Inlay and onlay restorations are similar to fillings but are constructed outside of the mouth (in a dental laboratory) and then cemented onto the tooth. Inlays are used to fill cavities within the ...

To treat a cavity your dentist will remove the decayed portion of the tooth and then "fill" the area on the tooth where the decayed material was removed. Fillings are also used to repair cracked or ...

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA—Common within Maya culture was the practice of dental modification, which usually involved filing teeth into distinctive shapes, engraving designs, or drilling holes and ...