diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorAttrDefs.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorAttrDefs.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorAttrDefs.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorAttrDefs.td
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@
     bool isOrderedLvl(::mlir::sparse_tensor::Level l) const { return isOrderedDLT(getLvlType(l)); }
     bool isUniqueLvl(::mlir::sparse_tensor::Level l) const { return isUniqueDLT(getLvlType(l)); }
 
-    bool isSlice() const {
-      return !getDimSlices().empty();
-    }
+    bool isSlice() const;
+
+    ::mlir::sparse_tensor::SparseTensorDimSliceAttr getDimSlice(::mlir::sparse_tensor::Dimension dim) const;
 
     std::optional<uint64_t> getStaticDimSliceOffset(::mlir::sparse_tensor::Dimension dim) const;
     std::optional<uint64_t> getStaticDimSliceSize(::mlir::sparse_tensor::Dimension dim) const;
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorDialect.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorDialect.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorDialect.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SparseTensor/IR/SparseTensorDialect.cpp
@@ -165,19 +165,32 @@
   return getDimLevelType()[l];
 }
 
+bool SparseTensorEncodingAttr::isSlice() const {
+  assert(getImpl() && "Uninitialized SparseTensorEncodingAttr");
+  return !getDimSlices().empty();
+}
+
+SparseTensorDimSliceAttr
+SparseTensorEncodingAttr::getDimSlice(Dimension dim) const {
+  assert(isSlice() && "Is not a slice");
+  const auto dimSlices = getDimSlices();
+  assert(dim < dimSlices.size() && "Dimension is out of bounds");
+  return dimSlices[dim];
+}
+
 std::optional<uint64_t>
 SparseTensorEncodingAttr::getStaticDimSliceOffset(Dimension dim) const {
-  return getDimSlices()[dim].getStaticOffset();
+  return getDimSlice(dim).getStaticOffset();
 }
 
 std::optional<uint64_t>
 SparseTensorEncodingAttr::getStaticDimSliceSize(Dimension dim) const {
-  return getDimSlices()[dim].getStaticSize();
+  return getDimSlice(dim).getStaticSize();
 }
 
 std::optional<uint64_t>
 SparseTensorEncodingAttr::getStaticDimSliceStride(Dimension dim) const {
-  return getDimSlices()[dim].getStaticStride();
+  return getDimSlice(dim).getStaticStride();
 }
 
 std::optional<uint64_t>