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Can composite resin cause ms with reflux type symptoms?
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Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. - Dental
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Can composite resin cause ms with reflux type symptoms?
by Supragirl, Feb 11, 2006 12:00AM
I have strange symptoms that started the day after having 3 composite resin fillings placed: flu-like body aches; what feels like severe acid reflux; pain in hips, knees , and ankles; tingling in hands, feet ,tongue, and face; bad taste in mouth; itchy rash on forarms and upper back. I NEVER had any of this until the day after getting these fillings. I had my amalgams removed 17 years ago because of the toxic mercury, but now I'm afraid I have just traded toxic mercury for toxic plastic. What do I do now? Have you heard of this happening before from dental materials?
Thank you,
Gini
Thank you,
Gini
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by Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. , Feb 12, 2006 12:00AM
, Feb 12, 2006 12:00AM
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Gini
My wife just went through a somewhat similar experience. She had abdominal pain, sore throat, skin rash and an extremely bitter taste in her mouth following recent placement of 2 composite fillings. My wife said that the dental assistant put too much of the self-etching primer into her mouth before the dentist put the resin in. We believe that the extra material spilled around the teeth. She had to go back to the dentist 3 times to have them scape the stuff off, and finally, during the last visit, they got the last of it off, and the bitter taste and symptoms went away. The self-etching primer has a lot of phosphoric acid in it - which tastes bitter. All the dentists we talked to had never heard of it, and still doubt that the primer would have a sustained release of acid - but that spilled material sure what causing my wife problems. I do believe that she is hypersentive, since her senses seem to work better than anyone else I know. Let me know if you are still having the bitter taste and symptoms and perhaps we can compare notes and materials used by the dentist.