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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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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 Winston-Salem

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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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