From a single tooth to a full arch, East Bradford Dental restores dental implants for West Chester and Chester County patients. We handle the crown and restoration side; the surgical placement is done by oral surgeons we partner with and trust. You have one point of contact — us — for the whole process.
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When you lose a tooth, you have three main options: do nothing, bridge it, or implant it. We almost always recommend an implant. Here's why.
When a tooth is missing and isn't replaced, neighboring teeth drift into the gap and the opposing tooth begins to over-erupt. Your bite changes. Wear patterns shift. Other restorations start to break down faster because the load is no longer distributed evenly. Replacing the tooth keeps everything else stable.
Bridges are excellent restorations, but they require us to reduce (grind down) two healthy neighboring teeth to anchor the bridge. They also can't be flossed between the teeth like normal — which makes long-term hygiene harder and puts two other teeth at risk for decay or root issues down the road. A partial denture is even less ideal: it's removable, less aesthetic, and most patients don't love wearing them.
An implant doesn't touch the neighboring teeth. It can be flossed and brushed like a natural tooth. It prevents the bone loss that follows extraction. And it functions like a normal tooth — most patients forget which one it is. It's the gold standard for tooth replacement, and it's what we recommend in nearly every case where it's an option.
We restore implants at any scale. Single tooth, multiple teeth, full-arch — including the anterior (front) zone, which demands extra cosmetic precision. Pricing ranges below are typical for the West Chester market and include both the surgical placement and our restoration portion. You'll get an exact written quote at your consultation.
The most common case. One missing or compromised tooth is replaced with an implant fixture + abutment + crown. Most patients are eating normally with the final crown 3-6 months after the implant is placed.
Two implants supporting a bridge of three or more teeth. A more efficient solution than placing an individual implant for each missing tooth — common when several adjacent teeth are missing.
A complete arch of teeth supported by 4-6 implants — sometimes called "teeth in a day" or All-on-4 / All-on-6. We do these in-house, coordinating closely with the surgeon. Complex cases, handled carefully.
Cosmetic-zone implants demand a higher level of precision in shade matching, contouring, and emergence profile. During healing, we make you a clear retainer like an Invisalign tray with a tooth built in where the implant is healing, so you're never walking around with a gap.
Dentures that snap onto 2-4 implants rather than resting on the gums. Dramatically more stable and comfortable than traditional dentures — patients can eat steak again — without the cost of full-arch restoration.
Had an implant placed elsewhere and need the crown made? Or need an existing crown replaced or repaired? In most cases we can take over the restoration side. Bring records from the placing surgeon (we can help retrieve them).
Two offices are involved in your implant — ours and the surgeon's — but you have one point of contact. We coordinate everything. Here's the typical journey for a single-tooth implant.
You come in for a free consult. We take a full set of diagnostic records, including a cone beam CT scan (CBCT) and iTero digital scans. We review the site, evaluate bone quantity and quality, and put together a treatment plan with timeline and exact pricing. This visit alone usually answers most of your questions.
If the tooth is still in the mouth and needs to come out, we coordinate the extraction with the surgeon — often combined with the implant placement in the same visit. If bone loss has already occurred, a bone graft may be done now to prepare the site for the implant in a few months.
The oral surgeon places the titanium implant fixture into the jawbone. This appointment is typically under an hour, done with local anesthesia (sedation available if you prefer). Most patients are back to normal activities the next day and report less discomfort than they expected. For front-tooth cases, we make you a clear retainer like an Invisalign tray with a tooth built in where the implant is healing, so you're never without a visible tooth.
The implant fuses (osseointegrates) with the bone over 3-6 months. During this period there's nothing you need to do beyond your normal oral hygiene. You'll come in for one or two short check-ins so we can make sure healing is on track.
Once the implant is integrated, we take a digital scan with our iTero scanner — no goopy impressions — and design a crown that matches your existing teeth in shape, shade, and contour. Two visits with us: one for the scan, one to deliver and adjust the final crown. Most patients tell us they forget which tooth it is within a few weeks.
One of our patients had a molar that had been root canaled years earlier. The root canal failed and the tooth became infected. We coordinated with the oral surgeon for extraction and implant placement in the same visit. Four months later — once the implant had fully integrated — they came back for the crown. We took a digital scan, designed the crown, and delivered it two visits later.
That patient is back to eating whatever they want — steak, apples, corn on the cob — without thinking about it. That's the goal of every implant case: you stop being aware of the tooth. It just works.
Patients ask us this regularly. The honest answer: we can do anything they do, often for less, with the doctor who actually knows you.
ClearChoice is a national chain that markets heavily to patients considering full-arch implants. They're capable at what they do, but the model is different — high volume, premium pricing, and you'll see whichever doctor is on shift that day. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's worth knowing.
Most patients considering implants don't actually need a full-arch case. They need one, two, or a handful of teeth replaced. For those cases, a full-arch implant center is overkill. And even for full-arch cases, we can handle them in-house, coordinating with our surgical partners, at a more personal scale.
Come in for a free consult. We'll give you an honest evaluation — including telling you if we'd refer you elsewhere for a specific case. That happens occasionally and we don't pretend otherwise.
We submit claims to your insurance on your behalf and apply your benefits wherever they apply. Most PPO plans cover a portion of the crown, but not the surgical placement. Here's how the financial side typically works.
East Bradford Dental has been caring for West Chester and Chester County families since 1993 — over 30 years of continuous practice in the same community. Dr. Steven Casella took the helm in 2015 and has invested heavily in modern technology and treatment protocols, including the iTero digital scanning and cone beam imaging we use for implant planning.
We were named to Philadelphia Magazine's Top Dentists 2026 list — peer-nominated recognition from other dentists in the region. For implant cases specifically, that means the doctor restoring your case has the relationships, the technology, and the local reputation that come from doing this work at the same address for a long time.
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Free consultation, no pressure, written treatment plan with exact pricing. Whether you need one tooth replaced or the full mouth restored, we'll give you an honest evaluation and a realistic timeline.