When a back tooth has lost too much for a simple repair but still has healthy walls worth keeping, a custom inlay or onlay may be worth discussing at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Many people first hear the word inlay after being told a cavity or broken area is on the large side. Think of dental repairs as a range: a filling is shaped directly in the tooth for smaller damage, a crown covers the whole visible tooth, and inlays and onlays sit between them.
Patients from all over the city can have this option assessed at Winnipeg North Dental. The dentist looks at what remains of your tooth, then explains which of the three approaches suits it and why.
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Only the damaged portion is replaced, so healthy walls and cusps that need no coverage can stay as they are.
Each piece is built from a record of your own prepared tooth, including its contacts and your bite.
No single repair suits every molar, which is why the recommendation follows an examination.
It comes down to the cusps, the raised points on the chewing surface of a back tooth. Where the damage sits relative to those points largely determines the design.
This restoration fills the central chewing area and leaves every cusp uncovered, provided the structure around it is suitable.
Here the restoration extends across one or more weakened cusps, adding coverage only where it is needed.
Sometimes the examination points to a filling or a crown instead. The condition of the remaining tooth decides this, not the name of the procedure you came in asking about.
Because the piece is fabricated rather than placed directly, the sequence differs from a routine filling. The outline below shows the usual stages.
Request your visitYour dentist evaluates decay, cracks, remaining walls, root health and bite to judge whether partial coverage makes sense or something broader is called for.
With the tooth frozen, damaged material comes out and the space is given a clean design that can support the restoration.
A scan or impression records the tooth, its contacts and your bite, and a shade is selected. A temporary may protect the tooth while the permanent piece is being made.
Fit and bite are verified first. Once both are right, the inlay or onlay is secured with adhesive and polished.
What you have noticed helps the assessment. It is useful to know when the trouble started, what sets it off, and whether earlier dental work has been done in that spot.
If you have been seen elsewhere for this tooth, mention it when you request a visit so you can ask how those records might be shared.
Two rooms you are likely to pass through during restorative care.
Local anesthetic is usually part of preparing the tooth, and you are welcome to hear about each stage first. Mentioning any nerves early gives everyone more room to talk it through.
Ask what will be done to the tooth and why, before any preparation begins.
A tooth can feel temporarily sensitive after this work, and that should settle. Let us know if it does not.
If you need a moment during the appointment, tell us. A simple hand signal agreed in advance can help.
Once it is bonded
The tooth beneath a restoration stays vulnerable to new decay, so how you look after it matters over the long term.
The margins, where restoration meets tooth, deserve careful brushing and cleaning between teeth.
Opening things or biting non-food items with a restored tooth puts it under stress it was not made for.
Get in touch about a high bite, a rough edge, movement, or sensitivity that shows no improvement.
Something feels urgent, such as a sudden break or strong pain? Phone the clinic rather than using the online form.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)From any corner of Winnipeg, the destination is the same: Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, where preparing and bonding your restoration both take place. Mapping your own way in is easy with the directions link.
Sending the online form opens a conversation rather than holding a time. Expect a reply from the office before anything is set, or phone instead.
Questions about coverage?
Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about inlays & onlays in Winnipeg.
Ask our teamAssessments and treatment both take place at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6. Fill in the request form here or dial (204) 338-3003, and the clinic will follow up to settle the details.
When a direct filling would have to be extensive, a custom piece may give more controlled shape, contact and support. Whether that holds true for you depends on how much tooth is left.
Possibly. If the examination shows the tooth needs broad reinforcement, a crown may be the better recommendation, and your dentist will explain the reasoning. Partial coverage relies on enough sound structure remaining.
The area is usually frozen with local anesthetic beforehand. Some short-lived sensitivity may follow, and it should ease with time.
These restorations are aimed at selected back teeth with moderate decay, fracture or failing dental work. An examination of the walls, bite and root health is what settles the matter for any individual tooth.
Fees reflect the restoration your dentist recommends, so ask for an estimate once a plan is clear. What a plan pays, whether private insurance or CDCP, varies with the plan itself and the service provided.
Depending on what the examination shows, one of these approaches may come up in your conversation with the dentist.
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Patients throughout Winnipeg can ask us to take a look at the tooth. Once your request arrives, someone from the office reaches out about timing.
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