Dental implants cost in the UK (2026)

Written by Saher Shodhan. UK practice prices were checked against each practice's own page on 7 Oct 2026, and the NHS charges and Dental by Design on 31 Oct 2026, unless a row says otherwise. Sources are numbered at the end.

Dental implants cost in the UK: the short answer

NHS: How much NHS dental treatment costs, checked 31 Oct 2026 [1]. UK private: practices' own price pages, checked 7 Oct 2026 [3]. Abroad: clinics' own price lists, checked 6 Oct 2026, converted at the European Central Bank rate [5]. Flights and hotel nights come on top of the prices abroad.

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What the NHS charges, and whether it covers implants

NHS dental treatment in England is charged in three bands. You pay one charge for a course of treatment, at the highest band it includes [1]:

• Band 1, £27.90: an examination, X-rays if needed, and a scale and polish if needed [1].
• Band 2, £76.60: everything in Band 1, plus fillings, root canal treatment and extractions [1].
• Band 3, £332.10: everything in Bands 1 and 2, plus crowns, bridges, dentures and braces [1].
• Urgent treatment, £27.90 [1].

Implants are not in the band list. The NHS says: "Implants are usually only available privately and are expensive" [2]. It adds that, "although it's rare", they are "sometimes available on the NHS for patients who cannot wear dentures for certain reasons, such as mouth cancer or an accident" [2]. Some people pay nothing for NHS dental treatment; the NHS explains who can get free dental treatment in England.

If you have NHS treatment and need more within 2 months, the NHS says you do not pay again if it is in the same band or a lower one [1].

UK private dental implant prices by practice

These are the lowest prices each practice publishes for one implant with its crown. Each counts once.

Each practice's own price page: Dental by Design checked 31 Oct 2026 [4]; the other 14 checked 7 Oct 2026 [3]. The middle-half figure of £2,034 to £2,900 is from those 14; Dental by Design was checked afterwards and is not in it.

Some practices price the implant and the crown separately. Five do, at £1,050 to £1,500 for the implant alone (middle half, checked 7 Oct 2026) [3]. Highview Dental Practice in Dudley, for example, lists the implant at £1,600 and the implant crown at £900 [3]. Add the two before you compare.

What a UK implant price includes, and what it leaves out

The NHS describes the treatment like this: "To fit an implant, a titanium screw is placed into the jaw bone to support a crown, bridge or denture" [2]. A quote can cover all of that, or only part of it. The practices above show the differences [3] [4]:

• The crown: most quote one implant with its crown; some quote the implant alone (from £1,050 at Banning Dental, crown extra) [3].
• Consultation and scans: some are free; others charge, from £50 at Walmsley Dental to £255 at The Perfect Smile Studios, and Leagrave lists a CT scan at £165 an arch [3].
• Bone grafting: often extra, for example from £745 at Together Dental and from £500 at Leagrave [3].
• Offer prices: Banning Dental's £1,700 is an offer; its usual price is £2,295 [3].
• Warranty: Dental by Design shows a 1-year warranty on its single implant and a lifetime guarantee on its zirconia full-arch bridge (checked 31 Oct 2026) [4].

Ask each practice for a written plan that names the implant system, every extra that could be added, and what happens if the implant fails.

Full arch on implants: UK prices

A full arch replaces a whole jaw of teeth with a fixed bridge on 4 to 6 implants (often sold as "All-on-4"). These are prices for one jaw.

Each practice's own price page: Dental by Design checked 31 Oct 2026 [4]; the other 10 checked 7 Oct 2026 [3]. The middle half of those 10 is £9,625 to £13,500 a jaw, and the median is £11,000.

Our guides to All-on-4 abroad and full-mouth implants abroad compare these with clinics' prices abroad.

Dental implants abroad: cost and checks

Many clinics abroad price the implant and the crown separately, so both are shown. Prices are from clinics' own lists.

UK: practices' own price pages, checked 7 Oct 2026 [3]. Abroad: clinics' own price lists, checked 6 Oct 2026 [5]. Each range is the middle half of the entry prices where we hold 6 or more price lists, and lowest to highest where we hold 3 to 5. Below 3 price lists we do not quote a range.

For one tooth, the median UK price for an implant with its crown is £2,562. Adding the median implant and crown prices that clinics publish gives £516 in Turkey, £690 in Hungary and £1,259 in Poland [3] [5]. Flights and hotel nights come on top, and implants usually mean two trips: after the implant is placed, healing "usually takes from three to six months but can be longer", says an NHS patient leaflet from Cambridge University Hospitals [8]. Our two-trip timeline sets out the visits.

Problems after treatment abroad are a real cost too. In a 2022 British Dental Association survey of 1,000 UK dentists, 86% of those who had seen patients treated abroad said they had treated cases that developed problems afterwards, 87% named crowns as the treatment most likely to need follow-up work, closely followed by implants at 85% [6]. In the same survey, 51% said repairs cost patients more than £1,000 [6].

The General Dental Council says: "It's always a good idea to speak to your own dentist before considering travelling abroad for your treatment" [7]. It also warns that it "can't guarantee another organisation like us exists in other countries" [7]. Our country guides cover Turkey, Hungary and Poland, and the best country for dental implants compares six destinations.

Related: single dental implant cost abroad, is it safe to get dental implants abroad?, paying for dental work in instalments, the clinic price index.

This guide is general information, not medical advice.

Clinics UK patients look at

The four with the most Google reviews among the dental clinics we hold. Each has a free page with its records.

Dentakay Dental ClinicIstanbul, TurkeyAttelia Oral and Dental Health CenterAntalya (Kızıltoprak, Muratpaşa), TurkeyDentSpaIstanbul, TurkeyEsnan Dental Clinics Topkapı (Istanbul)Istanbul (Topkapı, Zeytinburnu), Turkey

Written by Saher Shodhan

Saher Shodhan is the founder of Thera Travel, which publishes what the official records show about clinics abroad, each fact with the date it was checked, and answers patients' enquiries, free. More about Thera → How we write and check our guides →