Dental Filling

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What is Dental filling?

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A dental restoration or dental filling is a treatment to restore the function, integrity, and morphology of missing tooth structure resulting from caries or external trauma as well as to the replacement of such structure supported by dental implants.

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They are of two broad types

• Direct

• Indirect

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Also they are further classified by location and size.

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A root canal filling, for example, is a restorative technique used to fill the space where the dental pulp normally resides.