Dental Implants
Dental Implants Brisbane: from $5,500 including the crown, north and south of the river
A dental implant replaces a missing tooth from the root up: a titanium post in the jaw, and a crown made to match the teeth beside it. In Brisbane, Avenue Dental places implants at North Lakes and Murrumba Downs on the northside and Woolloongabba on the southside, with planning, surgery, healing reviews and the finished crown all done at the practice you choose. A straightforward single implant is $5,500, and that figure includes the post, the abutment and the crown, which is not always what a Brisbane implant quote means. For anyone who’d rather not be aware of the surgery, IV sedation and oral sedation are available at all three practices.
Your first step is free: a 60-minute consultation with a dentist, a 3D scan, X-rays and a smile simulation, then a written plan that lists every item. If you’d rather talk it through first, message our treatment coordinator and she’ll answer your questions and book you into the practice that suits.
Dental implants from $5,500, or $53.75 per week. Post, abutment and crown included.
Your implant consultation is free at North Lakes, Murrumba Downs and Woolloongabba: a full 60 minutes with the dentist, a 3D scan, X-rays and a smile simulation. Or leave your details and our treatment coordinator will call you back, answer your questions and book you into the practice that suits.
Weekly amount based on a $5,500 treatment over a 24-month Humm payment plan at 0% interest. Approval and individual circumstances are assessed by Humm. Bone grafting, sinus lifts and sedation, where needed, are quoted separately. Simulated results are an indication only and individual outcomes vary.
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Why implant prices vary so much in Brisbane
Search for implants in Brisbane and you’ll find them advertised from under $3,000 to more than $6,000, plus a whole category of “cheap” and “affordable” offers. Most of the gap isn’t clinics charging more for the same thing. It’s the same word covering different amounts of work, and three things account for nearly all of it.
What a cheap quote leaves out
Brisbane has plenty of implant offers under $4,000, and most of them are for the titanium post alone. The abutment and the crown, the parts that turn a post into a tooth, come later and often come from somewhere else, at a price that wasn’t on the sign. Add them and the cheap implant usually lands where everyone else’s does.
Our $5,500 is the whole tooth: post, abutment, crown, plus the scan, the planning, the surgery and the reviews. Compare it to a finished tooth, not to a post.
Whether your bone is ready
Where a tooth has been gone for years, or was lost to infection, the jaw beneath it has usually shrunk. An implant needs enough bone to hold, so some people need a graft first, and for upper back teeth sometimes a sinus lift. Each is a separate procedure with its own cost and a few months of healing.
Many people need neither. The 3D scan at your free consultation is what settles it, and if you do, it’s costed in your written plan before you commit.
How many teeth, and what’s around them
A single implant, a bridge on two implants and a full arch on four or more are three different treatments. The cost per tooth falls as the number rises, and a fixed full arch starts from $20,000 with us, against the $19,000 to $35,000 you’ll see quoted around Brisbane.
Sedation, if you choose it, is quoted on top. So is where the crown is made: ours come from a local laboratory your dentist can call, which costs more than importing them and shows in how the tooth fits.
Across Brisbane, a single implant with its crown is quoted from around $3,000 to $6,500, and the three things above explain nearly all of that spread. The headline figure tells you where a quote starts. The itemised plan tells you where it finishes.
That plan is what the free consultation produces: an hour with a dentist at North Lakes, Murrumba Downs or Woolloongabba, a 3D scan and X-rays, a smile simulation as an indication of what’s possible, and your own number in writing before you’ve spent anything.
Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. The information on this page is general in nature and does not constitute clinical advice. Individual suitability, treatment and costs depend on an assessment specific to you. Before proceeding, seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. View treatment risks here.
Real patients results at Avenue Dental
Dr Ernesto Villalba (DEN0002568419), Registered dentist, general registration. Treatment: Dental Implants, and Crowns. Final image taken on the day crowns were placed.
Dr Jake Templar (DEN0002585797), Registered Dentist, General Dentist. Treatment : Dental Implants. Final image was captured on the day the final prosthesis was placed.
We always encourage you to weigh up your options, ask questions and make a decision alongside your practitioner, and to seek independent advice or a second opinion from an AHPRA-registered health practitioner before going ahead.
The images shown on this page are for informational purposes only and depict examples of dental treatments performed at Avenue Dental. Results can vary based on individual circumstances, and any dental procedure carries risks and benefits. A comprehensive dental examination and consultation are required to determine the most appropriate treatment options for your needs. These images are not intended to be testimonials or guarantees of outcomes. All of our patients have consented to images being shared here. This content is general in nature and intended for adults. It is not medical advice. Any surgical or cosmetic procedure carries risks. Read more about the risks here.
Your dental implant options in Brisbane
How many teeth are missing, where they are and what you’re living with now decide which of these applies. The consultation exists because the answer is often different from the one you expected.
A single missing tooth
One implant carrying one crown, with the teeth either side left untouched, which is the advantage over a traditional bridge that needs its neighbours ground down. $5,500 at Avenue Dental Brisbane, finished tooth included, and the reason most people walk through our door.
