yrs ago Had them removed improperly 11yrs go 2) Yes 3) 3 RCs for 4yrs-removed 6/05-very toxic 4) No
Posted by char (Member # 8315) on :
(1) yes
(2) yes
(3) no
(4) no
Posted by bugabooboo (Member # 7383) on :
1) yes 2) yes 3) yes 4) no
Posted by gwenb (Member # 7217) on :
Yes Yes No No
Gwen
Posted by mlkeen (Member # 1260) on :
1. Yes, I have some older analagm fillings. Everything new or replaced in the last 10-15 years is white.
2. yes 3. no 4. no
Posted by jbgoth (Member # 5567) on :
1. Yes (had them removed) 2. Yes 3. Yes (have 12) 4. No
Posted by spookydew (Member # 8432) on :
yes yes yes no
Posted by charlie (Member # 25) on :
Two lymies in household; both asymptomatic at present
Me: No Yes No Dad was a dentist so I suppose I had some exposure, however he was positively anal about not getting mercury on skin ect. I was never allowed to play with the stuff like the other kids.
Jenny: Yes Yes One No
Posted by sweet pea (Member # 6495) on :
1) had or still have amalgam fillings
2 fillings from childhood, still have
2) did mother have amalgam fillings
yes
3) have root canal(s)
yes - one in 1993, with no complications
4) worked or still work in a dental office
No
Posted by efsd25 (Member # 2272) on :
1) had or still have amalgam fillings Yes (but all exposed amalgam has been removed). 2) did mother have amalgam fillings Yes 3) have root canal(s). Have 2 still 4) worked or still work in a dental office. No
Posted by surg (Member # 6937) on :
I had amalgam fillings but took them out. My mother still does. I don't work in a dentist's office
Posted by Boomerang (Member # 7979) on :
I don't care much for my dentist.
Don't care for conspiracy theories either.
Posted by tequeslady (Member # 6832) on :
Boomerang:
Mercury in amalgams is not a conspiracy theory. It exists. Your dentist will tell you it exists.
I'm quite sure that when they came up with this cheap way to "fill" someone's cavities years ago they truly believed this to be safe. However, it appears that this is not the case.
Pulling the wool over your eyes, does not make it go away.
quote:Originally posted by Boomerang: I don't care much for my dentist.
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