Dentists should ALWAYS dam off the throat so particles don't get into the airway or the throat/stomach.
Call the dentist in question and ask. IF they say they don't, then go to either your local drug store or walmart and get a package of those stretchy bands (they're used for physical therapy and come in different lengths and strengths). You can find the thinnest of them all and tell them to use that. It would be better than nothing and they should be able to cut it to size and stretch it just like the "dam" material they use (which is also stretchy rubbery stuff). I've seen them for $5-7 each. Good luck and regardless if this is a dentist you have to go to - they too must be held responsible for safety and the damming is definitely a big part of that. If they were to lose a piece of a filling and if it were large enough and unfortunate enough to go down somewhere.you'd have major issues and they'd have huge responsibilities/liabilities on their part. I'm sure the few bucks (if that) it would cost for damming material.would be used. CALL and then proceed from there. Lisa _____ From: Kirsteen Wright [mailto:kirsteen.falcons...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:41 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>Mercury in fillings On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Deborah Gerard <devorah...@yahoo.com> wrote: Kirsteen...have you checked to see if you have a dental college in your area they will do things for alot cheaper. There is a dental hospital but because of the ME it's just not an option. This is th only dentist I've found that can accomodate what I need for that. If they are not going to dam off your throat drilling the old fillings out I would not even bother because the fumes and dust will go right into your lungs, Unfortunately, I know that. I'm not having the fillings removed to get rid of them but some are crumbling and will have to have at least part removed before the teeth can be repaired. Believe me I'd rather leave them the way they are but it's not an option. One tooth has 3 walls and nothing in the middle (though there's bound to be old bits of mercury filling), one has split in half horizontally and again has old filling but rough and only half the size it should e and several have fillings that have come loose or the walls have crumbled. I haven't been to a dentist for years; first of all because I was housebound and physically unable to and then i kept putting it off precisely because I didn't want the mercury tampered with. Now it's got to the stage I don't really have a choice. Cheers Kirsteen