Several teeth in a row
Three or four missing teeth don’t need three or four implants. Two implants can carry a bridge across the gap (an implant-supported bridge), which means less surgery, less healing and a lower cost per tooth than replacing each one on its own. The number you need is decided by the gap and the bone, which the 3D scan shows.
A full arch, or dentures you’re tired of
If you’ve lost most of the teeth in a jaw, or your denture moves every time you eat, implants can anchor a complete set. Two routes: a removable denture that clips onto two or more implants and stays put (an implant-retained overdenture), or a fixed bridge on four or more implants that never comes out, often called All-on-4 or All-on-X, from $20,000 per arch. Both are larger surgical treatments, usually done under IV sedation, and every case is assessed before a plan is made.
Brisbane Dental Clinic Locations
How a dental implant happens in Brisbane, start to finish
Seven stages, one practice, one dentist. Open each to see what’s involved, whether it applies to you, and roughly how long it takes.
1Free consultation and 3D scan
An hour with a dentist at North Lakes, Murrumba Downs or Woolloongabba. Your teeth, gums and bite are examined, a 3D scan (CBCT) and X-rays measure the bone, and a smile simulation shows the planned result as an indication of what’s possible. You leave with a written, itemised plan, including whether any bone preparation is needed. Nothing to pay, nothing to decide on the day.
2Removing the old tooth, if it’s still there
If the tooth being replaced is still in place, cracked or failing, it comes out first. Where the bone around it is healthy, the implant can sometimes go straight into the socket in the same visit (an immediate implant), which saves months. Where there’s been infection, the socket heals for a few months first. The scan decides which, and your plan will say.
3Building up the bone, if needed
Where the scan shows the jaw is too thin or shallow to hold an implant, a bone graft rebuilds it, and for upper back teeth a sinus lift may be needed as well. Smaller grafts happen alongside the implant; larger ones need a few months to heal first. A good number of people skip this stage altogether.
4Deciding how you’d like to be treated
A single implant is routinely placed under local anaesthetic and takes about an hour. If you’d rather not be aware of it, or you’re having several implants or a full arch, two options are available at all three Brisbane practices: oral sedation, a tablet prescribed by your dentist that leaves you calm and drowsy, and IV sedation, given and monitored by an anaesthetist so you’re deeply relaxed and remember little. Which suits you is assessed beforehand, and sedation is quoted separately.
5Placing the implant
Following the 3D plan, the dentist places the titanium post at the position and angle mapped out beforehand. Most people describe it as easier than the extraction they’d been dreading. You go home the same day with written aftercare, and a temporary tooth if the gap is in your smile.
6Healing, then your new tooth
Over three to six months the bone grows onto the implant and locks it in (osseointegration), with review visits at your own practice along the way. Once it’s solid, the abutment goes on, a scan is sent to a local laboratory, and your crown is made to match the teeth beside it. It’s fitted, the bite is checked, and you have your tooth back.
7Keeping it for decades
An implant can’t decay, but the gum and bone holding it can still react to plaque, so it’s cared for like any other tooth: cleaning around it daily, six-monthly check-ups and hygienist cleans, and an occasional X-ray to confirm the bone is holding. Smoking and untreated gum disease are what shorten an implant’s life. Looked after, they routinely last twenty years and often a lifetime.
Why Choose Avenue Dental for Dental Implants in Brisbane
The price is for the whole tooth, not the post — $5,500 covers the implant, the abutment and the crown, plus the scan, planning, surgery and reviews. In a market full of post-only offers, the number you see is the number you pay for a finished tooth.
Three practices, north and south — North Lakes and Murrumba Downs on the northside, Woolloongabba on the southside, so your consultation, surgery and every review happen close to home rather than across the river in traffic.
More than 20,000 implants since 1990 — Avenue Dental has been placing implants for over three decades, and that experience shapes every plan our Brisbane dentists make, including the times we’ll say an implant isn’t the right answer.
Sedation at every practice — Oral sedation and IV sedation with an anaesthetist are both available at all three Brisbane practices, for anyone who’d rather not be aware of the surgery. Suitability is assessed first and it’s quoted separately.
Made by a local lab — Your crown is made by a dental technician your dentist can phone, which costs more than importing it and shows in how the tooth fits and looks.
Payment plans for the treatment — Interest-free plans through Humm are available, with approval and terms assessed by Humm.
Dr Greg Fine DEN0002013862 General Dentist. Dental implants. 1 week treatment time. Photos taken on the day the final crowns were placed. Results can vary based on individual circumstances, and any dental procedure carries risks and benefits. See treatment risks here. The images shown on this page are for informational purposes only and depict examples of dental treatments performed at Avenue Dental. These images are not intended to be testimonials or guarantees of outcomes. All of our patients have consented to images being shared here.
Who places your implants at Avenue Dental
In Australia, dental implants are placed by two kinds of clinician: specialist oral surgeons and periodontists, who mainly handle complex surgical cases and referrals, and general dentists who have completed additional training in implant surgery and place them as a regular part of their practice. The large majority of single and multiple implants in this country are placed by the second group, and that’s who places yours at Avenue Dental.
