filling
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- noun
- /ˈfɪlɪŋ/
- Specialized
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- Many people prefer tooth-colored fillings because they blend in with natural teeth.
- dental fillings
- remove fillings
- an amalgam filling
Oh, to the dentist on Wednesday for a filling.
- Oh, to the dentist on Wednesday for a filling.
- You will go to the dentist less so you don't get as many fillings.
- What do you advise people should, should they get their amalgam fillings removed?
- Yeah, you could go, if you dig up an old coffin, there's a skeleton down there with some gold fillings.
- A lot of us have been very vocal against the use of metals or mercury in amalgam dental fillings and other dental work.
- I remember when I first moved to Lai had to, I had a root canal filling and they prescribed me which one was it, Vicodin.
Examples
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After finding a cavity, the dentist recommended using a silver filling to restore the tooth.
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The costs for porcelain fillings can be very expensive, some costing as much as gold fillings.
Blog text (21) -
Have all your metal fillings been removed?
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Make sure you get all the gold fillings first.
Fiction book (1991) -
Teeth are generally in good shape, three fillings.
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What do you advise people should, should they get their amalgam fillings removed?
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As a child, I routinely received dental cleanings and fillings in my teeth.
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Amalgam fillings, silver fillings, are the easiest and cheapest for dentists to use.
Blog text (18) -
When I went for my check-up, I learned that I needed a new filling to fix an old cavity.
Synonyms
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7.0
A mixture of mercury and another metal used to fill teeth
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6.7
A material dentists use to attach crowns or fill gaps in teeth
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A mix of mercury and other metals used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth
A dental material used to hold crowns or fillings and line tooth cavities
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Etymology
Filling comes from fill ('to make full') and in dentistry it means the material put into a tooth to make a cavity 'full' again, so a filling repairs and fills the empty space.