Unfortunately, at the moment, tooth loss is relevant not only among elderly patients, but also among young people.

As before, dentists seek to preserve the patient’s teeth.

But in some cases it is impossible to do this, even if the patient has been admitted to a highly qualified specialist.

In such a situation - dental implantation is a way out of this situation. Implantation will not only help maintain aesthetic appeal, but also restore the functionality of the dentition.

In this regard, the question of the cost of implantation is more relevant today than ever.

How much does a tooth implant cost?

Patients often ask the dentist a similar question and want to hear the exact amount of the service.

No doctor will be able to give an answer to this question, since this service includes a set of capabilities and factors.

Factors influencing pricing may include:

• City and location of the dental clinic.
• Qualification of the specialist who will conduct the operation.
• Equipping the clinic with the necessary equipment.
• The cost of the implant itself.
• The technique of implantation.
• Type of anesthesia during surgery.
• The need to build bone.
• The cost of consumables.

Often, advertising and the Internet confuse patients even more. Usually, the patient is interested in the final cost that he will have to pay in the end.

In order to make it easier for patients who decide on implantation to understand the numbers offered by various dental clinics, it is necessary to understand the stages of dental implantation and subsequent prosthetics.

The total cost of implantation will depend on the cost of treatment at each stage.

Stages of treatment

Preparatory

• At this stage, the patient is examined, and the dentition is diagnosed.
• A tomogram and x-rays of the jaws are taken.
• Consultation of specialists, conducting the necessary analyzes.
• The methodology is selected taking into account the presence of contraindications.
• Implantation planning, implant placement calculation, 3D modeling.
• If necessary, a template is made.

Surgical

• Anesthesia
• If necessary, bone growth.
• Installation of titanium construction.

Postoperative

• Installation of a temporary crown or bridge structure.
• Monitoring the patient's condition, prevention and treatment of possible complications.
• Monitoring the process of osseointegration of the implant with bone tissue.
• Fixation of the healing abutment.

Prosthetics

The manufacture and fixation of permanent dentures.

The stages all together take several months, and each separately costs money. In other words, the patient pays for the services of an implant surgeon, orthopedist at each stage.

What else is included

• The cost of treatment also depends on the price of the implant, abutment and denture.
• To this amount it is necessary to add the cost of consumables, equipment, payment of clinic staff, rental of premises and utilities, and necessarily the cost of advertising.

Payment for equipment

We must not forget about another item of expenditure: payments on loans.

Many clinics purchase expensive equipment on credit, payments for which can amount to several thousand dollars per month.

In order for the clinic to survive in these difficult conditions, promotions are often held offering patients cheap implantation at very attractive prices.

The essence of this event is as follows:

The price is only for the installation of the implant. By this principle, you can find ads like: "Promotion! Two implants for the price of one! ”

At the same time, one tooth implant can and costs 8500 rubles, but completely inserting a tooth will cost 50,000.

The table shows the prices of implants of promoted brands. It is quite obvious that the installation of such structures for 8500 - 10,000 rubles is absolutely unrealistic.

But you should be more careful about such promises, where we are talking about little-known manufacturers of implant systems.

Implant system	Manufacturer	Minimum cost (rub.)
Bicon	USA	34500
Mis	Israel	16500
Astra tech	Sweden	34000
Nobel biocare	Sweden	40000
Ankylos	Germany	30500
Strauman	Switzerland	30200
Alpha bio	Israel	15300
Implantium	South Korea	14800

 

You can choose domestic implants, but their minus is that the surface of the structure does not meet the latest standards and therefore there is a high risk of rejection.

The cost of such titanium roots will be a couple of thousand less.

In the case when the patient is satisfied with the implantation of a domestic implant without a crown, he will be able to keep within 13000 rubles.

Prosthetics cost

The price depends on the material from which the denture will be made.

For instance:

• A cermet crown costs from 12 to 20,000 rubles.
• A metal-ceramic crown based on gold - from 25 to 38,000 rubles.
• Zirconium crown - from 25 to 36,000 rubles

Knowing the cost of prosthetics, it can be argued that if dental implantation is offered at a price of 16,000 rubles in Moscow, then we are only talking about implant implantation.

Dental implant prices in Moscow

Let us examine in more detail: what makes up the cost of dental implants in Moscow clinics.

With a twelve-hour workload (work in 2 shifts of 6 hours) of a dental chair per month, approximately thirty operations are performed.

If the cost of one implantation is $ 1,000, then the monthly receipt of money at the cash desk will be $ 30,000.

Costs will be:

• The cost of consumables (excluding implants and crowns) will be 10%, i.e. $ 3000 per month.
• The purchase of 30 implants and additional elements will require about $ 7,000.
• It is still necessary to purchase 30 crowns.

In a monthly income of $ 30,000, it is impossible to include the acquisition of crowns and implants, supplies, rent. It is also impossible to include the payment of two nurses and doctors, the cost of other supplies, medicines, taxes, household and utility expenses and the payment of loans.

Successful implantation requires the presence of highly qualified doctors: surgeon and orthopedist. Otherwise, do not get the desired result. The salary of such specialists cannot be equated with the salary of a guest worker.

In general, the dental office is able to work normally at a service cost of at least 35,000 rubles. Of course, promotions that offer cheap dental implants can save the situation. Most often, the clinic refuses to profit from operations.

In this case, implantation of teeth under the key can be approximately 35,000 rubles.

And we can say with confidence that stocks do not apply to very expensive implant systems.

As for other regions, the situation there is slightly different than in Moscow: lower salaries for employees, lower rents, so the cost of services is reduced.

Moreover, there can be no repeated reduction in cost, since consumables account for three quarters of the price.

Expensive implantation can be justified by the fact that the life of the implants is tens of years.

It must be understood that at a reduced price, specialists can perform the operation without sufficient work experience, sometimes even without a certificate in surgery.

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