Temporary fillings are standard for root canal operations. The dentist drills into the root canals, which are inside the roots of your teeth, removing the "pulp", which is the tissue inside the roots of your teeth. In cases where the entire pulp must be removed, they allow the tooth to heal for a while. The tooth has to be filed down to where you can't bite down and touch it with your other teeth, because when some of the internal structure has been removed, teeth can become very brittle and may break upon impact. Later, when the tooth has healed, they remove the temporary filling, put in a permanent filling, and put a crown on.
OR you don't go back, and then your teeth are just awful forever.
That's what I am dealing with right now. I had a filling in my rear tooth and a cavity developed behind the filling and my parents didn't really believe in doctors or the like so by the time I had gotten around the seeing the dentist, 2/3 of the tooth rotted away. I now have a temporary filling and next year I plan on getting dental insurance and I need to have my wisdom teeth removed so that I can get a crown and for now I have a temporary filling.
I have 3 teeth that are hollowed out
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Temporary fillings are standard for root canal operations. The dentist drills into the root canals, which are inside the roots of your teeth, removing the "pulp", which is the tissue inside the roots of your teeth. In cases where the entire pulp must be removed, they allow the tooth to heal for a while. The tooth has to be filed down to where you can't bite down and touch it with your other teeth, because when some of the internal structure has been removed, teeth can become very brittle and may break upon impact. Later, when the tooth has healed, they remove the temporary filling, put in a permanent filling, and put a crown on.
OR you don't go back, and then your teeth are just awful forever.
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That's what I am dealing with right now. I had a filling in my rear tooth and a cavity developed behind the filling and my parents didn't really believe in doctors or the like so by the time I had gotten around the seeing the dentist, 2/3 of the tooth rotted away. I now have a temporary filling and next year I plan on getting dental insurance and I need to have my wisdom teeth removed so that I can get a crown and for now I have a temporary filling.