Hi citytom,
Actually, you have brought up a significant point that is <seldom> if ever discussed in conventional dentistry called <Electro> Galvanism. It is not always thoroughly discussed in non conventional dentistry either because it is a subject, just like mercury, that the ADA wishes NOT to recognize as a probable health concern. So dentists have to be very careful how they approach this subject with their patients because it's no fun to have the ADA creeping up your back.

Galvanism is a corrosive response that occurs anytime there are dissimilar metals mixed together, on top of, next to, or near each other. In the mouth, the response can be corrosive and similar to having battery static from one metal to another due to the saliva and vascularity of the mouth. It's common knowledge that this type of static near the brain cannot be healthy. Some of the controversy over Galvansim is similar to that of mercury in that, the ADA does not feel that the chronic vapors of mercury coming off of our fillings nor the constant battery static in our mouths from having dissimilar metals can have any long term negative effects on our health.

The average adult person in the US has many dissimilar metals in their dental fillings. Just to give you an idea. Amalgam fillings (they look silver when new and then turn dark gray/black) originally contained 50% mercury along with a mixture of cadmium/indium/palladium/lead. That mixture is still used today (perhaps illegally in some states) and another one has been introduced into the picture which contains 50% mercury along with silver/tin/copper/zinc. As you can see both types of amalgam mixtures contain dissimilar metals mixed together and none of these metals are considered biocompatible to the human body.

Along with these mercury/metal fillings, we have some crowns that are made of aluminum oxides/colbalt/barium/cadmium. Porcelain on metal crowns are generally made from ??% of gold/palladium/silver/copper/platinum. Full gold crowns or gold onlays are anywhere from 1-99 % gold and the rest is a mixture of other alloy metals like above. The more gold it has, the more expensive the lab fee. Dental offices generally try to keep their lab costs down, so unless a person specifically requests a high noble restoration or a biocompatible material to fabricate their crowns, the metal could be of varying quality to say the very least.

The bottom line ....... it is highly unlikely that the titanium implant itself has caused you to have ALS. However, the implant in combination with the other metals that you have in your mouth, could be a contributing factor to your ALS as it could have been the final break in your immune system.

I have lots of patients who are sick with various autoimmune diseases. Some do improve greatly once all of the metal is removed from their mouths and the proper chelation is done. Others, see minimal improvement and then others see temporary improvement. My personal opinion on this is...... the mixture of metals is not healthy for anyone. Removing them may or may not significantly improve your symptoms for long or short term. However, even if there is a remote chance that the proper removal of them along with thorough chelation prescribed especially for your situation could improve your long term qualtiy of life......... it may be an undertaking that you should consider doing before the ALS progresses any further.

Here is a very informative website that talks alot about the various metals used in dentistry.

http://tuberose.com/Biocompatible_Dental_Materials.html

Please keep in touch with us and let us know how you are doing.

Bryanna