Typically, dental bridges are charged by the tooth.
The more teeth you have missing, the more prosthetics like crowns that need to be made – and seeing as they’re made from high-quality porcelain, patients should expect a higher cost, for example, in cases where 3-4 teeth are missing.
Your costs will cover the dentist’s time, the prosthetics (bridge and crown), cost of materials and lab fees.
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Additional costs
Patients should also take into consideration that additional costs occur, for example, a prior check-up appointment with the dentist to check your oral health and bone is mandatory and an assessment to take your scans, x-rays and impressions.
New patient check-ups at our clinic dental practice cost £110 and a missing teeth consultation (with the implant dentist) £115. We do offer free consultations for patients requiring more information, but this is not inclusive of your scans.
You won’t need to come into the practice for your new aligners, or for any adjustments – leaving you to continue your treatment in peace and private.
Paying monthly for dental bridges
We offer 0% finance over 12 months here at our practice in Maida Vale, which means patients can pay monthly for their dental bridge treatment, with costs as low as £87.50 per month (no deposit). Talk to us about finance.
Future cost considerations
Bridges might sound initially cheaper, and many patients do get them before dental implants, but they will require more maintenance, more repairs and more replacements during your lifetime, compared to what you’ll face with implants.
With missing teeth, patients need to think more about the future compared to any other type of dental treatment. This is because, the type of treatment you choose to replace your missing tooth can affect many things, for example, your facial structure, tooth migration, gum recession, gum shrinkage and bone loss.
As bone loss is common in missing teeth cases, it will get in the way of you having dental implants in the future, as implants need a healthy amount of bone to fuse to.
If this is the case, patients might have undergone additional pre-prosthetic procedures, which aren’t cheap like bone grafts (£950) and sinus lifts (£1,950) to make implants a possibility.
