Pediatric Dentistry
Same office, for however long you need it
North Fort Myers families are cared for at the Fort Myers office, 8016 Summerlin Lakes Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33907, just off Summerlin Road, for a first visit and for every one after it. Call and the front desk will get you booked and answer anything you're wondering about the office itself.
One number reaches both offices, (239) 482-2722, Monday to Friday, 8 to 5, and a real human answers.
Booking is one quick call.
One number reaches both offices, Monday to Friday 8 to 5. Your child's health details stay in a conversation with our front desk, never typed into a website.
What changes as your child grows
A visit when your child is two looks different from a visit when they are twelve, even at the same office with the same team. Every routine visit here includes a comprehensive exam, a professional cleaning, and a growth check, and that continuity is part of the point: the same team watching your child's mouth change year over year tends to catch small things earlier than a fresh set of eyes would each time.
Orthodontic questions often enter the picture somewhere in the elementary years. Comprehensive orthodontic care with Dr. Whitesides is offered at the Fort Myers office too, so that conversation, if and when it happens, stays with people who already know your child rather than starting over with a referral.
Booking, and what a first or later visit involves
A first visit, a routine checkup, or a specific worry are three different phone calls, even though they all start the same way. If this is a first visit, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's window is by the first birthday or within six months of the first tooth, and under three, most visits are a gentle lap exam with the parent right there. If it is a routine return, the front desk already has your child's history and can often get you in faster.
Booking is by phone on purpose: your child's health details stay in a conversation with our front desk, never typed into a website, and new patient forms arrive ahead of time.
The practice's history and the Fort Myers office itself get a longer treatment on our dedicated Fort Myers page, worth a look if your family is planning on this being your dental home for years to come. For more on orthodontics as your child gets older, see orthodontics.
Parents ask us
At what age might orthodontic questions come up?
It varies by child. Growth gets checked at every routine visit, and your pediatric dentist will mention it if something is worth an early look. Comprehensive orthodontic care with Dr. Whitesides is offered at the Fort Myers office when that time comes.
Do we need to switch dentists as our child gets older?
No. The same office, and often the same team, can see your child from a first visit through the teenage years, which is part of why continuity of care matters more than it might seem at the start.
What if it's been a while since our last visit?
Call and let the front desk know. They can pull up your child's history, get you back on a routine schedule, and answer anything that's changed since your last appointment.
Ready to set sail?
A real human answers, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm. New patient forms arrive ahead of time, no clipboard scramble.
Call (239) 482-2722