Dental filling materials are silver mercury material and cementum material are fillings can be eaten after 24 hours, resin material can be eaten after 2 hours.
Dental filling materials are silver mercury material, cementine material and resin material, the first two are mixing material, short time can reach clinical curing, complete curing need 24 hours, after 24 hours can eat. Resin material is light-curing material, after 30~60 seconds of light curing, you can eat after two hours.
The silver mercury material and the cementum material are mixed and placed into the cavity, and the material is shaped to become one with the tooth before clinical curing. Before complete curing, there is a possibility that the tooth may be split or the material may fall off due to excessive jaw force, and the tooth should be used to eat again after 24 hours.
After 30~60 seconds of light exposure after filling, the resin material can reach 80~90% curing, the surface will become hard, and after two hours it can be completely cured and you can eat.