The First Step in Detoxification
Practicing Safe Mercury Removal for Over 30 Years
At our Dental Practice at Groton Wellness Center we offer Mercury Filling Removal. Our mercury amalgam removal program is designed to remove toxic dental material including mercury amalgam and /or other fillings, crowns, or bridges that appear to be biologically incompatible with the patient, while keeping the patient comfortable and safe from the toxic by-products generated during the removal process.
Materials Testing
Biocompatibility testing of dental materials can be performed well in advance of the restorative visit to determine which dental materials are safest or least offensive to the patient’s immune system. There are several ways this testing can be done, please seeMaterials Testing.
Tri-Test
This is a clinical test that measures the exposures and excretion abilities of the two main forms of mercury we’re exposed to today: dental and environmental. Using hair, blood and urine samples, this test assesses the level of bio-incompatibility or physiological difficulty each form poses to the patient. This test requires that the patient does not consume seafood or fish for 72 hours (preferably 1 week) before taking the test and that a urine (first morning, midstream) sample is collected within 24 hours of the blood and hair samples. The test kit can be mailed to you so that it can be completed during one of your visits to Groton Wellness.Please be sure to read all the instructions in the kit when it is received. There is a fee for this test kit and itis payable at the time the kit is requested.The patient must make an appointment in advance to come in for the blood draw/hair snip.
Chelation Therapy
Supplementation in the form of channel clearing supplements and/or homeopathics to support heavy metal removal may be recommended prior to amalgam removal. Testing of the patient’s physiological needs is encouraged and performed at the Medical Center.
Chelation is a well-known method used to remove heavy metals and toxins from the body by administering a special chemical compound called a chelate. The chelate finds and forms an attachment to the toxin with one reversible ionic bond. With that bond intact, the toxin is grabbed, pulled out of the cell and carried from the body. Care must be taken during chelation, however, as the toxin is not neutralized during this process and may attach to other cells on its way out.
We often recommend a chelation protocol as a way to help remove mercury and other toxins from your body.
Oral Chelation agents are the ones most frequently utilized, but intravenous therapies such as IV vitamins and minerals are also often recommended during the chelation process to help maintain nutritional integrity. See Heavy Metal Oral Chelation.
Special Attention
It is recommended that the patient remembers to drink copious amounts of water, take appropriate supplements, and eat a diet high in fiber to aid in maintaining open detoxification pathways before and after the dental appointment.
A visit to our Massage therapist can be helpful to de-stress after an extended dental visit. See Dental Dream Day.
DO NOT TAKE ANY ORAL VITAMIN C on the day of the dental visit if you will be receiving local anesthetic. Vitamin C has the ability to drastically reduce the effectiveness of the anesthetic making it necessary to use an extra amount, or to wait extra time before it becomes effective. If desired, please bring vitamin C to the dental visit because if it is taken after the dental visit is completed, it will help dissipate the anesthetic, enabling it to wear off faster.
Special attention will be given to the 7-14-21 day immune cycles when scheduling appointmentsfor mercury/amalgam removal (we don’t follow any special scheduling rules for non-mercury removal).
Intravenous Vitamin C may be administered before, during and/or after the performance of dental work to help neutralize any stress from the dental treatment.
