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Originally Posted by Rianne
W2R, may I ask what you paid for dental implants? I have 12 crowns that have held up over the years, one from when I was 12 and fell off my bike. Implants vs dentures, implants are superior I understand.
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They vary tremendously in cost depending on your location. One forum member in California mentioned a very high price, something like $10K or so per implant. Others get them in Mexico for peanuts. As for the US in general, they are less in lower COL areas I guess. Also implants are getting more expensive for me here in New Orleans during the past five years since I got my first one, as my great oral surgeon has raised his fees somewhat. My oral surgeon and dentist work together as a team and they are great, so I'm not shopping around. Anyway each of the ones I got last year cost:
$2250.00 for extraction of the old tooth and implant (done by my oral surgeon)
$1.38 for hydrocodone and an antibiotic
$1500.00 for the crown (done by my dentist)
So, the total was $3751.38 each for these implants. However, they didn't require the bone graft, which was an extra $400 the last time I got one, IIRC. My implants on upper teeth have all required bone grafts, and those on lower teeth haven't because I guess there is more bone there.
My dentist told me that bridges are considerably cheaper than implants, but hey, Blow that Dough...
I think the implants are worth the cost so considering how expensive they are, I guess that says a lot.
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