Full-arch implants: cost per jaw

A full-arch bridge replaces every tooth in one jaw with a fixed set of teeth screwed onto a few implants. It's the treatment most often sold under the name "All-on-4", which is a registered trademark of an implant maker; dentists also call it a hybrid bridge, a fixed full-arch prosthesis or "teeth in a day".

Published prices per arch

Sources: CareCredit, All-on-4 cost, April 24, 2026 and CareCredit procedure costs, both reporting the 2024 Synchrony Average Procedural Cost Study; checked 30 Oct 2026. The 3-on-6 figure below the 4-implant figure is what the survey reported; it may reflect a different mix of practices and materials, so ask what is included before comparing.

Our reading: per arch, not per mouth. The article never says outright that its price covers one arch; it describes All-on-4 as replacing all the teeth in either the upper or the lower jaw, so a full mouth means two arches. In New York, where the state average is $16,264 per arch, both jaws come to about $32,500 before extractions.

State averages run from $12,642 per arch in Mississippi to $22,989 in Hawaii. All 51 are on the state cost page, and the calculator above uses your state's own figure.

What the price may or may not cover

CareCredit's article describes a first visit with an exam and X-rays, the four implants, a temporary bridge during healing and a permanent bridge later. It doesn't itemize extractions of remaining teeth, bone reduction or grafting, sedation, a night guard or later repairs. Ask whether the permanent bridge is acrylic, acrylic over a metal bar, or zirconia; that one choice moves the price by thousands.

A word of caution from the ADA

In November 2024 the American Dental Association responded to news reports of patients who said they were harmed at full-arch implant clinics. It said that preserving healthy teeth is always a consideration, that financing for complex procedures such as full-arch implants should come up only after patients have discussed the range of treatment options, that patients should expect a comprehensive exam, and that anyone uncomfortable with a recommendation should feel free to get a second opinion (ADA statement, Nov. 1, 2024).

If you still have some healthy teeth, ask which of them could be kept and what a plan that keeps them would cost. Our questions before you sign list covers the rest.

Twenty years, one arch: worked example in New York

The calculator starts on the lower jaw, the arch for which the two-implant snap-in denture has consensus backing; these are its New York figures.

How it's built: snap-in = two single implants (lower jaw) at the survey's $2,143 line (scope not stated; see what an implant quote includes) plus an overdenture ($3,136), scaled by New York's index of 1.04. Dentures are assumed remade every five years, the point at which the American College of Prosthodontists says a denture should be evaluated for replacement (ACP). The two implants under the snap-in denture carry the same yearly failure rate as single implants (0.49%, from the 2012 systematic review), which is an approximation. Choose "Upper jaw" and the snap-in line counts four implants instead, the number a 2019 review found most often in upper-jaw studies (more on the snap-in page); New York's upper-jaw day-one figure is then about $12,150 (4 × $2,143 + $3,136 = $11,708, times 1.037).

The fixed bridge line is a floor. We didn't find a published figure we could verify for how often full-arch bridges need repair or replacement, so the calculator adds nothing for upkeep unless you enter an assumption; the two upkeep fields appear once the calculator is set to Details. Fractured teeth, worn acrylic and replacement of the whole bridge all happen; ask the practice what they charge for each.

Worked example: putting a price on upkeep, one arch in Ohio

Because no verified figure exists for full-arch upkeep, the calculator lets you add your own assumption. Say you want to budget for replacing the whole fixed bridge once, in year 12, at half the original price. Set the calculator to Ohio and leave the jaw on "Lower jaw", then under Details enter 12 as the replacement year and 50 as the percentage:

Ohio's arch average is $14,291; half of it again in year 12 makes $21,436.50, shown as $21,440. The 50% and the year are your inputs, not data, which is the point: the table shows what a guess does to the comparison, so you can ask a practice for its own figure and type that in instead. If it answers in terms of a new set of teeth on the existing implants, that is the kind of cost this field is for.

Four implants or six?

The 2024 study's fixed bridge on six implants averaged nearly twice the four-implant figure ($29,980 against $15,176), while its three-section bridge on six implants came in lower than both. The survey doesn't say what each practice included, so the gap tells you only that the label alone doesn't fix the price. When two practices propose different numbers of implants for the same jaw, ask each one why, what the bridge is made of, and whether extractions and the temporary teeth are inside the figure.

Who covers it

CareCredit's article says most insurance plans treat All-on-4 as cosmetic or elective and won't cover it, though some plans pay part of the cost for major restorative work. Original Medicare doesn't cover implants or dentures (Medicare.gov). Implants count as a medical expense for an HSA or FSA, because IRS Publication 502 includes artificial teeth. See paying with an HSA or FSA.