From the Barber shop to modern day dentistry...the legacy of teeth pulling with a shot of whiskey continues. These days, you get a needle and some gum numbing gel to ease the pain of the butchery that is about to occur. But remember, this profession began in the Barber shop.

I have a relatively gorgeous white mouth now, thanks to modern dentistry. Not a perfect smile or perfect white, but clean, healthy gums, no silver or gold in my head and when I open my mouth...I'm all whitish.

Make sure your amalgams are mercury free. Some dentists/butchers are still using this poison because it helps the filling stay strong. It's poison...guess what?...It's going to affect the rest of your body.

I'm now mercury free. Which is good because it damned well almost gave me a diagnosis of probable Multiple Sclerosis (early onset): tremors in my hands, numbness in my left leg and three toes, impaired thinking, inability to remember, fatigue like no-body's business, irritability, dare I say...depression, migraines, digestive disorders and living with the most horrendous sense of Self I've ever experienced in my entire 37 years of living.

I am a different woman nearly three years later. In fact, I'm almost a success story. Returned nerve function to my left leg and 95% return of sensation to my three numb toes, I can eat whatever I want now (and I no longer vomit or excrete it in the same form that it went into my system as), I sleep well, my hand tremors only rear their ugly head when I'm overly tired or have over exerted myself (doing things such as Fire Fighting or mucking out the horse for hours on end) AND I've been migraine free for almost 8 months now. My thyroid that stopped functioning due to the mercury toxicity, is being helped along with medicine and I'm feeling better.

The quality of my life has improved drastically. And, I know there is more to follow, more improvement.

Be cautious the dentist who tries to sell you a root canal and insists you NEED a crown over top of it. I had 4 root canals done on one tooth in order to "save it". I've had a gold crown, a porcelain crown and more recently have had a lovely five-sided resin (in white) that was doing a fabulous job until recently. A very nice dentist once told me that any dentist wanting you to get a crown is only after your money. I should know, this one root canal I've had done has cost me (and my family and my insurance, over the past 8 years) an almost whopping $10,000.00. Imagine how many

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