A heavily decayed or infected tooth requires immediate treatment, especially when you don’t want to lose your tooth. As your dentist in Fort Myers, we will remove the nerve and tooth pulp from the inside of your tooth, clean the tooth’s interior, and seal the tooth to keep bacteria out. When treated promptly, a root canal can effectively save the tooth from extraction. Severe decay often results in needing a crown to restore strength, function, and appearance. If you require root canal therapy, we offer sedation options to reduce dental fear or anxiety.

While symptoms vary significantly from one person to another, a few of the most common signs that you’ll need to see a dentist for a root canal include:

• Severe tooth pain, especially while chewing or when applying pressure to a tooth
• Darkening of the tooth
• Gum swelling and tenderness
• Acute sensitivity to hot and cold temperatures
• A feeling of heaviness beneath the tooth.

At Daniels Parkway Dental, your dentist in Fort Myers, our first goal is to get you – and keep you – out of pain. Call today and we’ll fit you right in!

A dental crown is a fixed prosthetic device, which simply means it’s a tooth restoration that you don’t remove – it stays permanently in your mouth to support, strengthen, or conceal a tooth. It also refines its shape, alignment, color, and function. In days past, most crowns were made of gold, but now, because of their beauty, strength, and natural look, most crowns are made of porcelain. They’re so life-like, only you and your dentist in Fort Myers know that you’re sporting one.

The most common uses for crowns include:

• Preventing a weak tooth from breaking
• Restoring a broken tooth
• Preserving & supporting a tooth that has had root canal treatment
• Supporting tooth structure when a significant portion of the tooth has been filled
• Covering severely discolored or poorly shaped teeth
• In combination with a false tooth to create a dental crown & bridge.

Dental crowns are extremely durable, function the way your own teeth do, and with proper care, can last for 10 years or more. Let us help you love your functional and beautiful smile. Call today for your no-obligation consultation!

A bridge is a combination of dental crowns and artificial teeth. Bridges can close the gap left by one or more missing teeth by extending across an area that has no teeth and is typically made up of an artificial tooth fused between two crowns. It restores the look of your smile and redistributes the workload amongst your teeth more evenly.

There are four different types of bridges:

• Traditional bridges are used if there are natural teeth on each side of the gap where the tooth is missing.
• Implant bridges are used if you don’t have healthy teeth or enough teeth to support a bridge, or when several or all teeth are missing. It’s also a perfect solution to help you keep your healthy teeth untouched by a crown. A custom-made bridge is anchored to the dental implants instead of to your natural teeth.
• Resin-bonded bridges (also known as “Maryland” bridges) are used when the missing teeth are in the front of the mouth. This type of bridge involves the artificial teeth being fused together to metal bands and are affixed to the back of your natural teeth.
  • Cantilever bridges are used when there are healthy teeth on only one side of the missing tooth or teeth. This procedure involves anchoring the artificial tooth over one or more of your natural adjacent teeth.

Similar to crowns, if you take proper care of your bridge by flossing and brushing every day, they should last for about 10 years. Call today for your no-obligation consultation to find out which type of dental bridge in Fort Myers is right for your smile!

Dental implants are a revolutionary way to replace missing teeth, regain form and function, and avoid the bone loss and facial changes that come when teeth are lost. When you have more than one missing tooth, bone loss can give you a prematurely aged look, your ability to enjoy the foods you love can be diminished (as chewing may become compromised), and your nutrition may also suffer. Dental implants can intercept these risks.

A dental implant is a biocompatible post that is inserted into your jawbone and continually stimulates the bone to prevent further bone loss. A crown is placed on this replacement tooth root to replace your lost tooth and let you chew the foods you love. They are self-supporting (they don’t need crowns on neighboring teeth for support as you’d need with a dental bridge) and are beautifully crafted to look like a natural tooth.

If you’re looking for dental implants in Fort Myers, we can help! As with all of our services, we offer a variety of solutions to meet your needs. Whether you want to replace a single missing tooth with one implant, or all of your teeth with implant-supported dentures, this procedure could be the solution you’re looking for. Call today for a no-obligation consultation to see if this fantastic tooth-replacement option is for you!

When you’re looking for teeth whitening in Fort Myers, you have many choices – and you may be tempted to just purchase off-the-shelf whitening products at the local pharmacy because they seem cheaper than a customized option available from us. In most cases though, off-the-shelf teeth whitening kids will not give you the results you’re looking for. Results could range from unnaturally super-white teeth or teeth that are still drab and discolored.

At Daniels Parkway Dental, we customize a treatment plan with consideration of your unique smile needs, and then prescribe your teeth-whitening solution based on these needs. With us, you’ll achieve natural results quickly and safely.

When you’re in next, ask us about teeth whitening, and if you’re new to us, give us a call and we’ll set up your consultation.