---Would an x-ray show any amalgam fillings?

In amalgamillness@yahoogroups.com, Elizabeth Sinkey <westoo@...>
wrote:
>
> You could probably go ahead with a detox and be okay but what I
don't like is the dentist's vagueness. What does he consider "a very
small amount"? Do you have any nickel in your crowns? Also very
bad. Are you able to get a second opinion from a biological dentist,
maybe someone on the DAMS list?
> Good luck to you.....................Betsy
>
> thedyes <threebabygirs@...> wrote:
> have all my amalgam fillings replaced recently. I
remember a prior
> dentist telling me before doing a composite filling then a crown
that
> he was going to leave just a little bit of the amalgam filling
because
> he felt it would cause the tooth more harm to remove it all. So he
put
> composite filling over it. At that time, I did not know better, so
I
> said ok. I called that dentist back, and he said if that is what he
> said then he is sure it was a very small amount left. He is not
sure
> which tooth it is. He did several crowns for me. Should I be
> concerned about this amount before I do a detox?
>