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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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Toothache »

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 Toms River

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Toms River Hospitals *

St Barnabas Behavioral Health Center
1691 US Highway 9
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732)914-1688

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital Toms River
14 Hospital Dr
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)244-3100

Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 W
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)557-8000

Children's Specialized Hospital Toms River
94 Stevens Rd
Toms River, NJ 08755
(732)914-1100

Kimball Medical Center
600 River Ave
Lakewood, NJ 08701
(732)363-1900

Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Blvd
Brick, NJ 08724
(732)840-2200

Southern Ocean County Hospital
1140 Route 72 W
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
(609)597-6011

Jersey Shore University Medical Center
1945 Route 33
Neptune, NJ 07754
(732)775-5500

Buttonwood Hospital of Burlington County
600 Pemberton-Browns Mill Rd
New Lisbon, NJ 08064
(609)726-7000

Deborah Heart & Lung Center
200 Trenton Rd
Browns Mills, NJ 08015
(609)893-6611

CentraState Medical Center
901 W Main St
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732)431-2000

HEALTHSOUTH Tinton Falls Rehabilitation Hospital
2 Centre Plz
Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
(732)460-5320

Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)222-5200

Specialty Hospital at Monmouth
300 2nd Ave
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732)923-5037

Riverview Medical Center
1 Riverview Plz
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732)741-2700

Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Division
One Hospital Plz
Old Bridge, NJ 08857
(732)360-1000

Bayshore Community Hospital
727 N Beers St
Holmdel, NJ 07733
(732)739-5900

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton
1 Hamilton Health Pl
Trenton, NJ 08690
(609)586-7900

Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County
175 Madison Ave
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
(609)267-0700

Virtua Health & Rehabilitation Center @ Mt Holly
62 Richmond Ave
Lumberton, NJ 08048
(609)267-8800

St Francis Medical Center
601 Hamilton Ave
Trenton, NJ 08629
(609)599-5000

Hampton Behavioral Health Center
650 Rancocas Rd
Westampton, NJ 08060
(609)267-7000

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