Dental implants are metal frames that are positioned into the jawbone beneath your gums surgically . Once at right place, your dentist can easily mount replacement teeth onto them. Dental implants fuse with the jawbone and provide stable support for the artificial teeth. It gives support to the dentures and bridges implanted as it won’t slip or shift in your mouth- this is a very important factor while eating and speaking. Dental Implant are quite comfortable as they are made with the exact sizes of one’s mouth, in precision with each patient’s jawline. Basically its purpose is to replace the missing teeth whether you need to replace few or all of your teeth.

Following are the two most recommended Dental Implant:

Endosteal implants- These are implanted directly into the jawbones with the help of a surgery. It is a two way process. Once the swelling of first implant is recovered and a single or a group of teeth is attached to the grouped on a bridge or a denture.

Subperiosteal implants — These implants have a metal frame that is fixed onto the jawbone just under the gum tissue. As the gums recover, the frame then forms a part of the jawbone.

Benefits of Dental Implants:

• One can easily regain the ability to chew or bite food just like the natural teeth.
• Enhances ones personality or face basically as missing teeth would look like a spot on the moon.
• Unlike temporary setup these implants are permanent and needs to be done only once.
• With the advancement in technology many hospitals provide gentle and painless dental implants from just one day or two weeks to three long months.
• The shorter the time period the higher is the cost factor. Painless and quick implants are available if you are ready to spend that kind of money.
• Maximum time to get it done is three months whereas minimum is a day.

Dental Implants Cost:

Wide price range is available in the market for Dental implants cost. The full Dental Implants cost is around $1,500 to 3,000 which includes tooth dental implant as well as the crown (the cap on top) and support.
The cost of a single tooth implant would be around $1,000-3,000. It totally depends on the quality of the product you have chosen. The cost may go up if you want to replace multiple teeth. Usually multiple dental implants costs from $3,000 to depending on the circumstances and choices made. And if replacement of three to four teeth is required it can get done under the budget of $6,000 to 10,000.
Some people have several teeth missing in a row and prefer to have a whole new dental implant rather than one or two teeth. They are required to remove their left over teeth and then a whole new denture is prepared for them. In such cases a full set of dental implants cost around $7,000 to 90,000 probably with an average cost of $34,000.
A single plate installation on one side (up on down) may cost around $3,500 to 33,000.There are surely other charges as well for instance the consultation fee usually is in between $50 to 2, 000.Medications expenditure is in between $500 to 5,000.X-RAY’s usually $25-250, CT Scan $250-1,000

Further, various forms of anesthesia usually cost around $50 -$500 on hourly basis and in some cases from $50- $900 can be the cost for the tooth removal.
There are several hospitals that offer discounts on multiple tooth implants. Also there are many non-profit or charitable organizations that provide excellent services at very low prices such as Dental Lifeline Network, Americas Tooth Fairy, Toothwisdom.org and United way among many others.

Factors on which the Dental Implants cost depends on: 

• Brand, the quality of material used, comfort, the design and look of the crown
• The number of teeth that need to be replaced with dental implants.
• Number of implants needed to support the replacement tooth.
• Whether the organization is privately owned or government owned or government aided.
• Popularity, specialty or experience of the surgeon or dentist.
• Situation of the tooth, gum and complexity of the surgery.
• Usually insurance companies do not cover dental injuries whereas some do it to a limited extent like 10% or so.

Dental implants are the most common way to get back your smile back. Cure for missing or damaged teeth are readily available and the patient has lots of variety depending upon the time period, cost as well as the quality.