Ask Your Houston Dentist About Porcelain Inlays & Onlays
When much of the tooth is missing due to breakdown and there is still some good tooth structure, a conservative approach is a custom made dental restoration.
This restoration is a ceramic dental onlay that is bonded to the tooth. In short it’s a ceramic filling glued to your tooth. When done correctly it is difficult to tell which part is the natural tooth and which is the filling.
The process involves shaping the tooth, making a mold and having the laboratory make the ceramic part. During that time a temporary filling is placed in the mouth. The ceramic part is then glued into place. Watch the video to see more.
Ceramic fillings are better then composite fillings in their strength, fit and look. their only disadvantage is the added cost of the laboratory fee.
Your Midtown Dentistry dentist in Houston, Texas will determine the most conservative technique to create the smile you have always wanted.
Our dental team has an excellent record of making people happy about the appearance of their smile!
Repairing Old Fillings, Chipped Teeth or a Cracked Tooth
The dentists at Midtown Dentistry are recognized internationally as experts when it comes to tooth restoration. This means when you chip or crack a tooth, you are rest assured knowing your Midtown Dentistry dentist can repair it using a number of techniques.
Your Houston dentist can even replace old silver fillings with tooth-colored ceramic restorations that look and feel like your natural teeth.
Chipped and damaged teeth can be repaired using composite that is sculpted into the defect and bonded with light technology or all-ceramic dental restorations which are bonded for maximum strength and durability. The result is the repair is indistinguishable from the tooth.
Learn more about other techniques to repair or fix chipped teeth.
