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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 Towson

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Nearby Towson Hospitals *

St Joseph Medical Center
7601 Osler Dr
Towson, MD 21204
(410)337-1000

Greater Baltimore Medical Center
6701 N Charles St
Towson, MD 21204
(443)849-2000

Sheppard Pratt Health System
6501 N Charles St
Towson, MD 21204
(410)938-3000

Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
5601 Loch Raven Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21239
(443)444-8000

Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209
(410)578-8600

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
2401 W Belvedere Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410)601-9000

Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital
2434 W Belvedere Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410)466-8700

Union Memorial Hospital
201 E University Pkwy
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410)554-2000

Kennedy Krieger Institute
707 N Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
(443)923-9200

Maryland General Hospital
827 Linden Ave
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)225-8000

Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21287
(410)955-5000

Mercy Medical Center
301 Saint Paul Pl
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410)332-9000

Franklin Square Hospital Center
9000 Franklin Square Dr
Rosedale, MD 21237
(443)777-7000

Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 N Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)605-7000

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410)328-8667

Bon Secours Baltimore Health System
2000 W Baltimore St
Baltimore, MD 21223
(410)362-3000

University Specialty Hospital
601 S Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21230
(410)547-8500

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
(410)550-0100

Kernan Hospital
2200 Kernan Dr
Gwynn Oak, MD 21207
(410)448-2500

Saint Agnes Hospital
900 Caton Ave
Baltimore, MD 21229
(410)368-6000

Northwest Hospital
5401 Old Court Rd
Randallstown, MD 21133
(410)521-2200

Harbor Hospital Center
3001 S Hanover St
Baltimore, MD 21225
(410)350-3200

Spring Grove Hospital Center
55 Wade Ave
Catonsville, MD 21228
(410)402-6000

Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City
4100 College Ave
Ellicott City, MD 21041
(443)364-5500

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
500 Upper Chesapeake Dr
Bel Air, MD 21014
(443)643-1000

Baltimore Washington Medical Center
301 Hospital Dr
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
(410)787-4000

Springfield Hospital Center
6655 Sykesville Rd
Sykesville, MD 21784
(410)970-7000

Howard County General Hospital
5755 Cedar Ln
Columbia, MD 21044
(410)740-7890

Carroll Hospital Center
200 Memorial Ave
Westminster, MD 21157
(410)848-3000

Laurel Regional Hospital
7300 Van Dusen Rd
Laurel, MD 20707
(301)725-4300

Anne Arundel Medical Center
2001 Medical Pkwy
Annapolis, MD 21401
(443)481-1000

Harford Memorial Hospital
501 S Union Ave
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
(443)843-5000

Montgomery General Hospital
18101 Prince Philip Dr
Olney, MD 20832
(301)774-8882

Perry Point VA Medical Center
Circle Dr
Perry Point, MD 21902
(410)642-2411

Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center
300 Scheeler Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410)778-6800

Chester River Hospital Center
100 Brown St
Chestertown, MD 21620
(410)778-3300

Doctors Community Hospital
8118 Good Luck Rd
Lanham, MD 20706
(301)552-8118

Hanover Hospital
300 Highland Ave
Hanover, PA 17331
(717)637-3711

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