Re: ThinkAgain: ThinkAgain Apicoectomy and root canals

Gibby, if your dentist says there are no Amalgams in your root canals, you either have to believe him or visit another dentist for a second opinion. Second checkup should not cost a lot but it will give you a peace of mind. If you decide to do it, just ask the 2nd dentist to check for any Amalgams in your dental work. You can always ask for x-rays from your dentist and take them with you to the 2nd one. By law s/he has to provide them to you. Make sure 1st & 2nd dentists don't know each other (when/where s/he graduated from?).

The problem for most people is to find a dentist who they trust, and seems like this is the case for you as well, and having worked with many dentists over the years, i don't blame you.


James, gold alloys used in dental work are never 100% gold. They can't be, because pure gold is soft and can easily be bent with your hand so they have to mix other metals to harden them enough. Usually they are mixed with platinum, palladium and silver but i am not a big fan of silver. Gold alloys used for full crowns are a little different than the ones used for porcelain crowns and bridges because they have to mix other stuff for bonding porcelain.

Here's a company who is known among dental techs. They only sell gold for dental applications and have detailed specs on their website http://www.bakerdental.com/





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