teeth and connections?

Hello friends in health,

Happy fullness of the moon

Some time ago I came across charts that showed the relationship between each tooth and other body parts...fascinating to me -especially now- as I prepare myself to embark upon some much-needed dental restoration and mercury removal.

The first urgent thing to be done is fix a large molar on the lower left, that was drilled when I was eight, down to the nerve (much to the dentist's horror and despair and my own!! He was a children's specialist, and actually cried a little over the whole thing as did I.) That experience ended the relationship with my 'til then beloved dentist, and replaced it with a long-lived phobia. Now, that tooth has broken off at the inside corner, and I am told will need to be drilled out and rebuilt. I've told the new dentist about my experience and my extreme fear around this tooth and she expressed innocent surprise that I remembered it. That took me aback a little, (since in my mind it is an issue as big and plain as Everest :-) She then tried to reassure me: telling me that the pulp is much closer to the surface in an eight year old, (or 'bigger' so to speak) and recedes as we get older -- which sounds like a great counterbalance to "getting long in the teeth"; the point being, as I understand it, that such a thing as what I experienced would not likely happen twice. Or perhaps, that Everest is really a hill…I don't know what specifically occurred when I was eight to cause such a trauma, but apparently the tooth was thoroughly rotten inside and the dentist wasn't quite prepared for the extent of it...(hadn’t taken an x-ray?) and I guess the freezing wore off. (deep breath)

I apologize for the length of this, but maybe whoever is (still) reading can imagine my anxiety. So , what is my question? Well, first, I was wondering whether anyone knows of these charts I mentioned, and perhaps has a URL for them?

I have the sense that maybe studying these might help me focus my healing and calming intent, along with meditation. I am also thinking that some EFT might be really helpful.
I recently spoke to my mother about this, and she mentioned that she thinks the greater trauma from that 'tooth time' might be in having seen an adult I trusted fall apart...and when she said that it really resonated, in a feeling of being utterly rudderless. Odd eh, how one tooth could cause such suffering? I've often thought wistfully of this dentist, (and this is now 41 years later!!!) and if he were still alive, I'd go talk to him. He was, after all, my 'first love', and I took him gifts all the time.
Cards and snakes made of yarn, to quote my mother, that he had pinned up on his bulletin board.


So, I'd be most grateful for any words of wisdom anyone feels inclined to offer...

The new dentist has outlined a treatment plan for me...There is quite a lot to do, and all these Amalgam fillings will have to come out simply as a part of the restoration process. First on the list is this old molar. (shudder)

Anyone know how much mercury would even remain in these teeth after so many years?
I'm thinking most of it by now is 'in me'. ( and might somehow contribute to some non-pathalogical palpitations I get on occasion, as well as other small weird complaints.)

She (the dentist) seems entirely easy-going about the removal thing, and says she does it every day -- with a rubber dam. No separate air source-

whereas I, with all my health reading these last few years, and my sense that mercury plays a big role in my various issues, of course perceive its removal as, again- another Everest.


I need to make my appointment today, to begin this process. (Have had the initial checkup and all the x-rays, and the dentist says she will tell me more indepth after having reviewed the x-rays. For now, I have this one molar and two other teeth that might (yikes!) need root canals, but perhaps not.) She seems competent and wants to encourage me to go ahead, even if the payments have to be stretched way out. Oh, I guess the other thing that's contributing to my anxiety is that I have no dental insurance, and this will be paid for, as we go. It all feels a little overwhelming, even though it was tops on my ‘to-do list, and I want it all done by the time I’m fifty. hmm…Is there any such thing as "a little" overwhelming?

On an up-note, the dentist said: “you don’t look forty-nine!”

If you have read all this, and feel like responding, my bestest thanks.

Alison





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