Dr. Katie ToThe Wellness Dentist, CEO and Founder of Center for Wellness Dentistry and Wellness Dentist Institute.

Ask Your Dentist These Questions Before They Touch Your Mercury Fillings

31 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, Dr. Katie To advises patients to seek dentists who are specifically trained in safe mercury (amalgam) removal. She emphasizes the importance of protecting the patient, the dental team, and the environment by using proper protocols. Viewers are encouraged to call dental offices and ask targeted questions such as whether the practice uses ozone, has cone‑beam CT (CBCT) imaging, and how they address biocompatibility. If the dentist and staff can answer confidently, the patient should also assess personal comfort and alignment with the provider, as the patient is the "hero" of their own healing journey and the wellness‑focused dentist should support that path.

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For example, the safe mercury removal, they will do it properly to protect you, to protect themselves, to protect their team and their environment. Follow these organizations looking for dentists that have been trained. And I would say call the office and ask questions like, how do you do the safe mercury removal? Do you use ozone in your practice? Do you have cone beam CT, CBCT in your practice? What do you do about biocompatibility? All that questions, if the team and the doctor can answer that, then you also want to make sure that you feel comfortable with the provider that you choose. I'm always telling patients, there's so many providers out there for you, and the provider that you see, it has that connection, is having that alignment in the way they think, in the way they can support you, because in the end, you are the hero of your healing journey, and that wellness dentist will be there to help you to go on that journey and get the result that you're looking for.