Dental implants are expensive around the world. The cost can range from $1000-$2500 for a single tooth and from $30,000-$40,000 for an entire set. This range of costs is because everyone’s jawbone density differs and if it is not enough bone to hold an implant; extra bone may have to be grafted, increasing the entire cost of the procedure. Often times, the cost of the procedures also include the extraction of the infected teeth.

Most dental implants are costly because of titanium rods being used to fix the implant. Titanium is the preferred material because it is inert and doesn’t react with human tissue. Making sure that the titanium rod fuses with your jaw bone, making a ceramic cast of an artificial tooth, and affixing that artificial tooth to the rod all add to the total cost of your procedure. If there is bone grafting to be done the cost gets very expensive. This is because the patient’s bone first needs to be harvested in the lab before any procedures are carried out.

There is also a new implant technique which is very expensive but time saving. In this procedure, the titanium rod and the crown are inserted together in the socket and the rod is ‘expanded’ to fill the socket. This makes the implant more secure and steady much faster.