Inlays and Onlays

You have probably been advised by your dentist to get a crown or a filling to cover up your dental decay or cavities. However, you may not have heard of some other options, like dental onlays and inlays. Usually, fillings are used to fill in small cavities, while crowns are used when the decay is deeper or if there is a larger fracture to be covered up. However, there may be situations when a filling is not enough, and a crown is too much to protect dental decay. Dental inlays and onlays are what many dental professionals will then use if they need something “just right” to fill in those gaps. They are more substantial than fillings, but not as intrusive as a crown.

What is the difference between Inlays and Onlays?

In dentistry, onlays and inlays are regarded as “Indirect Fillings” meaning that they are placed outside the mouth as a solid piece that fits the particular shape and size of the cavity.

At their most basic definitions, an inlay fills in cavities and hollows in a tooth in the areas between the cusps. An onlay will not just fill in cavities in those spaces, but they can work for a larger area, including the cusps. They work similarly to crowns, but they do not cover the entire surface of the tooth. They are both made from the same materials, and they both serve the same function, but they cover different areas of the tooth to properly protect when there is tooth decay.

Based on the nature of material used in their fabrication, inlays can either be gold type, porcelain type, composite type and zirconium type. Porcelain, zirconium and composite inlays are much more aesthetically appealing than the gold ones due to their close resemblance to the natural tooth colour.

Inlays and onlays do not require removal of healthy portion of tooth and thus helps in preservation of natural tooth structure. Porcelain and zirconium inlays do not change colour over time and are aesthetically appealing. Margins of both inlays and onlays are kept minimal which makes them easier to clean and further help in maintaining proper oral hygiene. Moreover they restore and strengthen the damaged tooth.

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Teeth Care Centre® is known to incorporate latest dental technologies in clinic and therefore we use the latest CAD/CAM technology to design and fabricate a custom inlay or onlay. This means you can leave the dental office with fully aesthetically restored tooth.

HOW BAD SMILE AFFECTS JOB PROFILE?

We often talk about bad smile which includes issues like difficulty in chewing; poor oral health and plaque build up. This simultaneously affects your mental health and even your confidence.

Confidence is directly affected by poor smile and confidence is essential when it comes to your career. A hesitation to smile can indicate a lack of interest in your work or make you appear hostile. Interviewers, co-workers and bosses may mistake poor oral health with lack of self- discipline or attention to details.

How Does Smiling Affect Your Career?

A Person’s smile is the first thing you notice, so it plays a central role in how a person is distinguished by anyone such as supervisors, potential employees. Most people aren’t surprise that it’s true studies and education shows first impression which matter during job interview, but it is harder to accept that person’s appearance can keep them reaching from their career goals.

Employers seek for the people who have ability to accomplish the job, but they also want people who will fit well in the workplace. Smiling also boosts feelings of familiarity, providing people with a sense of trustworthiness and providing more reasons to like others.

There are some more reasons how a good smile can further affect your career which are as follow:

A Good and Pleasant smile can help to release stress
A Good smile can improve your Self- Esteem.
A Good smile can make you different from others and could make you stand out.
A Great smile Excel in the work place and can help you become a better team player.

pexels-photo-4992382 One method to raise your self-esteem and improve your career prospects is to feel good about your smile and oral health. Teeth Care Centre Dental Hospital provides a wide range of dental services to help you improve the health and beauty of your smile.

How to prevent tooth damage ?

Damage to the tooth can be as sensitivity, decay, loosening of tooth, stain or tartar and early exfoliation. Tooth damage starts when the diet is high in sugars, poor oral hygiene, no regular dental checkups or it can be in inheritance. The damage starts when the bacterial colonization around teeth increases and the enamel de-mineralization occurs due to low pH in mouth.

The damage to the teeth can be protected by following means: –

REGULAR DENTAL CHECK UP: – Visiting the dental clinic for regular check up is mandatory twice a year for early analysis of developing disease or damage to the teeth. The dentist through various machines detects the cavities not visible to naked eye and early prevention can be started.

SENSITIVITY: -Tooth sensitivity can be due to abrasion, erosion, attrition of outer most layer of tooth dental enamel. It occurs due to improper brushing habit, night teeth grinding and diet rich in acids like beverages, alcohol and acidic food. In initial stage, use of de-mineralization toothpaste and filling the cavities or application of sealants controls the further damage.

POOR ORAL HYGIENE: – Poor oral hygiene is one of the topmost factors for tooth damage. Brushing, flossing, tongue cleaning and rinsing with mouthwash should be everyday regime for good oral health.

HABIT OF SMOKING: – Smoking is injurious to health since cigarettes consist of many poisonous compounds; it contains tobacco which can lead to loosening of tooth, stains, cancer in chronic cases. Reducing the smoke intake and Nicotex chewing gums can help in quitting of smoking habit. 27999711698_fcb1bbb74c_b

At Teeth Care Centre, the dental surgeons skilled in early diagnosis help in damage prevention and its progression. The early diagnosis helps in treatment for the tooth condition. The decayed tooth can be filled by cosmetic filling or root canal treatment can prevent the tooth removal; the habit of regular brushing and flossing is inculcated in patients by awareness videos and telling them how important is good oral hygiene for wellness; the pit and fissure sealants application also help in dental caries reduction in people who have poor enamel calcification and are prone to cavities.

The Teeth care centre approach is conservation of teeth in every case until it cannot be prevented by any treatment; it is rightly said “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”

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