Loose Filling: Mercury Leaching?

Hey allI've read through numerous filling threads and they were all about mercury leaching from amalgam fillings.If there is anyone that is knowledgeable about this sort of stuff... What happens if a filling comes loose? I had one come loose and I went to the dentist. I think it was loose from a couple of months actually. He put it back on with some extra material and didn't speak about mercury or anything. I am assuming that this is probably not the cause of my BFS but I don't know enough about the mixture's chemistry to comment on the extent of mercury leakage.

I have had many of my old fillings from the 1960's and 70's removed and replaced over the past couple of decades. Throughout this time period, I've often wondered if this process has had anything to do with my current health issues. My old fillings were full of heavy metals. Heavy metal poisoning causes neurological issues. That's for sure! Hmmmmm...... probably like everything else in medicine, we'll have to wait another 20 years or so before the answers become clear.In the mean time.... I keep twitching, yet, thank God! I have no muscle weakness!)John

Well, the best answer is to read solid sourses such as FDA or EPA sites. As far as I understand, there is a risk of leaching in case of having both amalgama fillings and golden prosthetic teeth due to galvanic leaching, but otherwise massive studies done by FDA did not revealed any dramatic increase of Hg levels in the body liquids of people with amalgama fillings, at least not over the safe exposure level.Looks like the most dangerous and the most realistic source of mercury is still fish and seafood intake. Do not abuse it!

fish oil is great, but not a fish meat ))not all fish collect quite a lot of mercury. eating small fish is safe, according to FDA, shrimps are practically safe, and generally FDA does not recommend about a 5 or 6 species only (and practically only for young fertile woman, pregnant woman and small children). River fish is safer than sea one, etc. As far as i can read the fish names, big long living carnivorous species are considered bad for nutrition, like big tuna, shark etc. Those who are on top of sea food chains.good is that we do not eat orcas or cachalots they are in fact top eaters in the sea (those who eat all other creatures) and must be really stuffed with all poisons

Dman: I swallowed an old amalgam filling in January 2012. In April 2012 my BFS started.Don't know if there is a connection. And don't know where this *beep* amalgam filling is right now.Probably laying in my stomach, sending out some poison to my nerves