I have had a lot of trouble with my teeth over the years. I have very soft teeth and by 1972 all of my jaw teeth had been filled with mercury fillings. I had always been healthy but by that time I began to have less energy and in general felt miserable. My dentist and I decided that my health problems might be coming from my bad teeth. I went to the hospital and had all my jaw teeth taken out. I was very sick afterwards and the dentist was very glad I had gone into the hospital. Once out of the hospital my health drastically improved. I had my front teeth capped which removed all the fillings with mercury. The dentist used gold in the caps.In Mar.,1987, it had been 25 years since the previous major dental work. I decided to have the caps redone which went from four to six front teeth. Immediately after having this dental work completed I began to have all kinds of health problems - - numbness in my arms and hands
- severe pain in my back which lasted two to
three days at a time
- spasms of pain in my legs making it difficult for me
to walk.
- the feeling of pins sticking in my head
- in May, 1987 I started losing my voice
- dizziness
A neurologist said I had carpal tunnel syndrome and spinal senosis (sp?) and I would only get worse as time went on. He laughed when I asked if the problem could be coming from my teeth.
I had never been sick in my life. I kept thinking about this and wondering what I had done to my body. The only thing I had changed was my dental work. I started researching dental problems and talked with a number of people who had recovered from serious illness after removing their fillings. I contacted my dentist and found that he had put a mixture of 13 metals in my mouth(before I had gold). After having a lot of testing done, I found my body did not accept most of these metals. I had all of the metal taken out of my mouth and within six months all of the problems mentioned above were gone except I did not get my voice back. I went from doctor to doctor trying to get my voice back and eventually wound up at the National Institute of Health enrolled in their BoTox research program. Did the mercury and the metals cause my voice problem? I still don't know.
