Fairlawn Dental Care: Mark C. Rigby, DMD is a family and general dentistry practice at 3610 West Market Street in Akron, though the name nods to the neighboring suburb rather than the Akron address itself. The office covers both the maintenance side of dental care and the cosmetic side, so you can come in for a routine cleaning and, on a separate visit, ask about whitening or a chipped front tooth without being sent elsewhere. It also takes emergency cases, which matters if you've ever had a toothache flare up on a weekend with no idea which dentist would see you that day.
Cleanings and fillings handle the routine end of things, catching tooth decay before it spreads deeper into a tooth. Once decay reaches the nerve, root canal treatment removes the infected tissue and seals the tooth rather than pulling it - keeping the natural tooth is generally tried first - though extractions are offered when a tooth is too damaged to save. Crowns cap a tooth weakened by that work, and bridges fill the resulting gap by anchoring a replacement tooth to the healthy ones on either side. Gum disease treatment addresses the tissue holding everything in place, while teeth whitening and cosmetic dentistry cover the parts of a smile that are about appearance rather than function.
If you've been putting off a toothache because you're not sure whether it needs a filling or something more involved, this is the kind of office where that gets sorted out before it turns into a Saturday-night emergency.
What any of this costs depends on what's actually found at your exam - a cleaning and a filling are one conversation, a bridge or a run of gum disease treatment is a longer one, and the practice's affordable dental care positioning suggests it's built around that range rather than a single price list for everyone. If you'd rather have your cleanings, a cracked filling, and an occasional whitening question handled by the same office instead of three different specialists, that's the practical case for Fairlawn Dental Care on West Market Street.