Dental onlays are restorations used to repair and strengthen a damaged tooth.
👉Definition: dental onlays are custom-made restorations, individual to each patient, made from materials such as porcelain or composite. They are designed to cover part of the tooth surface, for example in cases where the decay is too large to be replaced with a filling, but not large enough for a crown.

👉Function: onlays are made to restore the structure of the tooth – to strengthen it and preserve its function. It is a conservative tooth treatment that preserves as much tooth tissue as possible (compared to crowns).

👉Procedure:
✔ Removal of caries
✔ Cavity preparation
✔ Impression of the tooth and the opposite jaw
✔ Onlay preparation in the technical laboratory
✔ Cementation of the onlay to the tooth

👉Materials: onlays can be made from a variety of materials including porcelain/ceramic, composite or even gold. The choice of material depends on factors such as tooth location, aesthetic preference and durability requirements. At Electa, we make onlays from composite and ceramic materials.

👉The main advantage: onlays require minimal tooth preparation, thus maximising