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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. An important internal shipping port in the 19th century, Louisville is today most well known for the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
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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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Dental Implants »

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. Implants provide a strong foundation for fixed (permanent) or removable replacement teeth that are made to match your natural teeth.

What Are the Advantages of Dental Implants?

There are many advantages to dental implants, including:

  • Improved appearance. Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth. And because they are designed to fuse with bone, they become permanent.
  • Improved speech. With poor-fitting dentures, the teeth can slip within the mouth causing you to mumble or slur your words. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your teeth might slip.
  • Improved comfort. Because they become part of you, implants eliminate the discomfort of removable dentures.
  • Easier eating. Sliding dentures can make chewing difficult. Dental implants function like you...

Emergency Contact for Louisville

  • In case of Emergency, call 911
  • Police (502) 574-7111 (suburban service) or (502) 574-2111
  • (urban service)
  • Fire/EMS (502) 574-2111 (suburban service) (502) 574-3220
  • (urban service)
  • Local Government Radio (502) 574-3506

Nearby Louisville Hospitals *

Frazier Rehab Institute
220 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)582-7400

Jewish Hospital Louisville
200 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)587-4011

Kindred Hospital Louisville at Jewish Hospital
200 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)587-3999

Norton Hospital
200 E Chestnut St
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)629-8000

Kosair Children's Hospital
231 E Chestnut St
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)629-6000

Norton Healthcare Pavilion
315 E Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)629-2000

University of Louisville Hospital
530 S Jackson St
Louisville, KY 40202
(502)562-3000

Clark Memorial Hospital
1220 Missouri Ave
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
(812)282-6631

Kindred Hospital Louisville
1313 St Anthony Pl
Louisville, KY 40204
(502)587-7001

Norton Audubon Hospital
1 Audubon Plaza Dr
Louisville, KY 40217
(502)636-7111

Our Lady of Peace
2020 Newburg Rd
Louisville, KY 40205
(502)451-3330

Louisville VA Medical Center
800 Zorn Ave
Louisville, KY 40206
(502)287-4000

Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Services
1850 State St
New Albany, IN 47150
(812)944-7701

Sts Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
1850 Bluegrass Ave
Louisville, KY 40215
(502)361-6000

Southern Indiana Rehab Hospital
3104 Blackiston Blvd
New Albany, IN 47150
(812)941-8300

Baptist Hospital East
4000 Kresge Way
Louisville, KY 40207
(502)897-8100

Wellstone Regional Hospital
2700 Vissing Park Rd
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
(812)284-8000

Norton Suburban Hospital
4001 Dutchmans Ln
Louisville, KY 40207
(502)893-1000

Ten Broeck Hospital Dupont
1405 Browns Ln
Louisville, KY 40207
(502)896-0495

Ten Broeck Hospital KMI
8521 Old Lagrange Rd
Louisville, KY 40242
(502)426-6380

Jewish Southwest Medical Center
9700 Stonestreet Rd
Louisville, KY 40272
(502)995-2400

Central State Hospital
10510 Lagrange Rd
Louisville, KY 40223
(502)253-7000

Saint Catherine Regional Hospital
2200 Market St
Charlestown, IN 47111
(812)256-3301

Harrison County Hospital
245 Atwood St
Corydon, IN 47112
(812)738-4251

Baptist Hospital Northeast
1025 New Moody Ln
La Grange, KY 40031
(502)222-5388

Jewish Hospital Shelbyville
727 Hospital Dr
Shelbyville, KY 40065
(502)647-4000

Flaget Memorial Hospital
4305 New Shepherdsville Rd
Bardstown, KY 40004
(502)350-5000

Washington County Memorial Hospital
911 N Shelby St
Salem, IN 47167
(812)883-5881

Scott Memorial Hospital
1451 N Gardner St
Scottsburg, IN 47170
(812)752-3456

Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System
3909 S Wilson Rd
Radcliff, KY 40160
(270)351-9444

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