Anyone with root canals or mercury amalgam fillings?

new2bc

Hi everyone,

I was listening to an episode from "the truth about cancer" and one of the doctors stated that 95% of females with breast cancer have a dental involvement (either root canal or mercury fillings). I have both of them and so far I have tried to stay away from doing anything about them. The number 95% scared me.

DO YOU HAVE EITHER ROOT CANALS OR MERCURY FILLINGS?

Please update this forum and let me know. Changing the fillings and taking the root canals out and finding replacement is going to cost a lot and you have to go to a biological dentist. If you update this forum, then I get the courage to make this change. Thank you everyone for taking the time to update.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THE ROOT CANALS OR THE FILLINGS ARE ON THE SAME SIDE WHERE YOUR BREAST CANCER

WAS FOUND.

Lojo

No. Neither.

NancyHB

i had discussed this with two very dearfriends who were dx'd after me (I've had both RCs and mercury fillings). Neither of them had ever had any dental work except cleaning (I'm beyond envious...)

MelissaDallas

There is not a single reputable source that espouses that theory. Just quacks

angelia50

Anybody of a certain age, likely had fillings. I know I do and have had root canals too but hadn't heard of this theory. Of course, as we all know, nobody knows what caused us to have this. Probably some dentist thought of that, so we would all rush out and have our teeth worked on.

chef127

hello new2bc,

I'm one who had my mercury fillings replaced and my root canals pulled. cost me almost 10,000$. (3 root canals and about 6 fillings replaced) 3 years ago. Eventually ALL the teeth that were re-drilled and filled needed root canals. I had them all pulled and spent an additional 8,000$ for partials that I HATE.

I also have Multiple Sclerosis and the mercury is suspect in causing it??????? So I suppose panic set in.

"95% of BC patients have mercury fillings and root canals". I'll bet that 95% of the general population has them. I think mercury is a poison and emits vapors into your system continuously, forever, but do they cause BC? IDK but I'm glad its out of my mouth and I feel mercury fillings should be outlawed.

The dentist told me that he eats lots of cilantro and takes spiralina (sp) a seaweed to get rid of the toxic effects of mercury and chelation treatments monthly.

Hard to choose to sit in a dentist chair for hours to undo the damage.

xoxMaureen

Fakeboobs123

Chelation is supposed to be extremely dangerous in itself according to the doctors at the autism center I take my son to New York Presbyterian, they have seen the damage in kids whose parents are desperate for a cure for autism.

Jerseygirl927

well if you want to take statistics, I probably have 5 root canals but did have a mouth full of mercury fillings until my dentist removed them in th 90's. Said they were bad for me. But as a kid till I was 40 ish , I had Mercury in my mouth. I too have read that root canals are really not good for you, but then I would have a lot of missing teeth., I think that back in the day, Mercury was a hit, gold was better if you could afford it, but mostly no one could. If you have a good dentist, he would remove all Mercury fillings for you. As to if it causes cancer, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a factor involved

Fakeboobs123

What time period were Mercury fillings used?

Ddw79

Yes, tons of both and documented heavy metal poisoning.

I too have MS by the way and type 1 Diabetes and Autoimmune Pancreatitis. And I'm supposed to go in Tamoxifin soon.

Hard to imagine more

BrooksideVT

Everyone of a certain age has mercury fillings, and probably a root canal or two as well (one for me), and only 8% of women, and a far lesser percentage of men, develop breast cancer. All indication is that "possessing" these dental procedures is merely coincidental. Most of us are finding our old fillings are expanding and damaging our teeth, and needing to be replaced by the new composite. I always hate having to do this, because of the risk of a small amount of mercury entering my body. On the other hand, the amalgamate material is quite stable, as evidenced by the fact that it can sit perfectly nicely for 50 or more years, so perhaps it simply exits the body all wrapped up in silver and whatever else goes into the mix. I am sure I take in way more mercury in tuna!

I happen to be a fan of root canals--much future dental trauma and expense can be avoided by saving a tooth! Poor dental health can have a very adverse effect on the body as a whole.

