Personalized Restorative Dentistry in Chattanooga, TN
Comprehensive Restorative Care with Comfort, Convenience, and Personal Care
- Get back to your routine sooner with same-day CEREC restorations
- Enjoy a natural-looking smile with tooth-colored restorative materials
- Feel more at ease with BPA-free materials in future fillings and sealants
Patient Stories
Real Patients, Real Reasons to Smile
Every patient who sits in our chair has a story, and the best ones are worth hearing in their own words. Watch how a nervous first visit turned into real trust, and how a smile someone once hid became one they show off every day.
Brenda
“Now I smile with confidence, thanks to my full mouth transformation”
Tina
“I cried when I saw it, thanks to my full arch implants”
Rhonda
“I couldn’t stop smiling, thanks to my bright new smile”
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Restorative Dentistry Services We Offer
When teeth are damaged, missing, or need ongoing implant care, this range helps you understand options for restoring function and confidence. We create personalized plans and recommend regular check-ups to assess gums, bone density, and surrounding areas after restorations.
A personalized plan can address multiple concerns, including gum disease, discoloration, decay, crooked teeth, and other complex dental issues.
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CEREC can create artificial teeth in our office during one visit, helping you restore your smile with convenient, personalized care.
Crowns can restore damaged teeth, support comfortable function, and help complete a natural-looking smile through treatment tailored to your needs.
Dental bridges fill gaps from missing teeth, helping you eat, speak, and smile with greater confidence while supporting your smile’s alignment.
Inlays and onlays can repair areas of a damaged tooth while helping you maintain comfortable everyday chewing and a natural-looking smile.
Ongoing implant restoration visits assess your gums, bone density, and connected areas, helping us monitor your oral health and address concerns early.
Repairing and replacing teeth
What Is Restorative Dentistry?
Restorative dentistry repairs damaged teeth and replaces missing teeth. It includes dental implants, same-day crowns, implant restoration, CEREC teeth in a day, bridges, inlays and onlays, and cracked tooth repair. Depending on your needs, treatment may restore a tooth, fill a gap, or connect a replacement to an implant. Ongoing check-ups assess your gums and bone density around restorations and implants.
- Services include implants, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, and cracked tooth repair.
- Implant follow-up examines gums and bone density around connected areas.
- CEREC technology can create artificial teeth in our office during one visit.
Restore Your Everyday Wellbeing
Benefits of Restorative Dentistry
When damage, wear, or tooth loss changes your oral health, the effects can reach far beyond one tooth. Restorative Dentistry brings repairs and replacement care into a thoughtful plan shaped around your needs. We consider the condition of your teeth, gums, and supporting areas, so your next steps feel clear, connected, and purposeful.
Return to Comfortable Daily Function
Damaged or missing teeth can make ordinary routines feel less natural. Restorative care can help you manage meals, conversations, and other daily activities with greater ease, so your mouth supports the way you want to live each day.
Smile Without Holding Back
Visible damage or tooth loss may make you hide your smile in photos, conversations, or professional settings. Restoring your teeth can help you feel more at ease in social moments and show up without constantly thinking about what others may notice.
Protect the Balance of Your Smile
A damaged or missing tooth can affect nearby teeth and change how your bite comes together. Replacing or repairing affected areas helps support a more balanced smile, reducing the chance that one concern will create added strain elsewhere.
Make Your Oral Routine Easier
Worn, broken, or uneven teeth can create areas that are difficult to clean well. Restorative care may make brushing and flossing more manageable, helping you maintain a cleaner mouth and keep daily dental habits on track.
Plan with Greater Peace of Mind
Unaddressed dental concerns can leave you wondering what may happen next. A personalized restorative plan gives you clearer direction, helping you understand your options and move forward with care that reflects your needs and priorities.
Support Lasting Oral Health
Restorative care is part of an ongoing approach to protecting your smile. Regular check-ups help us monitor your teeth, gums, and supporting areas, while consistent home care helps you preserve your results and respond to changes early.
You Can Move Forward with a Complete Smile and Renewed Confidence in Daily Life.
A stronger smile ahead
Is Restorative Dentistry Right for You?
Wondering whether Restorative Dentistry fits your needs is natural. Use this self-assessment to consider how your smile functions, what has changed, and whether personalized restorative care could help you move forward with greater comfort and confidence.
Repairing Damaged Teeth
Cracks, breaks, decay, or worn teeth can change how you eat and smile. Restorative Dentistry brings treatment options together, so your care can address function while respecting your comfort and goals.
Replacing Missing Teeth
Gaps can make everyday chewing and speaking feel less natural. You can explore restorative options designed to complete your smile, support oral function, and fit the needs of your current dental health.
