root canal filling

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root canal filling,

a material placed in the pulp canal of a tooth to seal the space previously occupied by the dental pulp. See also canal obturation.

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.

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