My old filling broke, do I need a crown? Photo attached.
Not necessarily, if enough healthy tooth remains, a ceramic inlay/onlay restores strength while keeping more of your natural tooth than a crown would.
Restorative
Lab-crafted ceramic restorations that outlast direct fillings.
When a tooth has too much damage for a simple filling but is too healthy to justify a full crown, inlays and onlays are the ideal middle ground. They are custom-made ceramic restorations bonded into or onto the tooth to rebuild its shape and strength.
Unlike large direct fillings, inlays and onlays are produced in the laboratory from a digital scan, so they fit precisely, resist wear and last considerably longer, while preserving more of your natural tooth than a crown would.
The tooth is conservatively prepared and scanned, the restoration is milled to an exact fit, and it is then adhesively bonded and polished. The tooth-coloured ceramic is virtually invisible.
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Decay is removed conservatively and the tooth is digitally scanned.
The restoration is milled to fit precisely in our laboratory.
It's adhesively bonded and the bite is checked and polished.
A coordinator returns a written treatment plan, indicative pricing and a proposed schedule within 24 hours, at no cost.
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Questions and answers
2 questions answered by Dr. Esra
My old filling broke, do I need a crown? Photo attached.
Not necessarily, if enough healthy tooth remains, a ceramic inlay/onlay restores strength while keeping more of your natural tooth than a crown would.
Are inlays noticeable?
No, they're tooth-coloured ceramic, bonded seamlessly so they blend with your natural tooth.
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