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Dental Implants in Frisco, TX

The closest thing to getting the tooth back — planned, placed and restored entirely in this building, by the periodontist and the dentist together.

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3–6 monthsplacement to final crown
95–98%implant success rate in non-smokers
Up to 80%of missing bite force restored
One officeplanning, surgery and crown under one roof
The process

Dental implant steps: from 3D scan to finished crown

Three to six months, most of it spent waiting for bone to grow onto titanium — the one part of this that cannot be hurried, and the part that makes it permanent.

  1. Consultation and CBCT scan

    Our RayScan Alpha Plus shows bone height, width, density, nerve position and sinus location. A flat X-ray shows none of that. The exact position, angle and depth are planned before anything is done.

  2. Grafting, if the scan calls for it

    Where bone has been lost to a long gap, a difficult extraction or gum disease, a graft rebuilds the site. It adds healing months and converts an impossible case into a straightforward one. Done at the time of an extraction instead, a small socket graft often prevents the larger one entirely.

  3. Placing the implant

    Under local anesthetic, guided by the plan from the scan, with sedation available. A temporary is fitted so you do not leave with a visible gap.

  4. Healing into the bone (osseointegration)

    Over three to six months bone grows directly onto the titanium and locks it in place. This is the part that cannot be hurried — it is what makes an implant permanent, more than simply fixed in place.

  5. The final tooth (crown)

    An abutment connects the integrated implant to a crown made from a digital scan, matched to your other teeth and checked for fit, bite and shade before it is fitted.

Good to know

What to know before getting a dental implant

Everything in one building: why that matters

Implant treatment is often split across offices: diagnosed in one, operated on in a second, restored back in the first, with three sets of records and two people who have not once spoken to each other. Here a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology places the implant in the same office where your dentist restores it. The position decides what the final crown can look like — when both plan from one scan, it goes exactly where the crown needs it.

Meet Dr. Louie
A chairside monitor showing a three-dimensional reconstructed lower jaw with a single implant seated between two teeth.

What an implant can replace

One tooth, with the neighbors untouched — the main advantage over a bridge, which requires cutting down two healthy teeth to carry it. Several teeth, carried on two shared implants — not one per tooth. A full arch on four to six, fixed or holding a denture firmly. Or an existing lower denture that floats while you eat, stabilized so nothing has to start over.

The three parts of a dental implant laid out in a row: a threaded titanium post, an abutment, and a ceramic crown.

Are you a candidate for a dental implant?

Most adults are, and the scan answers it properly. Enough bone, or the ability to build it — bone loss is common and usually solvable. Healthy gums, because an implant placed into an untreated mouth risks the same disease process around the implant. And not smoking: this is the one where we will be blunt, because it substantially raises the risk of failure both during healing and years later.

What a single tooth implant involves

A single tooth implant has three parts: a titanium post that sits in the bone like a root, an abutment that connects to it, and a crown made from a digital scan. The neighboring teeth are not cut down, which is the main difference from a bridge. After placement, bone grows onto the post over three to six months while a temporary keeps the gap closed. Your crown is fitted once the implant is solid.

Two jaw models on a stone tray: the left with a single implant crown standing between two natural-looking neighbors, the right with a bridge.

Dental implants in Frisco, TX: where we are and who we see

We are at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035. Appointments are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 6 PM, and Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM. We are closed on Wednesdays and Sundays, although our team still answers the phone on Wednesdays. Patients come to us from across Frisco and from nearby Prosper, Plano, Little Elm, Allen, Celina and McKinney. The first step is an exam and CBCT scan with one of our dentists.

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The White Lotus Dental reception desk beneath the illuminated lotus logo, where the front-desk team greets patients.

A dental implant case from our Frisco office

  • Before treatment at White Lotus Dental, Frisco TX — An abscess on an upper front tooth, which could not be saved.
    Before
    After treatment at White Lotus Dental, Frisco TX — The tooth was removed and replaced with an implant.
    After
    Came in with
    An abscess on an upper front tooth, which could not be saved.
    What we did
    The tooth was removed and replaced with an implant.
    Time in treatment
    6 months

Every case on this page was treated in this office, by our own doctors. These are photographs of our own patients, published with their permission. They are close-up photographs of teeth — not portraits of faces — so no patient can be identified from them, which is exactly why patients were willing to let us show them.

