Dental implant cost factors
Know which stages and components to discuss in your estimate.
Explore your options →Understand your options
Restorative dentistry
Restorative dentistry focuses on repairing damaged or decayed teeth and replacing missing teeth. At Arguello Dentistry, an examination helps you understand what can be preserved, which replacement options may fit, and how to organize your care. Start with your preferred office in Margate or Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.
Repair a tooth or replace it?
A broken tooth, an old filling and a missing tooth can require different solutions. Your dentist considers the remaining tooth structure, gums, bite and your goals before recommending care. Ask whether the natural tooth can be restored, what would happen without treatment and how the alternatives compare. Extraction is not automatically the first step.
Fillings and crowns
A filling repairs an area of a tooth. A crown covers a tooth when broader protection or rebuilding is needed. The amount of healthy tooth remaining and the demands of your bite help guide that choice. Discuss materials, appearance, appointments, expected maintenance and any sensitivity or damage that needs investigation.
Bridges, implants and dentures
A bridge replaces missing teeth and may be supported by natural teeth or implants. An implant supports a replacement tooth or restoration from within the jawbone. Dentures replace multiple teeth and may be removable or supported by implants in selected cases. These options differ in surgery, support, daily cleaning, cost and maintenance; ask which are suitable and available for your situation.
Care that supports a lasting restoration
Cleanings, exams and treatment of existing disease help support a restorative plan. Some teeth may need root canal treatment before they can be restored. Your dentist should explain the reason for each recommended step, whether another clinician is involved and how preventive care continues after treatment.
When several teeth need attention
Full-mouth reconstruction is an individualized plan for extensive dental needs, not one standard procedure. Care may combine several types of restoration and be divided into phases. Ask which needs are urgent, how your bite will be evaluated, whether temporary teeth are needed and what could change the sequence.
Plan appointments, costs and maintenance
Bring your medication list and any available dental records. Request a written treatment plan with alternatives, the office and clinician for each stage, and an itemized estimate. Confirm benefits with your insurer and ask how repairs, future maintenance and follow-up are handled. An online request does not reserve a confirmed appointment.
Informed decisions
Plan your treatment and care
Dental implant recovery and maintenance
Prepare for healing, follow-up and long-term maintenance.
Explore your options →Repair and replace teeth
Explore restorative dentistry
Composite dental fillings
Repair limited decay or damage with a tooth-colored restoration.
Explore this option →Dental bridges
Compare fixed replacement options for one or more missing teeth.
Explore this option →Dental crowns
Understand when a tooth may need broader coverage and support.
Explore this option →Full and partial dentures
Compare full, partial and implant-supported denture concepts.
Explore this option →Full-mouth reconstruction
See how extensive restorative needs can be organized into phases.
Explore this option →Questions about missing teeth
Explore implant treatment
Dental implants
Compare replacement options, benefits, risks and long-term care.
Read the guide →Dental implant candidates
Understand what an implant evaluation considers.
Read the guide →Dental implant procedure
Follow the stages from planning to the final restoration.
Read the guide →Options for missing teeth
Compare implant, bridge, removable and no-replacement paths.
Read the guide →Implant-supported dentures
Understand removable and fixed implant-supported designs.
Read the guide →Single-tooth dental implants
Connect implant placement, crown design and maintenance.
Read the guide →Implant-supported bridges
Learn how several teeth may be replaced with an implant bridge.
Read the guide →Full-arch dental implants
Review fixed and removable full-arch planning and tradeoffs.
Read the guide →Immediate dental implants
Separate immediate placement, loading and final restoration decisions.
Read the guide →Dental implants vs. bridges
Compare surgery, tooth preparation, cleaning and future repair.
Read the guide →Dental implants vs. dentures
Compare fixed and removable choices for missing teeth.
Read the guide →Dental implant problems and failure
Recognize concerns, evaluation and possible next steps.
Read the guide →Plan the practical details
Costs and your next conversation
Ask for an itemized estimate and confirm the office, clinician and appointments involved. An online appointment request starts a conversation; the office must confirm your visit.
Insurance and payment information →Questions after treatment?
Follow your treating clinician’s written instructions. Call that team directly about pain, a loose component or another concern; do not wait for a website form response. For a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Contact the office →Margate · Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Start with your preferred office
Confirm the treating clinician, the services available and where each surgical or restorative appointment will take place.
Margate
100 FL-7, Suite 300, Margate, FL 33063(954) 532-1274Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
236 Commercial Boulevard, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL 33308(954) 568-8928Your questions, answered
How do I know which restoration I need?
An examination comes first. Describe the problem and your priorities; you do not need to choose a treatment before your visit.
Can treatment be completed in phases?
Sometimes. Ask which steps can be separated safely and how waiting may affect the tooth, replacement or overall plan.
Are restorative treatments covered by insurance?
Coverage depends on your plan and the proposed treatment. Ask for a benefit review and a written estimate; neither is a guarantee of payment.
Get ready for your visit
Organize your paperwork, questions and next steps.
Further reading
General education does not replace an examination or an individual recommendation. These independent patient resources explain restorative and implant treatment.