Ceramic and gold inlays are glued in place. It is only a small amount of glue and should out gas most of the toxic fumes in a day or maybe a bit longer. They are the best replacement fillings available. You should not drill them out. If you only have two you are lucky. I had 18 mercury Amalgams replaced. See how you feel in a week.

Hi, I sympathise greatly with you on the pure hell of mercury torment (years worth of it). I have had many years of torture from this poison and I know how it is, plus know the fears of the replacement materials and wondering if they were then making me ill too..

From my experience, there is no perfect material. The most you can do is get the least offensive to your system. Cerec is a good choice because it is not quite like hte old style porcelain. As for aluminium? not sure, there is some debate about that. Some types of cerec may contain it, some contain zirconium.

However, these are VERY stable. There are drawbacks to every material, but cerec is very hard, long lasting and again doesn't have the tendency to leak like plastics and amalgam.

I have just had half my composites replaced with cerec and yes, the dentist does indeed have to bond them in by using glue. I think he used heliobond and variolink II on me. Two materials to bond the cerec in. Then the block of cerec was put on top. Just as happened to you.

To avoid getting any plastic at all? You would need to get gold. However, the amount of plastic you have under the cerec would be minimal compared to how much you would have had you had the entire tooth done in composite. It also depends how well it was cured.

The other small composite you have may also be pretty mild. Some people have a mouth packed full of one material or another. Also, removing Amalgams is far from the ending. The mercury still there, also sensitises a person's immunity to many things. Things you might not normally have a problem with, might suddenly become a problem when you are still mercury toxic.

It is vitally important to begin chelating the storage of mercury. Amalgam removal is only the first step and simply turns off the tap. The best ways I know to heal from this condition is adherence to diet and a safe chelation protocol, diet to keep yeast levels controlled (which get out of control in any immune compromised situation, worsening an already vulnerable condition), and a safe chelation protocol to pull the mercury out of your tissues/organs and safely out of your system.

The best protocol I know for mercury chelation is by Andrew Hall Cutler. Many people are using his protocol on forums and seem to be tolerating his better than others they have tried.

I do understand your fear of reactions to the replacement materials and I went through that too and sometimes had material redone more than once, with no real changes and disappointment in the end. Figuring out that it was still the mercury that was causing the problems.

Also, after all Amalgam is removed, it is not abnormal for people to get worse, sometimes much worse! Not only from exposure during removal, but it is a shock to the system, the body will try to withdraw from it and start to dump the storage. So you can feel "repoisoned". It is not a quick fix. But getting them out is the right move. Getting mercury out of your body is the next.

my main question is what would happen if i just drilled out both the cerec and the composite and just replace with nothing leaving the holes there?

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Hi, I'm going through Amalgam replacement at this moment. I just asked my dentist on Friday nearly the same question. But in my case I was wondering why I had to have temporary fillings put in and then taken out while waiting for my lab created inlays. Thought maybe we could just skip that part, it might be better for my body.

They said my teeth could start shifting and moving position if I didn't do it. I'm sure it also relates to the bite. And of course how we eat and chew food. Maybe you might even chew differently to compensate which could affect the jaw. I'm not sure but maybe the enamel may wear differently also. If these are molars - they take a lot of force when chewing, you might be at risk one day for your tooth to crack if it isn't strong enough to handle this kind of pressure over a number of years. This could be made worse if you grind your teeth... just thoughts to ponder. It's such a nightmare, isn't it?

Are you seeing a metal-free dentist? Those will be the ones most knowledgeable about the replacement materials. Optimally, your dentist should have expert knowledge of the composition of materials in the fillings he chooses for you. And he/she should know that not "one size fits all". I was muscle tested for everything first - several different composite materials, inlays, glue, etc. Maybe you can get tested in a bit and see if these new materials in your mouth are agreeable to your body.

Many blessings, Flower