Front Tooth Implant in London
The tooth everyone sees, replaced so precisely that nobody does. Aesthetic-zone implant dentistry: gum contour, shade, translucency and symmetry.
Designed for the smile line, gum shape as much as tooth shape
Shade and translucency matched to your own front teeth
Often a temporary crown on the day, so the gap never shows
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Every treatment plan is built from your own 3D scan and reviewed personally by Dr Patel.
Patient stories
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The treatment · explained by Dr Patel
What makes a front tooth implant different?
Technically, a front tooth implant is a single implant, but the aesthetic zone plays by harder rules. Success isn't just a solid implant; it's a crown that emerges from the gum at the same height and curve as its neighbour, with enamel-like translucency at the edge and the right shade in every light. Millimetres decide whether it disappears or announces itself.
That's why front tooth cases get extra planning: the implant angled for the ideal emergence, the gum shaped with a customised temporary over the healing months, and a final crown built by a ceramist against photographs of your real teeth. Slower, fussier, and completely invisible when done right.
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Your journey
Front Tooth Implant, step by step
Precision over speed, typically 3–4 months to invisible.
How front teeth are lost
Front tooth implants, the common stories
Cycling, football, one bad step. Trauma cases often suit immediate implants, the socket is fresh and the gum architecture still perfect.
Sport & accident
The sudden loss
Cycling, football, one bad step. Trauma cases often suit immediate implants, the socket is fresh and the gum architecture still perfect.
Failed root canal
The slow goodbye
Root-treated front teeth can darken, weaken and finally crack years later. An implant ends the cycle of re-treatment.
Congenital
The tooth that never came
Some adults have a lateral incisor that never developed. An implant completes the smile that braces alone couldn't.
The long-hidden gap
Years of covering
Old flippers, bonded pretenders, careful smiles. Bone may need rebuilding after years, the scan shows exactly what's needed.
Cost & finance
Front tooth implant cost & monthly options
Your plan is quoted as one fixed figure, agreed in writing before treatment starts. What moves the price:
- Front tooth implant: from £2,200, aesthetic-zone planning, implant, custom temporary and ceramist-built crown.
- With gum contouring: from £2,500, staged temporary sculpting for high smile lines.
- With bone or gum graft: from £2,650, rebuilding lost tissue for a natural emergence.
Consultation, CBCT 3D scan and aftercare reviews are always included. Nothing is added mid-treatment.
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Monthly£183.33per month
Total repayable£2,200over 12 months
Cost of credit£0interest charged
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Representative example: £2,200 over 12 months at 0% APR costs £183.33 per month. Total repayable £2,200. Cost of credit £0.
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Compare your options
Front implant vs adhesive bridge vs conventional bridge
| Front Tooth Implant | Adhesive (Maryland) Bridge | Conventional Bridge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbouring front teeth | Completely untouched | Lightly bonded, minimal | Ground down for crowns |
| Longevity | 25+ years, often lifetime | 5–10 years; can debond | 10–15 years |
| Gum & bone under the gap | Preserved and sculpted | Bone still shrinks | Bone still shrinks |
| Aesthetics over time | Stable, emerges from living gum | Gap under pontic grows as bone shrinks | Same gradual pontic gap |
| Best suited to | Definitive single-front-tooth replacement | Teens pre-implant, or short-term | Neighbours already needing crowns |
Life with your new teeth
Aftercare, risks and your guarantee
Caring for your crown
- Brush and floss exactly like the neighbouring teeth
- Avoid using front teeth as tools (packets, tape, shells)
- Hygienist visits every 6 months
- Mention it at every check-up so the gum line is monitored
What can put it at risk?
- Direct trauma, a gumshield for contact sports is wise
- Gum recession from over-vigorous brushing
- Peri-implantitis from missed cleaning
- Nail-biting and pen-chewing habits
Front implants fail no more often than any other, but the aesthetics deserve gentle habits.
Your guarantee
- Implant fixtures guaranteed for 10 years
- Restorations guaranteed for 5 years
- Free-of-charge review appointments in year one
- Conditional on attending your check-ups
Full written guarantee terms are provided with your fixed treatment plan.
Common questions
Front Tooth Implant FAQs
That's the entire discipline. Shade is mapped in daylight and clinic light, translucency graded at the edge, and the ceramist works from photographs of your actual teeth. The final try-in happens next to your natural teeth before anything is cemented, you approve it first.
Because your eye reads the gum line before the tooth. If the new tooth emerges even a millimetre higher or flatter than its neighbour, the smile looks 'off' without anyone knowing why. Sculpting the gum with a shaped temporary is how symmetry is built.
Usually, yes. Small bone and soft-tissue grafts rebuild the lost volume so the crown can emerge naturally rather than sitting long against a flat ridge. The scan shows precisely what's missing before you commit.
Frequently, trauma and fracture cases are often ideal for immediate placement with a same-day temporary, preserving the gum's natural shape from hour one. Infection at the root is the main thing that changes the plan.
A bonded temporary tooth or a slim cosmetic flipper, chosen for how it protects the shaping gum, not just how it looks. You will not be sent out with a gap.
Before. Whiten your natural teeth first, let the shade stabilise for two weeks, then we match the crown to the new colour. Porcelain doesn't whiten later, sequence matters.
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