Traditional metallic crowns can leave your gum lines stained and discolor your smile. Recent breakthroughs in adhesives combined with the development of stronger porcelain materials allow Dr. Kenney to provide patients with porcelain crowns.

Porcelain crowns blend with the natural color of your teeth and eliminate the discoloration that metallic crowns create. In addition, porcelain crowns keep teeth and gums healthier than their metallic counter-parts because they can be placed above or at the gum line. Please ask us about porcelain crowns when you schedule your next appointment.

Inlays

The size and shape of porcelain inlays are similar to that of a filling. Both the inlays and fillings fit snugly inside the cusps of a tooth to replace the decayed portion.

Dental professionals prefer inlays to fillings because they are made of porcelain in a dental lab to better match the natural color of your teeth and fit each tooth precisely.

Onlays

Porcelain onlays are fabricated to precisely fit your tooth and bonded tightly to protect damaged areas. Much like a crown, porcelain onlays protect the biting surface of your tooth. Onlays are different from crowns, because they fit inside the tooth cusp, covering only the biting surface, where a crown covers the entire tooth.