Dental inlays & onlays are a great restoration option when a filling is not strong enough to support your bite yet your tooth still has adequate tooth structure where it is not ready for a full coverage crown. Dental inlays & onlays are lab fabricated restorations that can be custom out of porcelain to matched to your existing shade of your tooth or in gold.
The inlay or onlay, process will require two appointments. The area that will be work on will be numbed with a topical gel followed with local anesthetic in order to make the procedure as comfortable as possible. Your tooth will be prepared for the restoration and an impression or scan will be taken and sent to our dental laboratory where they will fabricate your custom crown. While we wait for your crown to be made, you will have a temporary crown made by our dental team which will protect your tooth. After 7 to 10 day, you will return to our office where we will fit and cement your crown.