This episode is inspired by my wife's recent experience at the dentist where she needed to get a filling done. It was her first and it reminded me of my first (and so far only) dental filling that I needed to get done a couple of years ago. Our discussion about what the dentist did to fill the dental cavity led to this episode. I hope you enjoy it :).

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Sources

Non-Wikipedia sources on dental fillings

• https://www.deltadentalins.com/oral_health/amalgam.html

• https://www.caringtreechildrensdentistry.com/blog/the-history-of-dental-amalgams/

Amalgam

· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(dentistry)

Dental composites, Fillers, Resins and Reinforced Concrete

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_composite

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bis-GMA

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filler_(materials)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_resin

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_material

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforced_concrete

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science

About General Polymer Chemistry

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_chemistry

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-link

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_polymerization

Photopolymer & Photoinitiator

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopolymer

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoinitiator

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphorquinone