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Temporary Filling

A temporary filling is a dental restorative material used to fill a tooth cavity temporarily until a final restorative material is placed. Zinc oxide eugenol is the most common temporary restorative material used.

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My root canal filling fell out. Please help.

Query: Hi doctor, I had a root canal and the filling fell off. I am too afraid of dentists. Hence, I did not go back to get a permanent filling. How bad can it be now? It has been a year. What to do?  Read Full »


Dr. Shwetha. K. Shetty

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Let me start by telling you that if you have been to the dentist and sat through the root canal procedure then getting a filling should be a cake walk. Without a filling covering a root canal filled tooth, either the root canal will fail or the tooth might just breakdow...  Read Full »

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