# Dental Implants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants/589933>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants/589933 "2011-07-22T01:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants/589933/21 "2011-07-26T01:58:22Z")

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I’ll have to look up the information given to me recently by an oral surgeon, regarding a planned inplant - it also mentioned how a full implant was done. If you’re doing a full jaw, I don’t think they put an implant in place of every missing tooth.

As a data point, however: My implant’s “rack rate” is 2200, which does not include a 450ish fee for the hardware (which for some reason insurance does not cover). Plus some extra for IV sedation (which insurance also does not cover - “not medically necessary my novocaine-insensitive ass!”).

Now, I have dental insurance, and this guy is in-network. So the negotiated rate is a bit less for each of those things. Something like 1750 for the 2200 figure, I don’t recall if the other fees are negotiated down.

Plus, there’s a fee to my regular dentist to make the fake tooth. I haven’t checked on the pricing for that yet.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants/589933/22 "2011-07-26T02:00:04Z")

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> [@eddiec3434](#):
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> I was given tetracycline as a teenager for achne. It not only stained and atrophied the enamel on my teeth. Over time they started decay no matter how well I cared for them. So at the age of 47, Im in bad shape. Appt. for implants soon.

Ouch - I thought that was only supposed to affect your teeth if you had it while the permanent teeth were developing - e.g. as a young kid (I think that’s why my front teeth are an unpleasant shade of beige, ick).

I also have some genetic history of bad-ish teeth - by the time Mom was my age she’d had a full upper denture for something like 3 years. I’m lucky I still have most of mine.

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**Author:** ![eddiec3434](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cab0a1/32.png) [@eddiec3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eddiec3434)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants/589933/23 "2011-07-27T03:32:55Z")

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Ok, my half mexican wife said I can’t play anymore

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