In short, anyone so inclined might as well have silver fillings replaced, as this will most likely eventually need to done anyway. I'd recommend a nice long chat with at least two dentists about long term effects of missing teeth before deciding against an indicated root canal, or having a tooth pulled.

BrooksideVT

I just read your original post more carefully, New2bc, and do not understand why you would need to go to a biological dentist (or even what that is). Replacing fillings, yanking teeth, and prosthetic dentistry, are very much the purview of the traditional dentist and subspecialists.

MelissaDallas

Resin fillings were not widely used into well up in the 90s and prior to the 60s when many municipal water systems added flouridation, pretty much everyone had some silver amalgam fillings. If these fillings caused cancer EVERYONE over about 30 would have it.

new2bc

Thank you so much for everyone that has updated this forum. It only takes a few lines to tell us if the fillings or the root canals are on the same side where they found your breast cancer.

BrooksideVT,

When they take out the mercury, in this process a nonbiological dentist can expose you and him to a lot of mercury. There is a special process where they protect you from getting exposed. I have only read about this and I do not know the details.

MelissaDallas

I think this thread should be moved to the Alternative Medicine forum.

gemmafromlondon

As an older woman I have a mouth full of mercury and had a number of root canal fillings in the past - both sides. Considering the amount of work done on my teeth over the years under this theory I should have succumbed to bc years ago. It seems an un likely candidate to me.

new2bc

Melissa,

I have a feeling the root canals are more dangerous than the fillings. I had a tooth that got infected in late 90's. My dentist was out of the country and I had pain for a few days and then it subsided. I guess this is when the tooth was dying. After my dentist came back, I visited him and he got xrays and told me he does not see anything wrong. After a few months a nodule appeared in my mouth in the gum. I went to him and he opened the tooth. When he opened the tooth, infection came out like a volcano. He put antibiotics and have me see him every two weeks to make sure the infection is gone. Then he put a root canal in that tooth. That tooth is on the same side of my cancer. Nobody knows what caused my cancer but it is something to wonder about.

I had an original thread at the alternative medicine forum with the title Root Canals and Breast Cancer. I hardly got any responses there. I also wanted to add the mercury fillings to this scenario. How to you move a thread?

MelissaDallas

I don't think there is a legitimate basis to this fear. Correlation is not causation. I have seen no reliable sources that believe either fillings or root canals are a problem. I don't want every new visitor to the high risk thread to start thinking they should be going to get all their dental work yanked. Most of them have enough to worry about already - like gene mutations or breast neoplasia.

Leah_S

Even if the statistic of "95% of women with BC have root canals or mercury amalgam fillings" (and where did this statistic come from?) is correct, it is meaningless without knowing what % of women WITHOUT BC have root canals or amalgam fillings.

Leah

new2bc

I asked my new dentist last time I visited him if he has any patients who have breast cancer besides me. He had two more. I looked at his eyes and asked him "Do they have mercury fillings or root canals?" He checked their files later and told me NO. Then I decided not to pursue taking them out. This thread was not meant to scare anyone, but to collect data so everyone can make an informed decision.

This is my NEW dentist that did not work on my teeth as far as putting the mercury fillings and root canals.

MelissaDallas

Collecting and analyzing data has to be done in a very specific way to produce meaningful results for anyone to base informed decisions on. Again, correlation is not causation.

exbrnxgrl

This is a subject that we have visited, many, many times. Casually "collecting" data on a site where the majority of members have bc is not an accurate way to do scientific data collection. As many have said, correlation does not equal causation. Additionally I bet most of us have many, many other things in common from which we could draw casual correlations. I don't think this helps anyone make an informed decision, given that there is no empirical evidence to support it. That said, anyone is free to remove as many fillings,root canals and teeth as they wish

new2bc

I was not doing a scientific data collection. I was just trying to make a personal decision for me based on the input. That is why I asked my dentist about his other patients and he happily gave me the information. I did not want to scare or offend anyone.

SelenaWolf

There is no scientific evidence showing causation between fillings and root canals with increased breast cancer risk. I had no fillings- or root canals prior to breast cancer, but have had two root canals done afterwards; both because grinding my teeth in my sleep caused two of my back molars to crack. May I say "ouch"?