onlay (Crossword)

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• (on´la″) a graft applied or laid on the surface of an organ or structure
• Decorative trip applied to the surface of a piece, also known as Overlay or Appliqu�
• Porcelain, resin, or gold filling that protects a tooth by covering the chewing surface
• An indirect restoration made outside the oral cavity that overlays a cusp or cusps of the tooth
• A dental restoration made outside the oral cavity that covers one or more cusp tips and adjoining occlusal surfaces
• A laboratory processed restoration made of metal, porcelain or acrylic that replaces one or more of cusps of a tooth
• A metal (usually gold) cast restoration of the occlusal surface of a posterior tooth or the lingual surface of an anterior tooth
• A porcelain, resin, or gold filling that protects a tooth by replacing all or part of the chewing surface and one or more sides of a tooth
• A laboratory processed restoration made of metal, porcelain or acrylic that replaces one or more of the highest points of the tooth (cusps)
• Dentistry metal (usually gold) cast restoration of the occlusal surface of a posterior tooth or the lingual surface of an anterior tooth