Spring Hill, Tennessee · Implant dentistry since 1997
Forty-four years
of dentistry.
Ten of them in uniform.
Dr. Rick Robinette learned dentistry the hard way — a decade in the United States Air Force Dental Corps across four bases and three countries, treating whatever came through the door. He became the second dentist in Spring Hill when he opened here in June 1997.
What we replace
One tooth, several teeth, or the whole arch.
Every case starts the same way: an examination, imaging, and a written plan you take home before anything is scheduled.
Single tooth implant
A titanium alloy root and a custom ceramic crown. The neighboring teeth are left untouched — the quiet advantage over a conventional bridge.
Read more →02All-on-4 & full-arch
A full upper or lower set of teeth carried on four to six implants and screwed into place. It does not come out and it does not cover the palate.
Read more →03Implant overdenture
Three, four or more implants anchor a denture with locator attachments. It snaps in, stays put and comes out for cleaning.
Read more →04Teeth in a day
In selected cases the tooth comes out, the implant goes in and a temporary tooth or teeth are placed the same day. Selection is the whole job.
Read more →05Bone grafting
When a ridge has resorbed, the bone is rebuilt before or alongside the implant. Most grafts are small and can be performed under local anesthesia only.
Read more →06Failing implant revision
Loose crowns, sore gums, an implant that never felt right. Second opinions are welcome and often the fix is smaller than feared.
Read more →Under one roof
The surgeon and the restoring dentist are the same person.
In many implant cases the surgery happens in one office and the teeth are made in another. It works, but it splits responsibility — and when something does not fit, each office can reasonably point at the other.
Dr. Robinette does both. He plans the finished teeth first, places the implants to serve that plan, and delivers the final restoration himself. One person owns the result, from the first scan to the day you chew on it.
In his own words
Why experience changes the plan you are offered.
Two short videos from the practice. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play.
Also treated here
The rest of the mouth, and what it is connected to.
Dr. Robinette practices comprehensive dentistry — the oral cavity in relation to the patient’s overall health — with a particular emphasis on head and neck pain and sleep dentistry.
TMJ and facial pain
Jaw joint pain, morning headaches, worn or cracking teeth and a bite that never feels settled. Often one problem wearing several disguises.
Sleep apnea and snoring
For patients who cannot tolerate CPAP, a custom oral appliance can hold the airway open through the night. Diagnosis stays with your physician.
Full-mouth reconstruction
When years of wear, failing crowns and missing teeth have to be addressed together rather than one tooth at a time.
Cosmetic dentistry
Veneers, bonding, whitening and the shade-and-shape work that decides whether a restoration disappears or announces itself.
Is this for you
Who tends to do well here.
Probably not the right fit
A conventional filling or cleaning
- Routine hygiene alone — we are glad to do it, but you will not need this page
- A case where a straightforward filling or crown solves the problem
- Anyone looking for a price over the phone without an examination
A good fit
Implant and reconstruction cases
- A single tooth that is cracked, failing or already missing
- A denture that moves, rubs or has to be glued down
- Several failing teeth where the whole arch needs a plan
- An existing implant that hurts, feels loose or never felt right
- Years of dental work that now need to be sorted out together
- Active, untreated gum disease that can be treated with a dental laser
Richard “Rick” Robinette, D.M.D.
Spring Hill, Tennessee
Meet your dentist
Ten years in uniform,
thirty-four in practice.
Implants · reconstruction · jaw & sleep
Dr. Rick Robinette attended dental school on an Air Force Health Professions Scholarship, graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in May 1982, and went straight onto active duty in the United States Air Force Dental Corps. Ten years and four duty stations followed — Tinker AFB in Oklahoma, Florennes Air Base in Belgium, Spangdahlem AB in Germany and Nellis AFB in Nevada — along with mini-residencies in prosthodontics and periodontics.
He purchased an established practice in Linden, Tennessee in 1992 and opened a new office in Hohenwald in January 1993. He became the second dentist in Spring Hill when he opened here in June 1997. Since graduating he has earned more than 7,000 hours of continuing education, including graduation from the Resnik Implant Institute — where he is now Clinical Director — and four mini-residencies in Cairo, Egypt devoted to implants and bone grafting.
- Dental school
- University of Louisville School of Dentistry, D.M.D., 1982
- Residency
- United States Air Force — ten years, Air Force Dental Corps, including mini-residencies in prosthodontics and in periodontics
- Implant training
- Graduate, Resnik Implant Institute surgical program · four mini-residencies in Cairo, Egypt in implants and bone grafting
Where we are
Spring Hill, and the towns around it.
The office sits on Town Center Parkway with free parking at the door. Most patients come from Spring Hill, Columbia, Thompson’s Station and Franklin.
Common questions
Before you call.
How much does a dental implant cost in Spring Hill?
A single implant is normally quoted in three parts — the implant, the abutment and the crown — and a full arch is quoted as one figure. Grafting, extractions and sedation are separate line items when they are needed.
We do not quote a price before an examination, because the honest answer depends on what the imaging shows. What we will do is give you a written, itemized estimate at the consultation, with nothing hidden behind it.
Does insurance cover implants?
More plans cover implants than did ten years ago, but coverage is usually partial and capped by an annual maximum. Our office files a pre-determination so you see the plan’s answer in writing before treatment starts.
How long does the whole process take?
For a single tooth, three to six months from placement to final crown is typical, most of which is healing you do not feel. Full-arch cases often leave with a fixed temporary on the day of surgery and finish a few months later.
I am nervous about the dentist. Is that a problem?
It is one of the most common reasons people put this off for years, and the practice has relaxation options for exactly that. Tell the front desk when you call, and it gets built into the plan rather than sprung on you.
Start with an exam and a straight answer.
A consultation includes an examination, imaging and a written, itemized plan. If implants are not the right treatment for you, Dr. Robinette will say so and tell you what is.