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December 17, 2024
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We help a lot of patients with Dental Implants. While providing consultation about Dental Implants, one of the top questions on our patients’ minds is cost of dental implants. Specifically, why dental implants are so expensive? Are there alternatives to dental implants that can be used instead of implants?
So let’s dive in and understand how costly dental implants are, and why they are among the more expensive procedures.
Dental Implants are a permanent, long-term solution to missing teeth. In this procedure, your existing tooth is extracted, and a post is placed in your jaw. This post is made of strong, corrosion-resistant metal.The metal post is secured to the jawbone in order to create a durable, synthetic root system that rivals the strength of natural roots; with one exception that the metal cannot face infection. Then, a synthetic tooth is placed on top of the metal post to mimic your natural teeth in color, shape and size.
The Dental Implant is highly durable and can last for an entire lifetime. However, it is a costly procedure and it can take weeks to months for the complete procedure to finish end to end.
Lastly, not everyone qualifies for dental implants. If you want to know whether you qualify for dental implants take the quiz below.
There are a number of reasons for Dental Implants to be expensive. Here are the top 5 reasons:
Placement of Dental Implants is a very complex invasive surgical procedure. Surgical procedures requires a dentist with a lot of training and expertise. Most of the dentists are either Oral Surgeons, or Dentists with many years of experience in doing Implants.
Dr. Alag DDS is credentialed by AGD, CDA and ADA. She was awarded a Fellowship in Implantology by the International Dental Implant Association in 2018. That makes her among the top few Dentists in USA, specially when it comes to expertise in placing Dental Implants.
Placing implants can take a few months. First, your bone is evaluated to check if you are eligible for implants. If needed, a bone-graft is placed to improve the quality of bone for implants. Then an implant is placed and the jawbone is allowed to heal for a few months. Then abutment and crown is placed on top of it after a few months of healing.
Since it is a long visit, it takes a lot of time from the dentist and that translates to cost.
Dental Implants require Titanium or other noble metals for their construction. Titanium is an expensive material. In addition, abutments and Crowns are also expensive. If the raw material (in this case implants, abutments and crowns) is expensive, it adds to the cost of the overall procedure.
When an implant is placed, the procedure is not complete. An abutment and crown is needed on top of it to make sure you get a natural look and feel from your teeth. Crowns are built to match a required tooth structure and be compatible with your jaw structure. Crowns are built by first taking an impression of your jaw and then sending that impression to an external Dental Lab. This external lab has specialized equipments to build natural-looking crown from the impression, which matches your required jaw and tooth structure as well as tooth color.
This is a specialized procedure and is also an expensive one, adding to the cost of the overall implant procedure
Detal Implants can be accompanied by additional procedures. If you are going for implant-supported denture, then tooth extraction might be required before implant is placed. Even simple implants sometimes are accompanied by tooth extraction.
Since crowns are made of very resistant materials, they don’t de-color over time. That means before the crown is placed, Teeth Whitening is suggested. That is another procedure that is commonly accompanied by Dental Implant procedure.
These additional procedures have their own costs and that increases the overall cost of Dental Implants.
We know implants can be expensive. That is why we partner with the likes of Lending Club and Scratch Pay to provide you 100% Buy-Now-Pay-Later financing.
If you have a low credit score, we also offer discount Dental Plans.
If you have questions, call our office to know more details.
We partner with Lending Club, Cherry and Care Credit to offer you convenient financing options. The max we offer is $65,000 in financing. That is more than enough to cover Invisalign Braces.
The financing options we offer start with 0% interest payments. You can pay the financed amount in up to 60 months.
If you want to lower your total payment, we offer discount plans which can take up to 20% off of your total amount due. You can club discount plans with financing.
While we have seen financing being approved for our patients with low credit scores, sometimes financing doesn't get approved. For such cases, we offer Discount Plans with up to 20% off.
Implants are not for everyone. For implant procedure to be successful, there are a few pre-requisites. Take this 2-minute test to know whether you are eligible for implants, and if you qualify for $99/mo payment plan.
There are multiple alternatives to implants for teeth replacements. It is best to know about all of them and then decide the one that suits you best.
When you come in for a free consultation, we will go over all these options with you so that you can make an informed decision.
Regular Dentures are the first choice of many because they are non-invasive appliance. Natural, existing teeth may need to be prepared for dentures to fit properly. In some cases, teeth may need to be extracted and your mouth before new dentures can be placed. [Learn More... ]
Sometimes there are healthy teeth around a missing teeth and a Dental Bridge can be used to bridge the gap between the healthy teeth. This removes the need for a surgery. [Learn More ...]
A cheaper alternative to Full Mouth Implant could be Implant Supported Dentures. In Implant Supported Dentures, a few implants are placed in the jaw, and then a denture snaps-on to those implants. The benefit of this over dentures is that the denture doesn't slip. [Learn More ...]
If you want to get rid of the need to remove and re-attach dentures every night, full mouth implants are a great option. They give the feeling of natural teeth. Full Mouth Implants can be a costly procedure. [Learn More ...]
Dr. Alag comes from a family of doctors. She graduated from Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences in India and practiced for a few years there. She received her Doctor of Dental Surgery from New York University College of Dentistry where she graduated with Honors in Prosthodontics.
She keeps herself updated through continuing education courses. Dr. Alag is also credentialed by AGD, CDA and ADA. She was awarded a Fellowship in Implantology by the International Dental Implant Association in 2018.
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