Our dentists are not specialists, and we won’t call them that. What they have is experience: Avenue Dental has placed more than 20,000 implants on the Sunshine Coast since 1990, which means the dentist planning your case has almost certainly seen one like it before. They plan from a 3D scan, place the implant and make the crown themselves, and they do it at your local practice.
So the honest version of the advice is this: the question isn’t dentist or surgeon. It’s whether the person placing your implant has done it many times before, plans it properly, does the whole thing rather than half of it, and knows when to hand you on. Ask any clinic those four things. We’re happy to be asked.
Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. The information on this page is general in nature and does not constitute clinical advice. Individual suitability, treatment and costs depend on an assessment specific to you. Before proceeding, seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. View treatment risks here.
Dental implants in Brisbane: your questions answered
How much do dental implants cost in Brisbane?
At Avenue Dental Brisbane a straightforward single implant is $5,500, which includes the implant post, the abutment and the crown, or from $53.75 a week on a 24-month Humm payment plan at 0% interest. Across Brisbane, a single implant with its crown is quoted from around $3,000 to $6,500, and offers below that range are usually for the post alone with the abutment and crown charged later. Your consultation is free and you receive a written, itemised plan before treatment begins.
Are cheap dental implants in Brisbane worth it?
It depends what the price covers. Many low headline prices in Brisbane are for the titanium post only; once the abutment and crown are added, the total usually lands where other quotes do. Other savings come from importing the crown from overseas, preparing the bone less carefully, or fewer review visits. A lower price is not automatically the wrong choice, but ask for an itemised quote for a finished tooth and compare that.
What does the $5,500 include?
The implant post, the abutment, the crown, the 3D scan and planning, the surgery, the review appointments during healing, and a temporary tooth where the gap is visible. Bone grafting or a sinus lift, if your scan shows you need one, is a separate procedure costed in your plan. Sedation, if you choose it, is also quoted separately.
How much does All-on-4 cost in Brisbane?
A fixed full arch of teeth on implants (All-on-4 or All-on-X) starts from $20,000 per arch at Avenue Dental, against the $19,000 to $35,000 commonly quoted around Brisbane. The final figure depends on how many implants your jaw needs, whether any bone preparation is required, the material of the finished teeth and whether you choose sedation. Every full-arch case is assessed individually before a plan and price are given, and payment plans are available.
Should I get implants or dentures?
For most people who are suitable, an implant is the longer-lasting option: it stands on its own, works like a natural tooth and keeps the bone underneath it. A denture sits on the gum, moves when you eat, and the bone beneath it shrinks over time. If you already have a full denture that will not stay put, two or more implants can anchor it (an implant-retained overdenture), which is often the middle path between dentures and a full fixed arch. Your dentist will explain the trade-offs for your case.
Can I be sedated for implant surgery in Brisbane?
Yes. Oral sedation, a tablet prescribed by your dentist that leaves you calm and drowsy, and IV sedation, given and monitored by an anaesthetist so you are deeply relaxed and remember little, are both available at North Lakes, Murrumba Downs and Woolloongabba. Which suits you is assessed at your consultation, and sedation is quoted separately from the implant.
Which Brisbane practices place implants?
All three: North Lakes and Murrumba Downs on the northside, and Woolloongabba on the southside. Your consultation, surgery, crown and follow-up visits all happen at the practice you choose, with the same dentist throughout.
Will I need a bone graft or sinus lift?
Not everyone does. If a tooth has been missing for a long time, or was lost to infection or gum disease, the bone may have shrunk back and need rebuilding before an implant can hold. For upper back teeth, the sinus sits close to the jaw and sometimes needs lifting to make room. The 3D scan at your free consultation is how we find out, and if it applies to you it is in your written plan with its cost and healing time.
What should I ask a Brisbane dentist about implants?
Ask whether the quote is for a finished tooth or the post alone, whether the same dentist plans, places and restores the implant, where the crown is made, what happens if you need a graft, what sedation is available, and how many implants the practice has placed. Avenue Dental has placed more than 20,000 since 1990, and the answers to the rest are on this page.
How long does the whole process take?
Usually three to six months from placement to finished crown, because the bone needs time to grow onto the implant. If a tooth still needs removing and the socket has to heal first, or a bone graft is needed, add a few months. If the gap is in your smile line you will have a temporary tooth for the waiting period, and your dentist gives you a timeline at the consultation.
Does health insurance cover dental implants?
Medicare does not cover implants. Some private health funds contribute under major dental cover, usually with waiting periods and annual limits, and the amount varies widely between funds and levels. We give you the item numbers with your written plan so you can check exactly what your fund will pay, and Humm payment plans are available for the balance.
How long do dental implants last?
With good care, decades, and often a lifetime. The implant itself cannot decay, but the gum and bone around it can be affected by plaque, so implants are looked after like natural teeth: daily cleaning around them, six-monthly check-ups and hygienist cleans, and an occasional X-ray to confirm the bone is holding. Smoking and untreated gum disease are the main things that shorten an implant’s life.
Flexible payment plans
At Avenue Dental on the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne, we understand that dental treatment can be difficult to fit into your budget, which is why we offer a range of different dental payment plan options.
