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September 18, 2025
It’ll be no secret to you by now that everything worth having in life comes at a price. And it’s no different with tooth replacement procedures.The more you pay, the better your restoration will be and the longer it lasts and serves you.
Of the three options to replace missing teeth, dental implants are by far the best - and it’s not just our opinion on this; it’s a medical fact.
Unlike alternative treatments, dental implants do more for your smile, like encouraging bone growth and preserving it, just like natural tooth roots, and provide the best results in function, stability and reliability.
Dental implants are permanent - and what we mean by this is that they’re fixed into your jawbone for life and can only be removed by a dentist. This gives patients a reliable prosthetic that will never slip or fall out of place like dentures.So, with a single implant costing £2,500, which will typically last you 20 years, it costs £125 a year for a fully functioning tooth.
With dental implants, you’ll never feel discomfort, pain or even embarrassment - they’ll blend perfectly with your natural teeth and be undetectable by those looking at your smile other than dentists. And that’s just a few reasons why they cost more.
While dental bridges and dentures are cheaper than dental implants, their final prices can often be comparable. For example, the cost of a bridge privately typically exceeds £1,000, which covers the cost of the pontic and the crown.However, if you have more than one missing tooth, the price is often per pontic, which means you’ll pay around £2,000 to replace two teeth.When using a dental implant to replace two teeth, patients can expect costs to be around £2,000 for a much better restoration that lasts longer and does not rely on damaging otherwise healthy neighbouring teeth for support.
Most dental treatments are pricey - anyone who has had braces before knows that treatments like this can cost £5,000 or more, but because the outcome and results are so worth it, the price is often mitigated and long forgotten about.
Whilst in the world, a high price doesn’t always suggest high quality, in dentistry, this is exactly the case. The cheaper your treatment (even if you seek it abroad), the lower quality outcome you can expect - and that’s the same across the field, from dental fillings to crowns.
It’s all about the materials - and with cosmetic and implant dentistry, where mimicking natural teeth is highly important, the best materials must be used. For example, dental implants, made up of three parts, with the final being a crown, are made from high-quality porcelain with translucent properties that reflect natural light - making them appear real. No one wants their teeth to look like plastic.
If placing a dental implant didn’t take experience, skill and even talent, we could all do it. As dental implants are placed surgically into the jawbone, many pre-planning, scans, x-rays, grafting, and precise placement in the bone where density is the highest is required.To place your dental implant, the dentist must undergo five years of undergraduate study, 1 year of foundation training and 1-3 years of postgraduate training in implantology.With all that said, we understand that for some people, £2,500 will be nothing - but for others concerned about gaps in their smile, £2,500 will be astronomic. The price of dental implants will likely not be more affordable. Costs go up every year - across the board, throughout life. So, if finding £2,500 will be a struggle, consider dental finance instead, where you can pay monthly for your implant, which might make it more manageable.
