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Of course you should go get it checked. Most places should be able to do that at no cost, presuming you get them to show you the actual damage so you aren't spending $ on things that aren't necessary. As others have mentioned, an alignment is your first safe bet. If it doesn't solve it, go to a suspension shop and let a tech drive the car to figure out if something else is out of wack. You might be able to salvage the wheel. Again, have a wheel shop look at it and tell you if it is safe or not. Or just replace it. You should be able to find used ones online.
A panel van sent me into a curb once. Thankfully I knew it was going to happen so I did my best to straighten out before going into the curb, so it was more like jumping the curb then hitting it direct from the side. A big chunk of rubber got taken out of the curb guard on my front MPSS, which is thicc BTW, and a bit of the rim got scuffed. It was loud and felt fucking horrible. The traction light was flashing for a few seconds after I stopped, and I imagined my tire dangling off of the suspension.
The car drove fine as I chased the dude down because I thought we did hit. Later I noticed my steering wheel off center about 1-2 degrees and had to get an alignment to deal with some bad vibration at speeds over 70 mph. I'm guessing the curb did affect something, but there wasn't any new noises.
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