Re: It's Time For A WAKE UP CALL!




"dr shad j lewis (via google)" <shadlewis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is funny. Amalgam filling and gold crown.

Sad that you think it funny.

>
> Replace amalgam with composite - symptoms stop.
>
> Replace amalgam with porcelain crown, symptoms stop.
>
> Replace gold crown with porcelain, and LEAVE AMALGAM - symptoms stop.

That wasn't mentioned, but the problem is, the VERY clear.

There is a galvanic reaction between an amalgam filling and an adjacent
gold-alloy crown, dissimilar metals in contact with saliva can form a
galvanic cell
which can generate electrical currents with several hundred millivolts of
potential.

He points out that many patients with trigeminal neuralgia
describe their pain in terms of "electrical" jolts and concludes that his
patient's
neuralgia may well have been triggered by the galvanic reaction between the
amalgam filling and the gold crown.
Cheshire, William P., Jr. The shocking tooth about trigeminal neuralgia. New
England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 342, June 29, 2000, p. 2003
(correspondence)

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