Replace One Missing Tooth With a Fixed Tooth in Fremont

A single implant, its abutment, and the custom zirconia crown are quoted as one bundle. What can change your total is what your tooth needs beyond that bundle — an extraction, bone grafting, or sedation — and each of those is itemized separately. How you'll find out is a promise: a free consultation with a medical-grade 3D CBCT scan (together a $499 value) and a plan with every cost on paper before you decide anything. Because we're family-owned and make everything in-house, there's no outside lab markup built into your price — and we compare offers from several trusted healthcare lenders to find the monthly payment that fits, with a prequalification that takes minutes and doesn't affect your credit score. The single-tooth cost guide walks through every line.

For many qualifying patients, yes — and we mean permanent, not a plastic temporary. Because our CAD/CAM milling lab is inside the practice, we can place your implant and deliver your final zirconia crown in as little as 24 hours. And when several teeth are missing, the same workflow restores multiple implants with permanent teeth in the same visit. Whether your case qualifies depends on the density of your bone and how firmly the implant seats — both measured at your free 3D scan, so you'll know before we begin, not after.

A front tooth is the hardest crown to get right, and it's exactly where having our own lab pays off. Your zirconia crown is custom-shaded and shaped a few steps from your chair — not mailed to a lab that has never seen your face — and the gumline is contoured so the new tooth emerges naturally, like it grew there. With our in-office Smile Simulator you can even preview the result on screen before you commit to anything. Our standard for a front tooth is simple: no one, including your old dentist, should be able to tell which one it is.

A bridge fills the gap by grinding down the two healthy teeth beside it — and it does nothing to stop the bone loss under the missing tooth. A bridge typically needs replacement every 5–10 years, often because one of those anchor teeth finally gives out. An implant replaces the root itself: your neighboring teeth stay untouched, your bone stays exercised and preserved, and long-term success rates are commonly reported around 95%. The full comparison lives on our implant vs bridge page. At your consultation we'll show you both options on your own scan and tell you plainly which one truly serves you.

You're in the majority, and you'll be okay. Placement is done under local anesthesia, and because X-Guide™ and Navident EVO navigation guide the implant with sub-millimeter precision, we work through smaller openings than traditional freehand surgery — which means less swelling and faster healing. If you'd rather remember none of it, IV sedation is available, administered by doctors certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Most patients are back to their normal routine the next day on nothing stronger than over-the-counter medication.

Almost never — but sooner is easier. The jaw can lose up to half the width of its bone in the first year after a tooth is lost, so older gaps sometimes need a graft to rebuild the foundation first. Your free 3D scan shows us exactly what's there, and we've spent nearly two decades restoring teeth other offices had written off. You'll get an answer based on your anatomy — never a policy.

An implant tooth has three parts working as one: the implant post (the new root in your bone), the crown (the visible tooth), and between them the abutment — the small connector the crown attaches to. It's a standard part of every implant, never an optional add-on, and it appears on your itemized estimate from day one. Offices choose between pre-made 'stock' abutments and custom ones; because our lab is in-house, we design and mill custom abutments matched to your gumline and bite whenever the aesthetics call for it — most often for the front teeth people see. If your plan uses a healing abutment first (a temporary cap that shapes the gum while the implant integrates), we'll explain that step before anything is scheduled.

We work with all PPO dental plans — we'll help maximize your reimbursement and handle the claims paperwork for you. We currently can't accept Medicaid, Medi-Cal, Medicare, or HMO (DMO) plans for implant procedures. If coverage falls short, our lending partners often make treatment far more manageable than people expect, and you'll see every number in writing before you commit to anything.

With good home care and regular check-ups, the implant itself can last decades — often the rest of your life — and the zirconia crown is engineered for everyday bite forces and cannot decay. The gums around an implant can still develop gum disease if plaque is left to sit, which is the one thing that shortens an implant's life, so the cleanings matter more than they sound. Caring for it is refreshingly ordinary: brush, floss, keep your cleanings. Your finished tooth is backed by our care-for-life warranty — honored here, by the doctors who placed it, with no network fine print. And because we've been in the same place with the same doctors since 2008, the team that placed your implant is the team that watches over it, year after year.