Healthy teeth – Healthy body: What is dental cleanse? You probably heard about body, colon, bowel, liver and kidney cleanse. Dental cleanse is one of the steps in the full body cleanse. If you have never been to a dentist, you are unlikely to need this treatment. However, if you have amalgam (silver) fillings, have had root canals or have cavities, this cleansing could be very important. Dental cleansing can’t be done just by any dentist. It is recommended to see a biological dentist who will do a compatibility report to determine which dental metals are compatible with your body. Don't rush out and have your mercury fillings removed before doing research and getting educated about the dangers involved. If you allow a regular dentist to remove the fillings, you could be worse off than leaving the fillings in your mouth. The dentist should believe mercury is dangerous and toxic. An alternative source of air must be provided for the patient to breathe while the old fillings are drilled. Large amounts of water should to be used to cut down on the vapors being released. A dental dam, a piece of latex, should be placed in your mouth to catch the mercury particles as he is drilling it out. This will keep the mercury from falling under your tongue, where you might swallow it. A large high powered vacuum hose is used near the head of the patient to remove vapors while the mercury is being drilled out. There may be mercury-free dentists in your city, but mercury-free does not mean he will safely remove existing mercury. Mercury free dentists simply do not add any new mercury to your teeth. Also beware of putting metal braces in your child's mouth if he has mercury fillings! Talk to a biological dentist for advice about safe materials for braces and about the removal of the mercury from the fillings before the placing of braces. Biological dentist Dr. Jerome Mittelman, has written a book called Healthy Teeth For Kids: A Preventive Program : Prebirth Through the Teens. He offers a simple, effective program to safegard your child's teeth and gums-starting before birth and continuing throughout the teen years. The main symptom from mercury poisoning is the attack on your immune system. Root canals also cause horrible infections in the body and pull down your immune system according to Dr. Hal Huggins. Read the book Root Canal Cover Up by George Meinig. You can check the web and get lots of information. If you are seriously ill with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, neurological diseases, or other chronic conditions or allergic reactions in your body, you will need to do dental biocompatibility testing to see what materials would be safe to put back in your mouth after the mercury is taken out. Do not take the mercury out and just put anything back in. Dr. Huggins calls this "jumping from the frying pan into the fire." If you are sick, you need to find an alternative doctor to help you build up your immune system BEFORE you start the dental revision. A good place to start getting educated about this dental issue is to read the book It's All in Your Head: The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness by Dr. Hal Huggins. And if you are fighting periodontal disease you need to know that mercury in your fillings is one reason people have periodontal disease and bad breath.