Traditionally, dentists used a blend of silver and mercury as filling ingredient. Owing to the toxic effects caused by mercury, it is replaced by ceramic and porcelain. Further, metallic filling tend to be obvious in every smile, rather ceramic and porcelain onlays and inlays are translucent that matches with the natural color of teeth. If it is a metal filling, the chances of damage during the accidental bite are common. To avoid embarrassment while smiling, trained cosmetic dentistry surgeon prefers onlay or inlay, rather to crown.
Steps involved in inlay or outlay of teeth:
- As an initial procedure of cosmetic dentistry, the cosmetic dentist will obtain your teeth’s impression, which needs to be fixed.
- The impression is moved on to dental lab, the place where filling is created.
- When the filling is ready, your old filling should be removed and then the new will be inlayed and cemented on your tooth.
- You can either do with a single tooth or many, at a time. Inlay is filling and exactly fits inside the teeth.
- Onlay covers the complete tooth. Onlay is enduring and tougher than the usual crown.
Within 2 visits, you can apply both inlay and onlay to the teeth.