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Dental Crowns

Why Is a Dental Crown Needed?

A dental crown may be needed in the following situations:

  1. To protect a weak tooth (for instance, from decay) from breaking or to hold together parts of a cracked tooth
  2. To restore an already broken tooth or a tooth that has been severely worn down
  3. To cover and support a tooth with a large filling when there isn't a lot of tooth left
  4. To hold a dental bridge in place
  5. To cover misshapened or severely discolored teeth
  6. To cover a dental implant

What Types of Crowns Are Available?

Permanent crowns can be made from all metal, porcelain-fused-to-metal, all resin, or all ceramic.

  1. Metals used in crowns include gold alloy, other alloys (for example, palladium) or a base-metal alloy (for example, nickel or chromium). Compared with other crown types, less tooth structure needs to be removed with metal crowns, and tooth wear to opposing teeth is kept to a minimum. Metal crowns withstand biting and chewing forces well and probably last the longest in terms of wear down. Also, metal crowns rarely chip or break. The metallic color is the main drawback. Metal crowns are a good choice for out-of-sight molars.
  2. Porcelain-fused-to-metal dental crowns can be color matched to your adjacent teeth (unlike the metallic crowns). However, more wearing to the opposing teeth occurs with this crown type compared with metal or resin crowns. The crown's porcelain portion can also chip or break off. Next to all-ceramic crowns, porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns look most like normal teeth. However, sometimes the metal underlying the crown's porcelain can show through as a dark line, especially at the gum line and even more so if your gums recede. These crowns can be a good choice for front or back teeth.
  3. All-resin dental cro...

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What is a toothache?

"Toothache" usually refers to pain around the teeth or jaws primarily as a result of a dental condition. In most instances, toothaches are caused by tooth problems, such as a dental cavity, a cracked tooth, an exposed tooth root, or gum disease. However, disorders of the jaw joint (temporo-mandibular joint) can also cause pain that is referred to as "toothache." The severity of a toothache can range from chronic and mild to sharp and excruciating. The pain may be aggravated by chewing or by cold or heat. A thorough oral examination, which includes dental X-rays, can help determine whether the toothache is coming from a tooth or jaw problem and the cause.

Sometimes, a toothache may be caused by a problem not originating from a tooth or the jaw. Pain around the teeth and the jaws can be symptoms of diseases of the heart (such as angina or heart attack), ears (such as inner or external ear infections), and sinuses (air passages of the cheekb...

Emergency Contact for Allentown

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Nearby Allentown Hospitals *

Lehigh Valley Hospital 17th & Chew Streets
17th & Chew Sts
Allentown, PA 18105
(610)402-8000

Sacred Heart Hospital
421 Chew St
Allentown, PA 18102
(610)776-4500

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Allentown
850 S 5th St
Allentown, PA 18103
(610)776-3120

St Luke's Hospital Allentown Campus
1736 Hamilton St
Allentown, PA 18104
(610)770-8300

Allentown State Hospital
1600 Hanover Ave
Allentown, PA 18109
(610)740-3200

Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest & I-78
Allentown, PA 18105
(610)402-8000

St Luke's Hospital Bethlehem Campus
801 Ostrum St
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610)954-4000

Westfield Hospital
510 Delaware Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610)866-6614

Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Center
2545 Schoenersville Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610)402-8000

Good Shepherd Home Bethlehem
2855 Schoenersville Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610)807-5600

KidsPeace Children's Hospital
5300 Kids Peace Dr
Orefield, PA 18069
(610)799-8800

St Luke's Quakertown Hospital
1021 Park Ave
Quakertown, PA 18951
(215)538-4500

Easton Hospital
250 S 21st St
Easton, PA 18042
(610)250-4000

Triumph Hospital Easton
250 S 21st St
Easton, PA 18042
(610)250-4724

Blue Mountain Health System Palmerton Campus
135 Lafayette Ave
Palmerton, PA 18071
(610)826-3141

Warren Hospital
185 Roseberry St
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908)859-6700

Grand View Hospital
700 Lawn Ave
Sellersville, PA 18960
(215)453-4000

Blue Mountain Health System Gnaden Huetten Campus
211 N 12th St
Lehighton, PA 18235
(610)377-1300

Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
1600 E High St
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610)327-7000

Central Montgomery Medical Center
100 Medical Campus Dr
Lansdale, PA 19446
(215)368-2100

Foundations Behavioral Health
833 E Butler Ave
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215)345-0444

Doylestown Hospital
595 W State St
Doylestown, PA 18901
(215)345-2200

St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
360 W Ruddle St
Coaldale, PA 18218
(570)645-2131

Senator Garret W Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital
200 Sanitorium Rd
Glen Gardner, NJ 08826
(908)537-2141

St Joseph Medical Center
2500 Bernville Rd
Reading, PA 19605
(610)378-2000

Eagleville Hospital
100 Eagleville Rd
Eagleville, PA 19408
(610)539-6000

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital at Pocono Medical Center
206 E Brown St
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
(570)476-3410

Pocono Medical Center
206 E Brown St
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
(570)421-4000

The Reading Hospital & Medical Center
6th Ave & Spruce St
Reading, PA 19612
(610)988-8000

Valley Forge Medical Center & Hospital
1033 W Germantown Pike
Norristown, PA 19403
(610)539-8500

HEALTHSOUTH Reading Rehabilitation Hospital
1623 Morgantown Rd
Reading, PA 19607
(610)796-6000

Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Dr
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908)788-6100

Montgomery County Emergency Service
50 Beech Dr
Norristown, PA 19403
(610)279-6100

Mercy Suburban Hospital
2701 DeKalb Pike
Norristown, PA 19401
(610)278-2000

Phoenixville Hospital
140 Nutt Rd
Phoenixville, PA 19460
(610)983-1000

Norristown State Hospital
1001 Sterigere St
Norristown, PA 19401
(610)270-1000

Horsham Clinic
722 E Butler Pike
Ambler, PA 19002
(215)643-7800

Montgomery Hospital
1301 Powell St
Norristown, PA 19401
(610)270-2000

Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital
7170 Lafayette Ave
Fort Washington, PA 19034
(215)641-5300

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