Dental Implants Can Save Costs & Improve Quality Of Life
In the most recent edition of The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, researchers have concluded that dental implants offer a cost-effective alternative to traditional treatments for tooth replacement.
This was also cited on PubMed, the US National Library of Medicine located at the National Institutes of Health, is based on a systematic review of all available studies published in English between 2000 and 2010 relating to the cost-effectiveness of various tooth-replacement options. The results:
- For single-tooth replacement, implant-based solutions were generally cost-saving or more cost-effective when comparing with traditional bridges.
- For patients with full dentures, implant-supported solutions were associated with higher initial costs than traditional (non-fixed) dentures. However, the consensus of most studies was that, over the long term, dental implants represent a cost-effective treatment option.
Single tooth replacement:
Implant supported denture, a.k.a Hybrid denture:
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