On Sunday night one of my back teeth broke. The whole corner came off leaving a big hole – not painful but needing attention. Now I’m not great at going to the dentist (used to get really anxious before I found my current dentist) but I decided to just get it over and done with and had an appointment yesterday. $465 later my tooth is fixed and a few problems have been uncovered.
I’ve been sick on and off over the last 6-8 weeks, getting swollen glands one one side of my neck, headaches, sore throat, nausea. I kept putting it down to having a viral illness. Last week I had to leave work when I got really ill with nausea and migraine. It turns out that the tooth, which has an amalgam filling has been leaking for at least a month or more. Occasionally I had noticed a metallic taste in my mouth a few times, but it went away and I had no tooth symptoms. I’ve been reading up on symptoms of mercury from amalgam fillings and my symptoms certainly fit the bill. I’m really hoping that I start to feel better now that the tooth is fixed.
However there are still a few problems. I have a low grade infection around my wisdom tooth which at age 55 still trie to come through now and again. I have to get x-rays of that and she also found a small cavity on x-ray that needs filling.
I was a bit surprised at all this. Its not even a year since I had my last dental checkup. So I’ve been reading up overnight on a whole lot of ways to improve my teeth and get rid of this mild infection before it becomes a big problem.
I’m going to start with taking some Vitamin C and oil pulling with coconut oil. I’ve ordered some charcoal toothpaste and am looking into some herbal oils that are supposed to help gum disease.
I have more amalgam fillings and she checked them all for any cracks in the tooth – fortunately at this stage there are none. I do wonder if they contribute to some of my health issues but I don’t plan on removing them unless I have to. But I do plan on upping my mouth care as it really can affect health in general, and health is the most important thing, especially as we get older.
So the budget took a big hit but I’m so glad I didn’t put off going and now I can prevent things getting worse.
Just wondering if anyone has had similar problems and what you’d done about it or have you had amalgam fillings removed?
