Eugenol is found as a major ingredient in a variety of dental materials such as impression materials, filling materials, dental cements, endodontic sealers, periodontal dressing materials and dry socket dressings.

When do you use eugenol in dentistry?

Eugenol is used as a dental filling or dental cement in dentistry. It is regularly used in dentistry if your decay is pretty deep or not far from the nerve or pulp chamber. Because of the tissue in the tooth, for example.

What is eugenol used for?

Eugenol, also called clove oil, is an aromatic oil extracted from cloves that is used widely as a flavoring for foods and teas and as an herbal oil used topically to treat toothache and more rarely to be taken orally to treat gastrointestinal and respiratory complaints.