Cusps, margins, partial coverage: dental vocabulary can feel like a foreign language. If you are in Margaret Park and have just heard these words for the first time, start here.
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Picture the top of a molar. The raised points are called cusps, and the valley between them does much of the chewing. An inlay is a custom-made insert that sits in that valley. An onlay does the same job but also extends up and over one or more of the points.
Both are crafted outside the mouth to match a prepared space, then bonded in place. Margaret Park is an area in Winnipeg, and if you would like these ideas applied to your own tooth, the dentist at Winnipeg North Dental on McPhillips Street can walk you through them.
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One of the raised points on the chewing surface of a back tooth, the part an onlay can cover.
The line where a restoration ends and natural tooth begins, which needs thorough cleaning.
The adhesive step that secures the finished piece to the prepared tooth at the end.
The clearest way to tell them apart is by asking where the restoration stops relative to the cusps. Everything else follows from that.
Think of it as a precise insert for the central chewing area, kept within the raised points of the tooth.
This version reaches further, passing over any cusp that has weakened while leaving the stronger surfaces uncovered.
Between these sits a wider family of repairs: a filling is placed directly for smaller damage, while a crown covers the visible tooth when broad reinforcement is called for.
Your dentist may use technical terms along the way. Here is each stage in everyday words, starting after an assessment has shown the tooth is suitable.
Request your visitDamaged material is taken out and the rest is shaped, usually while the area is frozen with local anesthetic.
A digital scan or an impression, which is a mould of the tooth, captures its shape, contacts with neighbours, your bite and a chosen colour.
The custom piece gets made in whichever material was planned. A temporary, which is a short-term cover, may protect you in the meantime.
The dentist confirms the fit and how your teeth close on it, then secures it with adhesive. A final polish finishes the surface.
Dental language is learned on the job, not picked up at home. If a term comes up that means nothing to you, stop and ask. Asking what something means is a perfectly ordinary part of an appointment.
Jot down any unfamiliar word from an earlier visit or letter, so you can ask about it directly when you come in.
White chairs by the window, and a desk in a consultation room, at our Winnipeg clinic.
A clear explanation lets you feel part of the decision. Please ask to have anything explained again if the first explanation did not stick.
Freezing is everyday shorthand for the local anesthetic that is usually used during preparation.
A temporary tender or reactive feeling may follow treatment, and it should improve with time.
Nothing prevents you asking mid-appointment about what is going on, or what comes next.
Words for later
After bonding, knowing how to describe a problem makes it easier to get help. These are the plain-language terms to use if you call.
This means the restored tooth seems to touch before the others do when you close your mouth.
Your tongue or floss may catch where the piece meets the tooth, and that deserves mention.
Any sense that the restoration shifts or rocks is a reason to contact us promptly.
Sensitivity that fails to improve belongs on this list too. Urgent worries are better handled by calling than through the form.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)For Margaret Park residents, examinations and treatment both happen at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg. Follow the directions link to find the way.
After you send a request, the office reaches out to fix a time. Nothing is reserved until you have heard back.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about inlays & onlays in Margaret Park.
Ask our teamNot at all. Describe your tooth however you can in our form, or ring (204) 338-3003. Visits take place at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6, after the office has been in touch.
They differ in how they are made. A filling is placed and shaped in the tooth during the appointment, whereas these two are created outside the mouth and bonded afterward.
It describes a restoration covering only part of the tooth. Healthy walls and cusps that do not need covering can stay as they are.
Only an examination can tell. If damage leaves the cusps sound, an inlay might work, whereas a weakened cusp may call for an onlay or some other option altogether.
Both are ways of capturing the shape of your prepared tooth so the piece can be made to fit. A scan is digital, while an impression is a physical mould.
Your dentist may mention these treatments when comparing options. Each page explains one of them in more depth.
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