I am a young gal of 24 and have experienced significant dental decay and gum recession, which is horribly painful and uncomfortable. Part of this is due to infected root canals, but I have also recently inquired after the materials used in my older fillings. The sealant of most of my fillings is Vitrebond, a fluoride-releasing agent. I immediately freaked. My new holistic dentist tested biocompatibility of this material, and it is definitely not biocompatible with my make-up. egod!! I am also battling an itchy skin rash/infection around my mouth and nose, and we believe this may be related to the dental materials as well as the infected root canals. I hope to replace these fillings (which will be time consuming and expensive, but worth it to get the flouride out of my mouth). I have also suffered from hypothyroidism in the past, and even taken prozac for 2 weeks with horrible "hallucinatory" side-effects. My dentist said "it's that fluoride suppressing your already suppressed thyroid." What a nightmare.
What are other people's experiences with toxic dental sealents/materials with fluoride? Did they witness benefits and relief of symptoms once the fluoride materials were removed from their mouth? I am eager to start this process.
Thanks!