The dental onlay procedure typically entails:

Indirect Onlays
During the first appointment, your dentist prepares the tooth by removing any tooth decay.
Once the tooth is prepared, an impression is made of the tooth’s structure and then sent to a dental laboratory.

Since it will take a few weeks to create the onlay, your dentist will place a temporary dental filling to preserve the tooth.

During the second dental visit, the temporary filling is removed and the dental onlay is cemented onto the tooth.

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Direct Onlays
For direct dental onlays, the same preparation is used, and the tooth is filled with composite resin material.

Traditionally, the filling is moulded and hardened in an oven and then cemented to the tooth. But now there’s a high-tech option for making direct dental onlays: CEREC® uses 3D computer imagery and other special equipment to produce porcelain restorations right in your dental office.

By simply taking a picture of your tooth, your dentist can design and create dental onlays, dental inlays, dental crowns or veneers while you relax in the dental chair — no impressions, temporary fillings or second appointments are needed!