Dental Inlays & Onlays

Dental inlays and onlays are custom made gold restorations for the biting surface of a tooth. They are modeled to look and function like the original tooth surface that they replace.

The difference between an inlay and onlay is that the inlay lies between the cusps (e.g. the ridges of the tooth’s biting surface) and the onlay  covers one or more cusps and is a more extensive restoration.  These restorations are conservative requiring less extensive preparation than a full crown.

Both inlays and onlays are cemented to the tooth’s surface. The restoration traditionally requires two visits. The first for preparation and modeling the restoration for the laboratory and a second visit for cementation.

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