Permanent, natural-looking tooth replacement from Charleston’s implant-focused dental team, with single implants starting at $3,499 and easy financing options.
*Conditions Apply: Offer available for eligible patients only. Additional procedures such as bone grafting, sinus lifts, extractions, or custom abutments may incur additional costs if required following your clinical examination.
Hiding your smile in photos on the Battery. Turning down shrimp and grits because chewing hurts. Feeling your denture slip mid-sentence at work. If any of that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Dental implants are the closest thing modern dentistry has to growing a new tooth.
A titanium post fuses with your jawbone and becomes part of it, supporting a crown, bridge, or denture that looks, feels, and functions like the real thing—no slipping. No special cleaning routines. No bone loss quietly changing the shape of your face.
At Ammons Dental By Design, we offer several types of root canal treatments to meet your specific needs
Our founder, Dr. Michael Ammons, DMD, completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, with a focus on the surgical placement and restoration of dental implants. Before founding this practice, he ran a dedicated implant service across the Charleston area. He completes roughly 200 hours of continuing education every year and holds memberships in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and the Academy of Osseointegration.
Restore your smile with dental implants starting at just $3,499*, including the implant, stock abutment, and custom crown. To help you make an informed decision, we’re also offering a FREE implant consultation (valued at $800) that includes a comprehensive exam, 3D CT scan, 4 bitewing X-rays, 3 upper anterior PA X-rays, and 3 lower anterior PA X-rays.
Nervous about dental surgery? We offer IV sedation so you can relax or sleep through your procedure and wake up with the hard part done.
Diagnostics with 3D CT imaging, extractions, bone grafting, implant placement, and your final crown handled by one team at 14 Lockwood Drive, Charleston, SC, minutes from MUSC and the downtown peninsula. Other practices in the region refer their complex cases to us.
Sandra Shipley
After several consultations with different dentist offices, I finally found Ammons dental. From the very first moment I walked in their office I was immediately comfortable. Office extremely clean, staff with the most wonderful personalities while explaining to you exactly what’s gonna happen when you get implants and your dentures. So there were NO surprises, not the first. Everything has gone exactly as they said. I walked in embarrassed to show my smile again in the world on February 16, and walked out with 6 implants a glowing bright smile! You cannot go wrong with Ammons Dental! I have not been nervous the first time in the office and I believe with all my heart that that’s the way it’s gonna be in the future. To all of you at Ammons, thank you thank you! Pics to follow soon!
Blondie Fox
Staff is professional, informative, and friendly.
A dental implant is a small titanium post placed in your jawbone where a tooth’s root used to be. Over a few months, the post fuses with the bone, a process called osseointegration, and becomes a permanent anchor for a replacement tooth.
Depending on your needs, that restoration can be:
Large-scale studies put the long-term success rate of dental implants at roughly 93–98%, and with normal brushing and flossing, the implant itself is built to last a lifetime (the crown may eventually be replaced due to ordinary wear).
Most healthy adults with a missing tooth or a failing tooth that needs to come out are candidates.
Even if you’ve been told you “don’t have enough bone,” modern grafting techniques and alternative implant designs mean very few patients are truly ruled out. The only way to know for certain is a 3D CT scan, which is included free in your consultation.
We take a detailed 3D CT image of your jaw, assess your bone health, and map out your exact treatment plan and cost. You leave with answers, not a sales pitch.
Over the next few months, the titanium post fuses with your jawbone. We monitor your progress and can provide a temporary tooth, so you’re never left with a gap.
Once integration is complete, we attach your custom crown designed to match your natural teeth in shape and shade. Brush, floss, and smile like it was never gone.
Single dental implants at Ammons Dental by Design start at $3,499, including the implant post, abutment, and crown. Full-arch solutions like All-on-4® are quoted individually after your free CT scan, because honest pricing requires seeing your actual anatomy first.
We’re in-network with all major insurance providers, and many plans now cover a portion of implant treatment. We’ll verify your benefits before you commit to anything.
CareCredit, Cherry, Sunbit, LendingClub, and VivantPay, with plans that can break treatment into easy payments.
We’re located on Lockwood Drive along the Ashley River, minutes from MUSC, Roper Hospital, and the medical district, an easy stop for Charleston professionals, Harleston Village and South of Broad residents, and College of Charleston families.
Serving the Charleston peninsula and nearby neighborhoods including Harleston Village, South of Broad, Wagener Terrace, and the Westside.
(Closer to Folly Road? Our James Island office may be more convenient.)
14 Lockwood Dr, Suite A, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: (843) 380-2734
Business Hours: Monday – Thursday, 7 AM – 4 PM
At our Downtown Charleston office, single implants start at $3,499, with financing available through CareCredit, Cherry, Sunbit, LendingClub, and VivantPay. Your free consultation includes a 3D CT scan and an exact, personalized quote.
Placement is done under local anesthesia, and we offer IV sedation if you’d prefer to sleep through it. Most patients report less discomfort than a tooth extraction and manage recovery with over-the-counter pain relief.
The implant post is designed to last a lifetime with normal brushing and flossing. The crown on top typically lasts 10–15 years before normal wear may call for replacement.
Some plans cover a portion of implant treatment. We’re in-network with all major providers and will verify exactly what your plan covers before treatment begins — no surprises.
In many cases, yes — a failing tooth can be removed and the implant placed in the same visit. Your 3D scan will tell us whether immediate placement is right for you.
One consultation. One CT scan. One clear answer about whether implants are right for you — and exactly what they’ll cost.Â
No pressure, no obligation, and a $900 diagnostic workup at no charge!
