Dentists provide patients a variety of dental restoration techniques in the dental clinic. Inlays and Onlays are among these methods. Inlays and Onlays are usually made of porcelain, gold, or composite resin. These materials attach to the damaged area of ​​the tooth and play the role of fillings for tooth decay. Inlays, or also indirect filling, are used when only a small part of the tooth needs to be filled, but the Onlays are considered as fillers that cover the entire surface of the tooth. Onlays can replace traditional methods of tooth filling. They provide stronger, more appropriate, and more durable restoration for patients from tooth decay or other structural damages.

Treatment Ways

Dentists at emergency dental Toronto may use Inlays instead of tooth filling to restore teeth and their surface. Most of the Inlays are stronger than composite or amalgam fillers. They are also cheaper than tooth crowns. The restoration is made indirectly in the laboratory. The dentist removes the decayed part of the tooth. Inlays are made according to the size of your tooth in the dental laboratory. The dentist uses temporary restoration until your permanent Inlays are made. When the Inlay is prepared, the dentist places it on the tooth. 

A variety of materials, including gold and resin, are used in Onlays, which differs in appearance. Onlays are made in the laboratory, and then a temporary Onlay is used on the tooth until the permanent Onlay prepared. When it is prepared, it will be placed on the tooth. 

Advantages of Inlays and Onlays

1-Appearance:

Unlike the metal alloys used in the fillings, they look beautiful and natural. Whenever you need, you can do teeth whitening treatment.  

2- Strength:

They are not as harmful to the natural tooth as the crowns and increase the strength of the tooth by protecting the natural tooth.

3-Tooth decay

Due to the strong adhesion to the tooth, the chance of tooth decay is decreased.

4- Lifetime

They have a longer lifetime than tooth fillings.

Disadvantages of Inlays and Onlays

1-They need two sessions visiting the emergency dentist. 

2-They have a higher price than dental fillings due to having a laboratory procedure. Of course, they are generally cheaper than dental crowns.

3- They do not get worn out. 

4- In some cases, however, they can fail. In general, this may be due to problems with adhesion that can lead to falling of Inlay or Onlay. If you keep it after it has subsided, the dentist can easily adhere to it again. Like all tooth restorations (veneer, crown, and filling), it may cause tooth decay if it does not adhere correctly or due to poor oral hygiene. 

Therefore, if the center of the tooth needs to be filled with restoration, Inlays will be used, and if the broader part of the tooth is injured and needs a complete cover on the tooth surface, Onlays will be used to attach to the tooth in emergency dental clinic.