If your teeth start decaying, the dentist may advise you to have your teeth filled. Which of the following is not used as the dental filling?

Gold

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Sorel's cemenet

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Zinc oxychloride

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Zinc

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Solution

The correct option is D Zinc
A metal is used as dental filling, if it is not reacted with teeth. Zinc is reactive metal. So, it is not used in dental filling.

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