Returning After Delayed Care
After time away from dental visits, starting again may feel uncertain. We offer a judgment-free conversation and personalized plan, helping you understand whether Restorative Dentistry fits your needs and long-term goals.
Do Any of These Sound Familiar?
Recognizing yourself in one or more of these descriptions can make your next step feel clearer. Your concerns and goals deserve a thoughtful conversation, and we can help you explore restorative care that supports the way you want to eat, speak, and smile.
- You keep putting off the dental care you know you need
- Cold drinks make one tooth uncomfortable during your daily routine
- You notice rough edges when your tongue explores your teeth
- You keep ignoring a chipped tooth in your smile
- You tolerate tooth pain that has lasted for weeks
- Your spouse needs help replacing several missing teeth
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Before & After Transformations
Transformations That Speak for Themselves
Every smile below reflects the personalized care of Dr. Chris and Dr. Amber, from cosmetic makeovers to dental implants and same-day crowns. See how our Chattanooga patients regained confidence and natural-looking results, one smile at a time.
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Treatment timeline
Your Restorative Dentistry Procedure in Three Clear Steps
Knowing what to expect can make restorative dentistry feel more manageable. We look at your needs, explain the available options, and help you feel more prepared to choose care for repairs or complete tooth replacement.
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Assess Your Restoration Needs
Your visit begins with a thorough examination and X-rays so we can assess the area needing care. We talk through your concerns, whether you need a repair or a complete replacement, and explain your options in clear language. You have time to ask questions before choosing a restorative plan.
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Receive Personalized Restoration
Your care may include a dental implant, same-day crown, bridge, inlay or onlay, cracked tooth repair, or implant restoration, based on your needs. With CEREC Teeth in a Day, artificial teeth can be made in our office during one visit when the procedure is suitable for you.
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Protect Your Restored Smile
After your restoration, continual check-ups help us assess your gums and the bone density surrounding an implant when applicable. Ongoing care gives you a clearer view of how the surrounding areas are doing and supports the comfort, function, and confidence of your restored smile.
Your Restored Smile Awaits
Financing Options
Quality Dental Care That Fits Your Budget
At Chattanooga Dental Studio, we believe cost shouldn’t stand between you and a healthy smile. Our flexible financing options make it easy to get the treatment you need with monthly payments that fit comfortably into your life.
Bite-sized payments, big smiles! Cherry Payment Plans offer easy-to-use financing options to make your dental care more accessible.
No credit score impact until you select a plan.
CareCredit works like a credit card built just for healthcare. If you qualify, you get no-interest financing for over 24 months, with no annual fees and no pre-payment penalties.
No credit score impact until you select a plan.
Sunbit technology approves 85% of applicants for dental financing from $50 to $20,000 with flexible pay-over-time options.
No credit score impact until you select a plan.
Streamline your dental care investment with Proceed Finance. Their flexible plans make achieving your smile goals easy and affordable.
No credit score impact until you select a plan.
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Frequently asked questions
Restorative Dentistry FAQs
Questions about Restorative Dentistry are natural, whether you need to repair a cracked tooth, replace missing teeth, or restore an existing implant. We explain your options and what to expect, then invite you to reach out with anything not covered below.
What does Restorative Dentistry include?
Restorative Dentistry repairs or replaces teeth affected by damage, decay, or tooth loss. Our services include dental implants, same-day crowns, implant restoration, bridges, inlays and onlays, and cracked tooth repair. We recommend ongoing checkups to monitor your gums, bone, and surrounding areas.
How much does Restorative Dentistry cost?
Cost depends on the restoration you need and the condition of your teeth, gums, and supporting bone. We review your recommended care and available payment options before treatment, so you can understand the planned steps and ask questions about your investment.
Will Restorative Dentistry be uncomfortable?
Comfort depends on the procedure, but we plan each visit around your needs. Wand anesthesia, intraoral cameras, low radiation digital X-Rays, and sedation dentistry may support a calmer experience when appropriate. We explain what you may feel and how to care for the area afterward.
How long does Restorative Dentistry take?
Treatment time varies by restoration. Same-day crowns and CEREC may reduce the number of visits, while bridges, implants, and cracked tooth repairs involve different steps. We outline your appointments after examining your smile and discussing the result you want.
Am I a good candidate for Restorative Dentistry?
You may be a candidate if a tooth is damaged, missing, cracked, or difficult to restore with routine care. We assess your oral health, gums, and supporting bone before recommending an option. Your goals and the condition of nearby teeth also guide planning.
What happens during a Restorative Dentistry appointment?
During your visit, we examine the area, discuss your goals, and use imaging or intraoral cameras when helpful. For a bridge, we may prepare adjacent teeth and take impressions. We then fit and adjust the restoration, review home care, and plan follow-up.
How do bridges, implants, and inlays differ?
