Cost of Dental Crowns

How much do they cost? Having dental crowns installed is not like going in to your dentist to have a check up.  There are many for variables, including the time it takes for the dentist to consult with you, install the crowns and make sure that your recovery is going smoothly.

There is also the cost of the materials themselves.  As technology in this field is making new ground the prices for these materials have had to catch up.  This means that dental crowns are still relatively expensive.  But, if you are suffering from abnormal teeth you know that the cost is well worth it.

Generally there are several different crown materials that are available to you.  Depending on what kind of work you need to have done, some of these will not be available to you.  Each of these materials also has it own different pros and cons and your dentist will know which one is best suited to your particular dental needs.

The most popular kinds of dental crowns are:

    * Porcelain fused to gold
    * Porcelain fused to semi-precious metal
    * Porcelain fused to non-precious
    * Full gold
    * Full semi-precious metal
    * All porcelain

While this is only a ball park figures dental crowns cost around $250.00 per tooth, although your dentist will most likely not charge on a solely per tooth basis. If you are very worried about aesthetics, there are other crown treatments that are virtually undetectable, but those often come in at twice the price and aren’t advisable to those who do not rely on the beauty of their mouth to make a living.              

The cost of the dental crown depends on the area of the county the crown is being made in. Dentists in large cities have higher overhead costs and pay staff and rents that often are double or triple of what rural dentists pay. However, urban dentists tend to be current in dental techniques because most of the leading edge courses for dentists are given in big cities

If you are looking for the average cost of the total procedure try and budget between $650.00 and $ 2,500 for your total procedure.  If this seems like a huge gap, well you probably should just go to your dentist and get a real accurate figure.