What Dental Implants Cost, and How to Think About It

For how insurance is filed, payment, and monthly plans, see Insurance and financing. This page is about what an implant costs and why.

What Determines the Cost

• How many implants, and whether they support single crowns, a bridge, or a full arch.
• Whether bone needs to be built with socket preservation, ridge augmentation, or a sinus lift, and how much.
• Whether a tooth needs to come out first.
• The temporary, if any, while the implant heals.
• Sedation. Local anesthesia alone, nitrous oxide, oral sedation, or IV sedation.
• The final restoration, which your dentist makes and estimates separately: crown, bridge, snap-in denture, or fixed full-arch teeth.

Each of these is a separate line on your written estimate, so you can see what is essential and what is optional.

How the Estimate Works

An implant consult includes the exam and the cone-beam CT (a 3D X-ray). You leave with a written plan, the sequence, and the fee for each step. Nothing is scheduled until you have read it and had your questions answered. If your dentist is making the crown, we coordinate so you see the complete picture, not just our half.

Insurance

Whatever a plan pays is capped by its annual maximum. The National Association of Dental Plans reports that about 65 percent of dental PPOs, the predominant product in the market, have a maximum annual benefit of $1,500 or more, and that on average fewer than 5 percent of enrollees reached their annual maximum between 2014 and 2023. That ceiling is a figure from the benefits industry describing what plans pay. It is not a fee from this practice and it bears no relationship to what any particular treatment costs here.

We are an out-of-network provider, but we verify your benefits before treatment starts and file your dental insurance claims on your behalf so you can receive reimbursement directly from your insurance company. Being out of network does not prevent you from being seen here or from using your benefits, though your share may differ from an in-network office. We will tell you what we expect the plan to pay and what you are responsible for.

Payment Options

We accept cash, checks, and major credit cards. A prompt-payment courtesy is available on your portion for treatment paid in full by cash or check; it is applied consistently and shown on your ledger. Monthly payment plans are available through a third-party financing partner; ask whether checking your options affects your credit before you apply; it usually does not, but it depends on the partner. Health savings and flexible spending accounts can be used.

Questions to Ask Any Implant Provider

1. Who places the implant, and what is their surgical training and board certification?
2. What exactly does the quoted price include?
3. Is a 3D scan part of the planning?
4. Who makes the final tooth, and is that fee included?
5. What is the plan if the implant fails?
6. Who maintains the implant afterward?

Insurance and financing details are general. Your written estimate is the document that governs your treatment.

For the other procedures and how a written estimate is built, see what periodontal treatment and dental implants cost. For how plans actually pay, see does insurance cover periodontal treatment and implants.