Dental implants
Implant Bridges
Two implants carrying three or four teeth, from £6,900. Where you are missing several teeth in a row, this is both cheaper and easier to clean than replacing each one individually.
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Single Tooth
Implants
From £2,400, and that figure includes the planning scan, the surgical guide, the implant, the abutment and the final crown. Six appointments over about five months. Ten-year guarantee on the fixture.
- from £2,400 Price
- 6 Appointments
- ~5 months Timescale
- 10 years Guarantee
What the five months actually contain
An assessment with a CBCT scan (£145, redeemed against treatment). Placement, which takes about an hour and is usually flapless because the guide makes a flap unnecessary. Then three to four months while the bone integrates with the implant surface — the part that cannot be hurried and the reason the timeline looks long.
After integration, a short appointment to expose the implant and fit a healing abutment, two weeks for the gum to shape around it, then a scan and the crown. The last two visits are quick and neither needs anaesthetic.
Where the tooth is in the smile line, a temporary tooth is fitted the same day as placement so you never have a visible gap. Back teeth are usually left uncovered to heal, because a temporary there interferes with healing more than it helps.
Common questions
If the teeth either side are untouched, an implant, because a bridge would mean cutting them down. If they already carry crowns, a bridge uses work that is already done and costs half as much.
Published figures for guided single implants in healthy non-smokers are around 95–98% at ten years. Smoking, uncontrolled diabetes and untreated gum disease all move that number, which is why the assessment checks for them.
Closer than any alternative. The difference nobody mentions is that an implant has no periodontal ligament, so it does not have the tiny amount of give a natural tooth has. Most people stop noticing within a fortnight.
Related treatments
Dental implants
Bone Grafting
Where the scan shows there is not enough bone to hold an implant safely. Quoted after the scan, at the consultation, in writing — never introduced as a surprise on the day of surgery.
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Dental Bridges
A bridge replaces a missing tooth by borrowing support from the teeth either side. It is the right answer when those neighbours already carry crowns — and the wrong one when they are untouched, which is when we will point you at an implant instead.
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A written plan with fixed prices before anything starts, at either clinic. Ring us or book online — reception can usually find something while you are on the call.