Filling

filling /fill·ing/ (fil´ing)

1. material inserted in a prepared tooth cavity.

2. restoration of the crown with appropriate material after removal of carious tissue from a tooth.

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complex filling  one for a complex cavity.

composite filling  one consisting of a composite resin.

compound filling  one for a cavity that involves two surfaces of a tooth.

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fill·ing (flng)

n.

Material, such as amalgam, gold, or a synthetic resin, used to fill a cavity in a tooth.

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Filling

Dental material that occupies the space remaining within a tooth after the decayed portion has been removed.

Mentioned in: Tooth Replacements and Restorations

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filling,

n a material used to fill a space. See also restoration.

filling, dental,

n a colloquial term for restoration.

filling, “ditched,”

n the marginal failure of amalgam restorations caused by fracture of either the material or the tooth structure itself in that area.

filling, material,

n See material, filling.

filling, postresection,

n See filling, retrograde.

filling, retrograde (postresection filling, retrograde obturation),

n a restoration placed in the apical portion of a tooth root to seal the apical portion of the root canal.

filling, root canal,

n material placed in the root canal system to seal the space previously occupied by the dental pulp.

filling, technique,

n See technique, filling.

filling, treatment,

n a temporary filling, usually of a sedative nature, used to allay sensitive dentin before the final restoration of the cavity.