In detail

What is under the crown of a dental implant

Three components, and one process that takes months. Knowing which part is which makes the treatment plan — and the quote — far easier to read.

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An implant in cross-section, with the neighboring teeth for scale
  1. The crown — the only part you see. Made from a digital scan and matched to your other teeth.
  2. The abutment — the connector, fitted once the implant below it has integrated.
  3. The implant — a titanium post placed in bone, taking the place of the root.
  4. Osseointegration — bone growing directly onto the titanium over three to six months. This is the part that cannot be hurried.
In depth

Dental implants in Frisco, TX at White Lotus Dental are planned from a 3D CBCT scan, placed by Dr. Holvin Louie, our board-certified periodontist, and finished with your crown in the same office. If you are missing one tooth, a single tooth implant replaces the root as well as the crown and leaves the neighboring teeth alone. Your own dentist here plans the case with you first, so you are not passed between offices.

Is a dental implant right for you?

Three things decide it, and only one of them is about your teeth.

The first is bone — enough height, width and density to hold an implant, which is what the CBCT scan measures. Where there is not enough, a graft usually creates it — it adds healing months, but the treatment stays possible.

The second is your gums. An implant placed into active gum disease is an implant being set up to fail, because the bacteria that destroy bone around teeth do the same around titanium. Treatment starts with the gums, in this building, with our board-certified periodontist. Dr. Louie’s master’s research was on titanium implants, presented at the Academy of Osseointegration Annual Meeting.

The third is medical, and this is where we would rather be straight with you than optimistic. Smoking substantially raises the risk of an implant failing to integrate, and heavy smokers should know that before spending the money. Uncontrolled diabetes slows healing. Some medications for osteoporosis affect how jawbone heals and change the plan. None of these are automatic disqualifications — they are reasons the conversation happens before the surgery is booked and not after.

If the answer for you is that an implant is not the sensible choice, we will say so and show you what is. Where the neighboring teeth already need crowns, that is often a bridge. Where several teeth are gone, it is often a partial denture. And where the scan shows too little bone, it is usually not a refusal at all — it is grafting first. Where a whole arch of teeth is involved, see full-arch implants, and for a lower denture that moves, dentures held by implants.

Planning your day

Time in the chair for an implant.

In the chair
1 hr to 1 hr 30 min per visit
Appointments
Four visits
Start to finish
3 to 6 months from placement to final crown (healing time)
Who does it
Dr. Louie

What moves it: A single implant is fastest; placing several in one visit adds time.

This is a booked range. It isn't a stopwatch. It covers being seated, numbed where that is needed, and the treatment itself — and we would rather run to the top of the range than rush the end of it.

Cost & insurance

Dental implant cost in Frisco: why it is quoted after the scan

Not one procedureImaging, surgery, components made to micron tolerances, months of monitored healing, and a custom crown.
No single priceA straightforward single implant and a grafted full-arch case are not the same treatment, so we quote after the CBCT scan.
PPO plansMany now contribute toward implants, often with a separate maximum. We verify your specific benefit first.
Against a bridgeHigher at the outset and frequently lower over twenty years, because a bridge prepares two healthy teeth and will need replacing.

One written figure covers the whole thing (planning, surgery, components, restoration and follow-ups) before you decide anything. CareCredit financing is available, and membership plan patients receive 20–50% off treatment.

You get the figure in writing before treatment starts. We accept all major PPO plans and file the claim for you, our membership plan takes a percentage off treatment, and CareCredit financing is available.

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Using your insurance

How plans usually cover an implant.

Major — Class III on most plans

What plans pay
Commonly around 50% once the deductible is met, which means an implant is the kind of treatment where the plan covers about half and the annual maximum decides the rest.
Deductible
Usually applies, and for major work it is rarely waived.

What catches people out

  • Waiting periods. Six or twelve months of holding the policy before major work is covered is common, and it catches people who have just changed employer.
  • The annual maximum. At around 50%, one major procedure can consume most of a $1,000 to $2,000 benefit by itself — which is why the order treatment is done in matters.
  • Frequency limits by tooth. "Once every five years" or "once every seven years" is standard wording, and it counts from the date of the last one wherever it was done.
  • The missing tooth clause. Many plans refuse to pay to replace a tooth that was already missing before the policy began — even years later, and even where implants and bridges are otherwise covered. It surprises people more than any other clause, and we check for it before anything is planned.
  • Some plans still exclude implants entirely and pay only toward a bridge or a denture instead — the alternate benefit applied at its most expensive. Where that is the case you will know the figure before anything is placed.

