Why is there a cost difference between immediate and delayed dental implants?

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Getting immediate implants sometimes is more costly because it involves computer-guided surgical planning.

It involves more procedures done in one visit, more bone grafting, and immediate implants. So it's those few implants on that build.

If you are going to get sedated that's an extra item on the bill because the anaesthetist will have to come into sedate the patient for the surgery.

There are basically more items on the bills and the immediate implants are more costly compared to delayed implants.

But for the delayed surgery, it may still be the same.

The costs for the implant whether immediate or delayed it may end up very well similar, it's just whether you spend the money upfront at the beginning or delayed fashion.

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How do I know when I need dental implants?

I do a lot of root canal treatment and to make a natural tooth look good, especially your front tooth, is quite easy. To make a front implant look good is extremely difficult. You’ll need multiple surgeries, not only to place the implants but also to graft the gums and all that. If the patient is quite young, meaning in their 20s or 30s, our skeleton keeps growing so the rest of the teeth will keep moving down but the implant doesn’t move. So when you hit your 50s you’ll have this cosmetic problem that’s very difficult to fix.

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How do the materials used for dental implants affect the cost of dental implants?

I would say the cost can vary a lot and it really depends on the materials that are being used, and even the brand. Because certain brands are more well-researched and it depends on what you want. It doesn’t mean that the brands that are less researched are not good. It depends on what personality type you are as well. Do you want something that is new, as in, it might have new technology, or do you want something that has been used for the past 20 years with a lot of research papers to support it?

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