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Heavy Metal FEAR !

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cagedbird

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A few years ago in college and with no insurance, I had a root canal at a "clinic".

Years later, whatever the root of my tooth was filled with has leaked outside of the root. Looks like a bright silver flower on an x-ray.

The tooth was pulled and the junk was painfully scraped and suctioned out.

Now I am FREAKING out ! Heavy metals ? Mercury ?
Is this why I feel like my IQ has dropped 30 points over the last few years ?

Please help !
 
The worst thing that was could have been used to fill the root canal would have been Sargenti paste, which didn't contain any heavy metals. The commonest root filling material is gutta percha, which is good old rubber...

I'm afraid the IQ drop is probably down to something else.
 
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