These are how dental plans usually classify this treatment — not a statement about your own plan. Yours is the one that governs, plans differ more than people expect, and the only reliable answer comes from reading your specific benefits, which we always do ahead of treatment and give you in writing.

And what changes out-of-network

A dentist who is in-network has signed a contract fixing what may be charged for each procedure and cannot bill you the difference. One who is out-of-network has signed nothing, so the full fee stands.

So the first difference is the price itself — the same treatment is simply allowed to cost more out-of-network, before anyone's plan is considered.

What you personally pay out of that depends on your own deductible and coinsurance, which is why there is no percentage here: it is not a property of the treatment, it is a property of your plan, and we verify yours before you commit. But two things follow for everybody. Your share is a share of a bigger number. And your annual maximum is spent by what the plan pays toward that bigger number, so the same treatment eats more of your benefit out-of-network.

An illustration, not a quote. Both allowed fees for an implant are not yet on hand, so the chart above shows a crown instead — the one procedure we hold both sides for. The in-network side is today's contracted allowance; the out-of-network side is what a single carrier allowed during a period when we were not contracted with it, and it is a few years old. Across the 23 procedures where we hold both allowed fees, out-of-network is between 1.2 and 5 times the in-network figure — most often a little over twice.

Check the going rate yourself

FAIR Health's dental cost lookup is free, needs no account, and is not ours — it reports what a procedure typically costs in your area. It does not know your plan, so treat it as a ballpark figure — not a final answer.

Ask us for the number first

We verify your specific plan before your appointment and give you a written estimate: what the plan is expected to pay, and what you pay. If we get it wrong we tell you why.

Bring an Explanation of Benefits

Treated somewhere else? Your EOB shows exactly what the plan paid and what it counted against your maximum. Bring one in and we will read it with you — whether or not you become a patient here.

None of this says out-of-network dentists are worse dentists. Plenty are excellent, plenty are out-of-network for sound reasons, and people choose a dentist for who that person is. What we think you are owed is the information, so that whatever you choose, you chose it knowingly. The whole thing, explained properly, or call (469) 262-2111 and ask.

What happens next

Living with a dental implant after placement

The long middle of this is deliberate: bone growing onto titanium is what makes an implant truly permanent — not merely fixed.

  1. Day oneA temporary tooth, so there is no gap

    You leave with the site closed and a temporary in place. Swelling peaks around forty-eight hours and settles with cold compresses and ordinary anti-inflammatories.

  2. Weeks 1–2What to eat after dental implant placement

    Nothing chewed directly on the site. No smoking, which is the single biggest risk factor for an implant failing to integrate.

  3. Months 3–6Bone bonds to the implant over time

    Bone grows directly onto the titanium surface and locks it in place. Nothing is asked of you here except patience and normal hygiene.

  4. The final visitThe crown, matched and checked

    An abutment connects the integrated implant to a crown made from a digital scan, checked for fit, bite and shade before it is fitted.

  5. Years afterwardWhy implant checkups and cleanings matter

    Implants do not decay, but the gum and bone around them can be lost to the same bacteria that cause gum disease. Brush and floss the margin, and keep your hygiene visits.

Getting here

Booking dental implants in Frisco

If a tooth has just broken or been lost, call us today — decisions made in the first days after a tooth is lost make the implant that follows simpler.

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Hours
Weekdays 9–6
Saturdays 9–3
Languages
English, Telugu, Hindi, Urdu
Arabic with Saba, our hygienist, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Vietnamese with Anh, our hygienist, Saturdays
Cantonese and Mandarin with Dr. Louie, our periodontist, on his scheduled days, by internal referral
Also serving
McKinneyPlanoProsperLittle ElmAllenCelina
Before you call

Questions Frisco patients ask about dental implants

Grouped so you can go straight to the one you came for.

