Are you planning on getting dental implants but can’t make sense of the cost? It’s not unusual for the cost of full mouth dental implants to be a cause for confusion/intimidation among patients.
The very nature of dental restorative procedures is such that it’s impossible for them to have a fixed price – every mouth is inherently different, and so are its restorative needs. This inherent variation in people’s dental environments becomes all the more pronounced when we talk about a procedure as broad in its scope as full mouth dental implants, making the cost of full mouth dental implants a tricky subject. For instance, the price quoted for one case may be quite different from that of another case, which leaves patients in confusion.
But you can make sense of this disparity by understanding the individual factors that make up the cost.
In this blog, we’ll break the cost of full mouth implants into discrete units, helping you get valuable insight into why your particular case is priced the way it is.
What Are Full Mouth Dental Implants
Before we explore the cost of full mouth dental implants, it’s important to understand what they are in the first place.
In simple words, and as is very much evident from the name itself, ‘full mouth dental implants’ refers to a treatment where dental implants are used to restore an entire mouth’s worth of teeth. This is to say that all (32) of the missing teeth in a completely edentulous patient’s mouth are restored with the help of dental implants and an attached denture.
Dental implants (which are biocompatible posts that are drilled into the patient’s jawbone to provide a substitute for missing tooth roots) are unarguably the most significant development in restorative dentistry that has eased the lives of toothless patients by providing them with a permanent teeth replacement.
Full mouth dental implants are a great example of this – the treatment leverages the restorative power of dental implants and combines it with a prosthesis (denture) to provide a truly holistic, long-lasting, aesthetic and highly effective substitute for all the lost teeth.
Who Are The Ideal Candidates For Full Mouth Dental Implants?
A lot of people get compelled to get full mouth dental implants because of how rewarding this treatment is and how effectively it tackles the issue of complete tooth loss. However, it’s important to note that, like all other restorative procedures, full mouth implants too have certain prerequisites that must be fulfilled by a patient to qualify for them.
A suitable candidate for full mouth implants would tick the following conditions:
- It goes without saying that the patient should have complete edentulism (i.e. the loss of all or most of the teeth in their mouth, including all the teeth present in the upper and lower arches) and seek a permanent solution to it.
- They should have a he althy jawbone or alternatively be willing to get bone grafts to get the required amount of jawbone density for implant placement.
- They should not have any he alth conditions that might hinder the healing process of implants. This includes systemic conditions like diabetes, autoimmune disorders and bone disorders.
- They should have an overall he althy mouth (minus the tooth loss), meaning that there should be no significant history of gum disease or recurring mouth infections.
- They should not be a heavy smoker or drinker. If they are, they must be willing to keep their addiction in control for the sake of the treatment.
Full Mouth Dental Implants: A General Cost Breakdown
One of the most common questions that people wanting to get full mouth implants have is, “How much does a full set of dental implants cost?”
And the answer is tricky and highly varied. This means that there’s no fixed cost for full mouth dental implants – every individual case would warrant a different price, depending on the case’s complexity and a whole lot of other factors that are too technical to be detected by an unaided eye.
Let’s discuss these very factors with the help of a hypothetical case example. Assume that you’ve been quoted a particular amount of dollars for your full mouth treatment by a particular dental practice as the ‘total’ treatment cost. This total cost would be a composite of several individual contributing costs (which themselves are subjected to a lot of variance), including the costs of:
- The initial consultation with your implant surgeon. Some clinics charge a considerable fee for this consultation and some offer it for free as a gesture of goodwill towards their patients.
- The pre-surgical procedures performed, if any. This might include extractions, bone grafts, sinus lifts, etc.
- The implant surgery itself. This would also greatly vary from clinic to clinic, as each practice has its own pricing standards according to its reputation, the overall quality of services it provides (the type of equipment it uses for executing the surgery, the comfort level provided to the patient during the surgery) and their geographical location. It will also depend on how extensive the surgery is (whether it follows an All on X implants approach or all on 6 implants approach or some other completely different approach).
- The dental implants. Implants that are made of modern materials that combine premium aesthetics and functionality (such as Zirconia) would obviously cost more than their traditional metal counterparts. The implant cost would also depend on the number of implants needed for the treatment, whether they’re 4, 6, 8, or so on.
- The denture, which, again, would depend on the specific material (whether modern or traditional) used in its manufacturing as well as the amount of customizable (in terms of fitting and shading) done in the manufacturing process.
Conclusion
The cost of full mouth dental implants may seem to the patient as an arbitrary figure, but it’s actually a sum of several carefully calculated cost factors. This includes the cost of the initial consultation, the implant surgery, the implants themselves, and the prosthesis used – to mention a few basic factors.
To know more about full mouth dental implants, schedule a FREE consultation with FL Implant Clinic, a premium dental practice located in Florida, USA. Let our team of implant surgeons carefully assess your case and pave your way to a he althy smile transformation within your budget!
