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Cost · Full arch
Full mouth implants are priced as a case, not per tooth, because a small number of posts carry a bridge of twelve. That makes it far less than one implant for every gap, and still the largest dental investment most people make.
Why per case
Replacing every missing tooth with its own implant would be both unnecessary and unaffordable. A fixed bridge spreads its load, so four well placed posts can carry a full arch. That is the single reason full mouth implants do not cost twelve times a single tooth, and it is why the number of posts is the first thing that moves the figure.
The protocol sets the count. All-on-4 Implants uses the fewest and often avoids grafting in the upper jaw, All-on-6 Implants spreads the load where the bone allows, and an Implant Overdenture that clips on costs less again.
The bridge itself is the other half of the number. Materials range from acrylic on a metal frame to full zirconia, and they differ in cost, in how they wear and in how they are repaired years later.
A full arch in Victoria is commonly $20,000 to $35,000, and both arches together $40,000 to $65,000. The arch is priced as one case because the posts, the framework and the teeth are planned as a unit. Pricing depends on how many posts the bone will take and which protocol suits, so these are example ranges rather than a quote.
How it is priced
Which teeth can be saved, which are failing, and what the opposing jaw is doing. An arch is never priced from a photograph.
Bone across the jaw decides how many posts and at what angles. That decision, not a package name, sets the base figure.
Extractions, posts, the temporary bridge and the final bridge, each listed, with the bridge material stated.
Because treatment runs across months, payment follows the stages rather than falling due in one lump at the start.
One arch or two
Two arches of full mouth implants cost more than one but not double, because the planning, the surgical visit and much of the laboratory work overlap. Doing both at once also lets the bite be designed as a single unit, which is covered on Full Mouth Implants.
If a fixed bridge is beyond reach, that is worth saying at the consultation rather than walking away. Implant Supported Dentures anchor to a smaller number of posts at lower cost, and Full Mouth Restoration sets out the realistic routes side by side.
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What each full arch route involves before you compare the costs.
What goes into an implant fee and why quotes differ so much.
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Learn morePayment plans and how insurance usually treats implant work.
Learn moreHow implant fees are built up and what moves the number.
Learn moreCommon questions
Per arch pricing, what is included and how payment is staged.
Victoria patients
Knew it would be a large number. What I did not expect was seeing extractions, temporary and final bridge on separate lines.
Doing both together was less than two separate treatments and they showed me the difference in writing before I decided.
Could not stretch to the fixed bridge. They offered the clip-in option honestly rather than pushing the expensive one.
Paid across the stages as treatment went along. Made a number that looked impossible actually manageable.
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A full arch assessment includes a scan of both jaws, a view on any teeth worth keeping and a written case price showing the protocol, the number of posts, the bridge material and how payment is staged.
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