Collocation for getting a dental filling I wanted to tell a friend about a time when I had to get a dental filling. My instinct was to use or , but Google tells me this is incorrect. Would I simply say: > or perhaps > Furthermore, what actually happened was I had to have a filling replaced. Is this correct? > (Edit: I just realized this means I'm replacing the tooth, not the filling. , not , right?) And is required? In English, "I got a filling" clearly implies "dental filling," but I get the sense that this is not the case in Japanese. Thanks!

I'd say:

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You can use as a subsidiary verb, as in:

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To say "I had a tooth filled with [some material]", you can say etc..

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To say "I had a filling replaced", you could say:

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... but I think it's more common to say:

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> And is required? In English, "I got a filling" clearly implies "dental filling," but I get the sense that this is not the case in Japanese.

Yes... you'd usually need to say ... though I think you could leave it out when you just said ..., like ... But still sounds a bit strange...