Beeswax was a standard part of little pocket emergency kits
at one time, particulary intended for plugging a lost filling
or cracked tooth until one could get to the dentist. I
remembered this when my wife had a crown pop off the other day.
We scrounged up a beeswax candle (one of those made up of what
seems to be wound-up foundation wax) and shaped a plug, squeezing
it to fill the post-hole, and shaped like the missing crown.
The dentist jokingly suggested leaving it that way, as the color
was slighlty better matched than the ceramic one!
 
Dave
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