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Single Tooth Replacement in Midlothian

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The Skyline Dentistry team is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality dental services to restore oral health in any situation. When it comes to replacing missing teeth, dental implant-supported restorations have quickly become the go-to treatment option. If you’ve lost a single tooth, an implant-retained dental crown will fully restore your smile from the roots up, recreating the healthy tooth without negatively impacting surrounding teeth.


When you want to learn more, you can call our Midlothian dental office at 214-310-3727 to schedule a tooth replacement consultation. During this visit, we’ll examine your smile, review your treatment options, and create a custom treatment plan to deliver your picture-perfect smile.

Why Is It Important to Replace Just One Tooth?

Following the loss of a single tooth, your oral health can be significantly impacted. In order to ensure you maintain the optimal level of oral health and dental function, you should work with the Skyline Dentistry team to restore your smile as soon as possible.

Some of the potentially negative effects of tooth loss include:

  • Increased risk for dental wear and damage to surrounding teeth that begin to receive increased pressure within the bite
  • “Dental drift,” which is teeth shifting to fill the gap in the smile, potentially undoing costly orthodontic treatments
  • Increased pressure on the jaw joints (TMJ), leading to pain and difficulty opening and closing the mouth
  • Over time, you may even lose additional teeth as the supportive bone and soft tissue diminish without necessary stimulus from tooth roots

What Are Single Tooth Dental Implants?

Patients missing just one tooth traditionally needed to rely on a fixed bridge tooth replacement. Fixed bridges are crafted by attaching dental crowns to either side of a replacement tooth. The crowns are then affixed to healthy teeth, bridging the gap left by the missing tooth.


While traditional fixed bridges are still viable options, they do require that we remove healthy tooth structure from the surrounding teeth to provide support for the replacement tooth. In order to preserve healthy dental structure, we may recommend single tooth dental implants, which allow us to restore the lost tooth with a dental crown supported by an implant post that mimics healthy tooth roots. This option doesn’t adversely impact the health of remaining teeth, and it functions more like natural dental structure.

What Are Single Tooth Dental Implants?

Patients missing just one tooth traditionally needed to rely on a fixed bridge tooth replacement. Fixed bridges are crafted by attaching dental crowns to either side of a replacement tooth. The crowns are then affixed to healthy teeth, bridging the gap left by the missing tooth.


While traditional fixed bridges are still viable options, they do require that we remove healthy tooth structure from the surrounding teeth to provide support for the replacement tooth. In order to preserve healthy dental structure, we may recommend single tooth dental implants, which allow us to restore the lost tooth with a dental crown supported by an implant post that mimics healthy tooth roots. This option doesn’t adversely impact the health of remaining teeth, and it functions more like natural dental structure.

What Is the Implant-Retained Dental Crown Process?

The implant-supported single tooth replacement process is completed over the course of several phases of treatment. First, we’ll prepare your smile by removing the damaged tooth and placing tissue grafts to ensure successful implant placement. Then, we make an incision in the gums and place the implant into the jawbone. The dental implant post will fuse with the jawbone to mimic the lost tooth root. This process takes a few months to complete. After the implant is fused with the supportive structures, we’ll design and craft your custom dental crown, creating a natural-looking, feeling, and functioning tooth replacement solution.

What Is the Implant-Retained Dental Crown Process?

The implant-supported single tooth replacement process is completed over the course of several phases of treatment. First, we’ll prepare your smile by removing the damaged tooth and placing tissue grafts to ensure successful implant placement. Then, we make an incision in the gums and place the implant into the jawbone. The dental implant post will fuse with the jawbone to mimic the lost tooth root. This process takes a few months to complete. After the implant is fused with the supportive structures, we’ll design and craft your custom dental crown, creating a natural-looking, feeling, and functioning tooth replacement solution.

Call Skyline Dentistry at 214-310-3727 to schedule an appointment for a single tooth replacement.

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