I just went to the dentist because I'm having pain when I bite down on food sometimes. The dentist said I had no cavities that would lead her to believe is causing the pain. She suggested I use sensodyne toothpaste but it has flouride in it and I avoid flouridated toothpaste. Anyone know of a flouride-free way to help my sensitive tooth?
Also - I need three new cavities filled with resin composite fillings and I need one old amalgam filling replaced because it is cracking my tooth! I'm breastfeeding a two month old right now. Not sure if I should wait at all or get this taken care of ASAP, if stuff will get into my milk, etc...
I looked into having a holistic dentist remove the old filling - it would be roughly almost $400.00 for that and then another $360.00 at my regular dentist to do the other three composite fillings. Yikes. We really can't afford this but I don't know what choice we have - if we wait I may be needing root-canals and it may be thousands instead of hundreds of dollars.
Additionally - my husband and I do not family plan (we let babies come when their time comes
- it's part of our religious beliefs) so even though it might be better for the baby's sake to wait 'til baby is nursing less (on baby food and water in addition to mother's milk) - at that time I may be more likely to become pregnant again and I think mercury exposure to a brand new embryo or fetus would be VERY bad. So I think I should just do this now with the holistic dentist. Also - I have several more amalgam fillings I'd like to eventually replace them all - is it better to replace them slowly over time or get them all done together?
Opinions and experiences, pleeeeeeeeeeease???
Also - I need three new cavities filled with resin composite fillings and I need one old amalgam filling replaced because it is cracking my tooth! I'm breastfeeding a two month old right now. Not sure if I should wait at all or get this taken care of ASAP, if stuff will get into my milk, etc...
I looked into having a holistic dentist remove the old filling - it would be roughly almost $400.00 for that and then another $360.00 at my regular dentist to do the other three composite fillings. Yikes. We really can't afford this but I don't know what choice we have - if we wait I may be needing root-canals and it may be thousands instead of hundreds of dollars.
Additionally - my husband and I do not family plan (we let babies come when their time comes
- it's part of our religious beliefs) so even though it might be better for the baby's sake to wait 'til baby is nursing less (on baby food and water in addition to mother's milk) - at that time I may be more likely to become pregnant again and I think mercury exposure to a brand new embryo or fetus would be VERY bad. So I think I should just do this now with the holistic dentist. Also - I have several more amalgam fillings I'd like to eventually replace them all - is it better to replace them slowly over time or get them all done together?Opinions and experiences, pleeeeeeeeeeease???
