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Galvanic currents, or Electrogalvanism exists when there are two or more different metals in the salt water or elecrolyte environment that exists in your mouth due to the continued production of saliva. The electrical energy coming from your crowns and fillings, which can be measured, can be considerable and can have significant negative effects on your body, particularly the nervous system and brain function. Minimizing and eliminating the electricity between the metal crowns, metal fillings, and/or any other metal in the oral cavity can have a very positive effect on systemic health. Whenever crowns and fillings are removed and you have dramatic immediate positive health changes, it is usually the result of the removal of the electrogalvanic burden that was causing an unnatural stress in your body.
Galvanic currents can exist between metal fillings, metal posts, metal crowns, metal pins, silver point root canal filling material, metal orthodontic wires, brackets, bands and retainers, and/or any other metal present in the oral cavity. For optimum systemic well-being all metal containing dental restorative materials should be evaluated for possible removal.
The best way to reduce or eliminate the problem of dental electrogalvanism due to dissimilar metals, would be to reduce or eliminate the metals from your mouth. This can only be achieved by reducing, or if possible eliminating all of the metal alloy based crowns and bridges, and all of the metal alloy based mercury fillings. Replacement materials include:
- non-metal restorative material (ceramic, direct or indirect composite resins) OR
- one type (formulation) of metal alloy only - Dr. Evans, Dr. Nordin-Evans and Dr. Carney do not typically place metal based restorations, but for some patients it may be ok to leave one gold filling in place, or one metal based crown in place, if there is not another type of metal present in the mouth to create a battery (electogalvanic reaction).
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