Can you eat after an inlay filling?

Try to avoid chewing food with the filled tooth within three days after the inlay filling, and follow the doctor’s instructions for precautions to avoid secondary damage. 1. Inlays are customized restorations for teeth, inlay fillings are embedded in the tooth to restore the form and function of the missing tooth. Inlays are mainly used for patients with severe dental defects, need to rebuild occlusion and poor tooth adjacency or severe food impaction in the clinic. 2. Inlays have a hard texture, are not easy to fracture, and are able to maintain a close fit with the dental tissues to avoid secondary caries and reduce the adsorption of dental plaque. It is recommended that the patient, according to the doctor’s instructions, within three days, try to avoid eating hard or irritating food with the newly inlaid tooth, so as not to cause secondary damage. It is recommended that patients develop good eating habits in their daily life to avoid hard or irritating foods that may cause damage to the teeth.