I haven't had any cavitities as an adult, but I had quite a few that developed in my molars when I was 10-12 years old. Now 20+ years later, I am considering replacing my old amalgum fillings with non-mercury containing fillings. I also had a root canal in my front big tooth as a result of a briskly moving baseball This led me to wonder about what materials are used in the root canal procedure. The root canal was done about 6 years ago.
Based on cursory www reading, it seems there is some rubber substance that is a primary canal filling material. Are there other materials involved that are packed into the canal? I saw general references to 'cement' that is also used but have no idea what exactly that is. I imagine there is some sort of a general filling used to close up the root access hole on the backside of the tooth, but I can't tell what was done there since the tooth is covered by cap.
Based on cursory www reading, it seems there is some rubber substance that is a primary canal filling material. Are there other materials involved that are packed into the canal? I saw general references to 'cement' that is also used but have no idea what exactly that is. I imagine there is some sort of a general filling used to close up the root access hole on the backside of the tooth, but I can't tell what was done there since the tooth is covered by cap.