Inlays & Onlays In Tigard, Oregon: Keep Your Smile Power!

An attractive smile packs a punch. It projects good health, vitality, beauty, personality, and so much more. You are probably familiar with crowns or fillings to fix damage caused by decay. Well, in certain situations, your dentist in Tigard may recommend dental inlays or onlays.

How do inlays & onlays work?

Both inlays and onlays are restorations for the two teeth located behind your eye or canine teeth, also known as premolars. They are one solid piece made in the same size and shape of the hole left behind because of a cavity. We use them when the amount of damage is too extensive to be supported by a filling, either composite, amalgam, etc.

Inlays are placed on the biting surface between the cusps of a tooth, while onlays go on top of one or several tooth cusps.

If you’re experiencing signs of decay, such as sensitivity, pain while biting, discolored tooth surfaces, pits or holes in teeth, or spontaneous pain, get in touch immediately. We’ll get you in as soon as possible and then determine which restoration technique is best.