Dental bridges fill a gap by using nearby teeth for support, while dental implants replace a tooth root and support a restoration. Inlays and onlays preserve more of a damaged tooth than a full crown may. We compare suitable choices during your exam.
How do I care for a dental restoration?
Care varies by restoration, but daily brushing, flossing, and regular checkups remain important. Avoid using restored teeth as tools and be cautious with hard foods, especially after certain cosmetic or restorative work. We give you specific instructions for your bridge, crown, implant, or repair.
How long do restorative treatments last?
A restoration’s lifespan depends on the material, your bite, home care, and regular dental visits. We check your restoration, gums, and surrounding areas during ongoing appointments. Those visits help us notice changes and discuss maintenance before small concerns affect your care.
What if I feel nervous about Restorative Dentistry?
You can share concerns before treatment, and we will explain each step in plain language. Our comfort features include lavender towels, eye covers, neck pillows, noise-canceling headphones, and flat screen TVs. Nitrous oxide sedation may also help you relax when appropriate.
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Meet Our Doctors
A Husband and Wife Team You Can Trust
Dr. Chris and Dr. Amber Robertson built a practice that feels like home from the moment you walk in. Together they focus on cosmetic, family, and restorative care, using advanced laser technology and same-day crowns to keep your visit comfortable and efficient.
Dr. Chris Robertson earned his dental degree from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences College of Dentistry and cares for patients of every age, from routine cleanings to implants, crowns, and sedation dentistry for anxious visitors. He builds each plan around your goals, schedule, and budget. Outside the office, he is an avid hiker and bird watcher who spends weekends with his daughters.
Dr. Amber Robertson graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry after years of research at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She leads our laser and implant care, from same-day CEREC crowns to TMJ relief. In her free time she enjoys pilates, hiking, and gardening with her daughters.
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What Patients Say
Real Stories From Patients Who Found Their Confidence Again
Our patients share how we’ve helped them regain confidence, comfort, and the freedom to smile again. With hundreds of five-star reviews, their stories reflect the personalized care and lasting results you can expect.
My wife was terrified of dentist, they made her feel at ease, with the warm welcome, and understanding. I’d recommend this dental office to anyone
Dickie Bass
7 months ago
Thank you Dr. Chris, Micaela, Chloe, Cassi and the entire Dental Studio staff for a pleasant and stress free dental appointment!
Danielle Sackett
7 months ago
I had a GREAT experience! The front desk staff were very friendly and welcoming, Rebecca did a wonderful, pain free job cleaning my teeth, and Dr. Chris took his time and was willing to listen to any concerns I had.
Forest Sackett
7 months ago
I have been going here for years. They are wonderful people throughout the whole building. I love honesty and that is all you receive from Dr. Chris Roberson!! I have nothing but great experiences.
Brent Davis
8 months ago
The staff in the front were so friendly and so was the dental hygienist, Jodi! Would definitely recommend them to anyone and everyone looking for a dentist!
Erica Carrick
8 months ago
Such an amazing place. The kindest and most professional staff. Thanks to each of you for taking care of such a coward and Dr Chris thank you for giving me the smile that I have waited for, for two years I appreciate all of your patience, The questions that I had and the Uneasiness that I felt when you told me everything that had to be done. I felt that you explained everything so simply and eased all the apprehension that I had. I look forward to being with you guys as a forever patient. The process was worth it all.
Tina Cline
8 months ago
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advanced technology
Comfort and Precision Through Modern Innovation
Better tools don’t just make dentistry faster. They change what actually happens in the chair. Three-dimensional imaging shows us problems long before you feel them, which means smaller treatments caught early instead of larger ones down the road. Digital design lets us build and place many restorations while you wait, so you skip the temporary crown and the second appointment altogether. Laser treatment replaces scalpels and sutures in procedures that once required both, and recovery gets easier as a result. At Chattanooga Dental Studio, we judge every piece of equipment by whether it makes your visit more comfortable and your results more predictable.
- Same-day crowns skip the temporary crown and the second visit
- Fotona laser treats gums with less cutting, fewer stitches, and less anesthesia
- Cone Beam 3D scans your teeth, roots, and sinuses instantly
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Your Neighborhood Dental Home in Chattanooga
Our studio welcomes patients from Chattanooga, Hixson, and Ooltewah in a space designed to feel warm and familiar from the moment you walk in. Wherever you’re coming from, a comfortable visit is always close by.
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Get back to a complete smile
Restore Damaged or Missing Teeth and Enjoy Confident Everyday Function
Get back to a complete smile
Restore Damaged or Missing Teeth and Enjoy Confident Everyday Function
- Get a crown made in one visit
- Replace missing teeth with bridges or implants
- Keep implant areas healthy with checkups
