Build an illustrative price range for one or more implants from per-implant ranges plus one-off planning costs.
This estimator multiplies the number of implants by a low and a high per-implant figure and adds the one-off costs that do not scale with the number of implants.
Formula: low = implants × low per implant + one-off costs; high = implants × high per implant + one-off costs.
The ranges are illustrative, not market prices. They exist so you can see how the parts add up. Australian dental fees are set by each practice, vary by city, by whether a general dentist or a specialist does the work, and by the implant system and laboratory used. Replace the per-implant figures with the totals from your own written quote, grouped by ADA item number: implant insertion (684 or 688), second-stage surgery (691), abutment (661) and implant crown (671, 672 or 673), plus grafting (243, 244) or sinus augmentation (246, 247) if planned.
Worked example (illustrative): two implants at $3,500–$6,000 each plus $900 of one-off costs (a CBCT scan, consultation and one extraction) gives 2 × $3,500 + $900 = $7,900 at the low end and 2 × $6,000 + $900 = $12,900 at the high end.
Limits: the result is the total fee before any health fund benefit. Use the extras benefit calculator to estimate what your fund might pay. The estimator says nothing about whether implants are clinically suitable for you: that is a question for a registered dental practitioner. See the implant cost overview.
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