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Replacing Missing Front Teeth
How a Single implant and Crown can Complete your Smile
Restoring a gap at the front of your mouth with a single implant and crown provides the most long-term and aesthetic results. Because the implant itself fuses with the bone of the jaw, the implant tooth will be strong, stable and act just like any other tooth in the mouth.
£2250 – £2800 per tooth
Effect on Your Smile
Replacing a single tooth with an implant gives hugely aesthetic results. We work closely with our laboratory to create individual, cosmetic crowns to complete our implants. The porcelain used is of the highest quality and shades are expertly blended by our experienced technicians to give a natural finish.
As dental implants maintain bone levels that would normally deplete in the absence of a tooth, the gums surrounding missing front teeth replaced by dental implants have a natural fullness; this gives the lips and soft tissues appropriate support for a youthful appearance.
Advantages:
- Aesthetic
- Maintains bone
- Fixed
- Long-term results
- Can be cleaned like a normal tooth
- Supports the soft tissues of the lip and face
- No tooth preparation is required
Disadvantages:
- Costly
- Can be difficult to fix if problems arise
Before and After Implant
Alternative Treatments
A single tooth can also be replaced by a conventional bridge, an adhesive bridge or a partial denture.
Conventional Bridges
A conventional bridge replaces the gap by attaching a false tooth to caps/crowns seated over the prepared adjacent teeth.
Advantages:
- Cheaper than an implant
- Cosmetic results
- Fixed
Disadvantages:
- Preparation of neighbouring teeth required
- Increased load or neighbouring teeth
- If an abutment tooth requires treatment, the bridge can be compromised
- Bone levels not maintained
- Adjacent teeth need to be healthy before bridgework can be made
Price from £498
Adhesive Bridge
An adhesive (or Maryland) bridge restores the gap by attaching a crown to the backs of adjacent teeth with metal or fibre wings.
Advantages:
- Cheaper than an implant
- Minimal preparation required
- Fixed
Disadvantages:
- May become unattached
- Increased load or neighbouring teeth
- Adhesive wing may be visible
- If an abutment tooth requires treatment, the bridge can be compromised
- Bone levels not maintained
Price from £498
Partial Denture
A partial denture is an acrylic or cobalt-chrome prosthesis that can be inserted by the patient to replace the missing tooth. It is held in place through adaptation to the remaining teeth and possibly through clasping some teeth.
Advantages:
- Cheaper than an implant
Disadvantages:
- Not fixed
- Needs nightly removal
- Requires removal for cleaning
- Doesn’t maintain bone levels
- Can take time to get used to
Price from £498
Book Your Free Implant Assessment Now!
To find out more about dental implants contact us on our dental implants Birmingham helpline: 0121 357 5000 or book an appointment online.