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Stockton, California

Stockton is along Interstate 5, State Route 99 and State Route 4 amidst the farmland of the California Central Valley. Stockton is connected westward with San Francisco Bay by the river?s 78-mile channel, and is, with Sacramento, one of the state?s two inland sea ports. In and around Stockton are thousands of miles of waterways and rivers that make up the California Delta. The city hosts the Asparagus Festival annually, and is the location of Haggin Museum, an art and history museum built in Victory Park in 1931. The museum displays works of art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Stockton is also a rail center and a processing and distribution point for farm products and wines from the Central Valley.
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Problems With Dental Fillings

Introduction

Tooth sensitivity following placement of a filling is fairly common. A tooth may be sensitive to pressure, air, sweet foods, or temperature. Usually, the sensitivity resolves on its own within a few weeks. During this time, avoid those things that are causing the sensitivity. Pain relievers are generally not required.

Contact your dentist if the sensitivity does not subside within 2 to 4 weeks or if your tooth is extremely sensitive. He or she may recommend you use a desensitizing toothpaste, may apply a desensitizing agent to the tooth, or possibly suggest a root canal procedure.

Pain Around Fillings

There are several explanations for pain around fillings, each resulting from a different cause.

  1. Pain when you bite. With this type of pain, the pain occurs when you bite down. The pain is noticed soon after the anesthesia wears off and continues over time. In this case, the filling is interfering with your bite. You will need to return to your dentist and have the filling reshaped.
  2. Pain when your teeth touch. This pain is a very sharp pain that occurs only when your teeth touch. The pain is likely caused by the touching of two different metal surfaces (for example, the silver amalgam in a newly filled tooth and a gold crown on another tooth with which it touches). This pain should resolve on its own within a short period of time.
  3. "Toothache-type" pain. If the decay was very deep to the pulp of the tooth, this "toothache" response may indicate this tissue is no longer healthy. If this is the case, "root canal" treatment will be required.
  4. Referred pain. With this type of pain, you experience pain or sensitivity in other teeth besides the one that received the filling. With this particular pain, there is likely nothing wrong with your teeth. The fill...

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Emergency Contact for Stockton

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Nearby Stockton Hospitals *

Dameron Hospital
525 W Acacia St
Stockton, CA 95203
(209)944-5550

St Joseph's Medical Center
1800 N California St
Stockton, CA 95204
(209)943-2000

St Joseph's Behavioral Health Center
2510 N California St
Stockton, CA 95204
(209)948-2100

San Joaquin General Hospital
500 W Hospital Rd
French Camp, CA 95231
(209)468-6000

Kaiser Permanente Hospital Manteca
1777 W Yosemite Ave
Manteca, CA 95337
(209)825-3700

Lodi Memorial Hospital West
800 S Lower Sacramento Rd
Lodi, CA 95242
(209)334-3411

Lodi Memorial Hospital
975 S Fairmont Ave
Lodi, CA 95240
(209)334-3411

Doctors Hospital of Manteca
1205 E North St
Manteca, CA 95336
(209)823-3111

Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
1420 N Tracy Blvd
Tracy, CA 95376
(209)835-1500

Doctors Medical Center of Modesto
1441 Florida Ave
Modesto, CA 95350
(209)578-1211

Memorial Medical Center
1700 Coffee Rd
Modesto, CA 95355
(209)526-4500

Kindred Hospital Modesto
730 17th St
Modesto, CA 95354
(209)523-9006

Stanislaus Surgical Hospital
1421 Oakdale Rd
Modesto, CA 95355
(209)572-2700

Oak Valley Hospital
350 S Oak St
Oakdale, CA 95361
(209)847-3011

Sutter Delta Medical Center
3901 Lone Tree Way
Antioch, CA 94509
(925)779-7200

Valley Memorial Hospital
1111 E Stanley Blvd
Livermore, CA 94550
(925)447-7000

Livermore Division of the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
4951 Arroyo Rd
Livermore, CA 94550
(925)373-4700

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