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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to the tallest office buildings in the region, such as 100 North Main Street. It is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage, or "Camel City", a reference to Camel cigarettes and the city's prominent tobacco industry; some locals use "Winston" in informal speech. Winston-Salem is home to three universities and one college: Wake Forest University, a nationally distinguished private university, Winston-Salem State University, a historically-black university founded in 1892, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and Salem College, a four-year liberal arts college for women.
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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 Winston-Salem

  • In case of Emergency, call 911
  • Police (808) 529-3111
  • Fire (808) 723-7139

Nearby Winston-Salem Hospitals *

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157
(336)716-2255

Medical Park Hospital
1950 S Hawthorne Rd
Winston Salem, NC 27103
(336)718-0785

Forsyth Medical Center
3333 Silas Creek Pkwy
Winston Salem, NC 27103
(336)718-5000

High Point Regional Health System
601 N Elm St
High Point, NC 27262
(336)878-6000

Thomasville Medical Center
207 Old Lexington Rd
Thomasville, NC 27360
(336)472-2000

Lexington Memorial Hospital
250 Hospital Dr
Lexington, NC 27292
(336)248-5161

Davie County Hospital
223 Hospital St
Mocksville, NC 27028
(336)751-8100

Wesley Long Community Hospital
501 N Elam Ave
Greensboro, NC 27402
(336)832-1000

Moses Cone Behavioral Health Center
700 Walter Reed Dr
Greensboro, NC 27403
(336)832-9600

The Women's Hospital of Greensboro
801 Green Valley Rd
Greensboro, NC 27408
(336)832-6500

Hoots Memorial Hospital
624 W Main St
Yadkinville, NC 27055
(336)679-2041

Stokes Reynolds Memorial Hospital
1570 NC 8 & 89 N
Danbury, NC 27016
(336)593-2831

The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital
1200 N Elm St
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336)832-7000

Kindred Hospital Greensboro
2401 Southside Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27406
(336)271-2800

Rowan Regional Medical Center
612 Mocksville Ave
Salisbury, NC 28144
(704)210-5000

WG Bill Hefner VA Medical Center
1601 Brenner Ave
Salisbury, NC 28144
(704)638-9000

Northern Hospital of Surry County
830 Rockford St
Mount Airy, NC 27030
(336)719-7000

Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
180 Parkwood Dr
Elkin, NC 28621
(336)527-7000

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