Dental Implants — common questions

How long do dental implants last?
The implant itself — the titanium post in the bone — is designed to be permanent, and success rates for well-placed implants are reported at 95–98% in non-smoking patients. The crown on top is a separate component that wears like any other restoration and may need replacing after fifteen years or so. The biggest threats to an implant are gum disease around it and, most of all, smoking.
Is the whole implant process done in your office?
Yes, start to finish. CBCT-guided planning, any grafting, the surgical placement by our board-certified periodontist, and the final crown by your general dentist all happen at White Lotus Dental. Everyone here works from the same notes.
Do I need a referral to get a dental implant?
Dr. Louie, our board-certified periodontist, places implants for patients of this practice, by referral from Dr. Peravali or Dr. Yarlagadda once your own dentist here has examined you and planned the case with you. You do not book him directly: the surgery is scheduled into one of his days, so an implant is planned ahead rather than arranged same-week.
How long does the whole process take?
Typically three to six months from placement to final crown, because the bone has to fuse to the implant and that is biology and not scheduling. If grafting is needed first, add a few months. You will have a tooth the whole time — a temporary is provided where the gap shows.
Does getting an implant hurt?
Placement is done with the area fully numbed, and most patients report it as more comfortable than an extraction. Afterwards, expect soreness for a few days, managed with over-the-counter anti-inflammatories for most people. Sedation is available for anyone who would rather not remember the appointment: nitrous with any of our doctors, and oral conscious or IV sedation with Dr. Louie on the days his surgical list runs.
Am I a candidate if I have been missing the tooth for years?
Often yes, but bone shrinks where a tooth is missing, so a long gap sometimes needs grafting before an implant can be placed. That is exactly what CBCT imaging tells us — precisely how much bone is there and in what shape. It is a solvable problem far more often than patients expect.
What does an implant cost, and will insurance help?
The cost depends on whether grafting is needed, how many teeth are involved and the type of restoration, so we give you the full written figure after the CBCT scan and not a headline number that changes later. Many PPO plans now contribute to implants, and we verify your specific benefit in advance. CareCredit financing is available and membership plan patients receive 20–50% off treatment.
How soon can the implant actually be placed?
The planning happens quickly — your own dentist here scans, takes the CBCT and works the case up with you, and that is not held up by anything. The surgery itself is placed by Dr. Louie, our board-certified periodontist, and is scheduled into one of his days and not dropped into the next open slot. So an implant is planned ahead and not arranged same-week. We would rather tell you that at the start than have you expecting otherwise. If a tooth needs to come out urgently, that does not wait — extraction and any grafting can happen first, and the site usually needs months to heal before placement regardless.
Are dental implants worth it?
For most good candidates, yes. An implant replaces the root as well as the crown and leaves the neighboring teeth untouched. It is not right for everyone: smoking, untreated gum disease and too little bone can change the answer. If an implant is not the sensible choice for you, we will say so and explain the alternatives.
What disqualifies you from getting dental implants?
Very little rules you out completely. The main factors are untreated gum disease, smoking, uncontrolled diabetes, some osteoporosis medications and too little bone. Most can be treated first, and bone can usually be rebuilt with a graft. Your medical history and the CBCT scan decide it.
How long after a tooth is pulled can I get an implant?
It depends on the site, and the scan tells us. A small socket graft at the time of the extraction can protect the bone, and the site then usually needs a few months to heal before the implant is placed. If the tooth has been gone for years, grafting may come first. A tooth that has to come out urgently does not wait for any of this.
Can I get a dental implant for $5,000?
We do not quote one headline number, because a straightforward single implant and a grafted case are different treatments. After your CBCT scan you receive one written, itemized figure that covers planning, surgery, components, the crown and follow-up visits, before you decide anything. We verify your insurance benefit first, CareCredit financing is available, and membership plan patients receive 20–50% off treatment.
Does dental insurance cover dental implants?
Many PPO plans contribute toward implants, and we verify your specific benefit before anything is planned. Two things catch people out: the missing tooth clause, which can refuse payment for a tooth that was already missing before the policy began, and plans that exclude implants. You will know the figure before anything is placed.
Where can I get dental implants near me in Frisco?
Visit us at 8175 Custer Rd, Suite A110, Frisco, TX 75035 on Custer Road in east Frisco. Dental implants are planned, placed and restored here. Our team sees patients Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM and weekdays except Wednesday from 9 AM to 6 PM. Phones are answered on Wednesday too: (469) 262-2111.
What should I know before getting dental implants?
Implants need enough healthy bone and gums, so untreated gum disease, smoking and some medical conditions are looked at first. A CBCT scan shows your bone, and any graft is planned before placement. A periodontist places the implant and your general dentist restores it, all in one office.
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