The Dr. Kupeyan patient preferred approach for single teeth, now provides the patient faced with tooth loss especially in the Smile Zone with the option of having an implant placed and a provisional (temporary) crown made the same day (usually 1 – 2 hours).

• Loss of front tooth due to sports injury.
• Tooth removed, implant and a provisional tooth placed in a couple of hours.
• This treatment has limitations and cannot be performed in long standing infected sites.

The following are some examples of situations that lead to tooth loss:

• A tooth breaks and you are informed that it can’t be fixed.
• When a tooth cannot have a root canal.
• Tooth has a large filling and fixing it would be only be for a short period of time, and treatment would be required again.
• The cost of treatment doesn’t justify the poor prognosis of the tooth.
• Accidental tooth loss.