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I still have one "gold" onlay in my mouth. It has been very diifcult to for me to find out once and for all if this is problem. I have already had all of my amalgam fillings removed. It is this "gold" onlay that I have received mixed reports from several dentists. Two "mercury-free" dentists even told me that gold was not a problem
I am fairly certain that gold fillings, onlays, or crowns do not have mercury in the them. However, I have heard that they do have several other metals other than gold in them, and are really only like 30% gold. I heard that Nickel was bad metal that was possibly in them.
Does anyone know what is in "gold" fillings and whether they need to be removed?
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You are right, there is no pure gold filling. It's always a mix of metals and it depends on the dentist what kind of mix you got.
If it was a "cheap" gold there is probably Palladium inside which can also make lots of problems.
I had to have my gold inlays removed (no palladium inside) due to a gold allergy that was found out by an epicutane test.
Particles of ANY metal that you put in your mouth will settle somewhere in your body (I read a thesis of someone who had examined this). If you are allergic to one or several of them, then even after removal of the inlay you may have a problem because you still have small amounts of the allergen in your body.
Metals don't belong in the mouth.
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that last staement is incoorect. there are 24 kt pure gold fillings that can be placed. they are called gold foil and are inert unless you have an allergy to gold.
if you where a good ring and have a green band on the skin, you are allergic to gold.
quote:Originally posted by stymielymie: that last staement is incoorect. there are 24 kt pure gold fillings that can be placed. they are called gold foil and are inert unless you have an allergy to gold.
if you where a good ring and have a green band on the skin, you are allergic to gold.
gold has been used in the mouth since the pharoah's in egypt.
docdave
I didn't know that it's a sign of allergy when you get a green band on the skin. I used to get that from my earrings. Interesting!
Docdave,
Do you have a link for the 24 kt pure gold fillings? I didn't find it in the link you gave and I always read that pure gold is too soft to be used???
As to the Pharaoh's time: the fact that already the Egyptians were putting gold in their mouthes doesn't necessarily mean that it's good. I'm sure they did a lot of things that were NO good.
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24 kt gold is very very soft. it is actually encased in wax, picked up one piece at a time. put over a methyl alcohol flame and pushed in with heavy pressure. one piece adheres to itself and is self welding. this is used on small surface fillings or behind front teeth that don't show. it is a lost art that alomost no one in the country does.
very expensive gold at $800 per once and each filling may take 30-45 minutes.
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My dentist told me there is nothing that is 100% compatible for the body, we just do the best we can. Mercury is one of the worst and I would rather have less toxic things in my body. I have gold crowns and so far it seems okay. You can find out if you are allergic to the materials though and avoid them, my dentist offered to do those tests for me.
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My friend has a mouth full of gold crowns. He is getting them removed one per month. Each one has had mercury under them. And he thought he was "mercury" free and did 10 DMPS treatments last summer....
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