Dental Implant Cost in the UK
What a UK implant quote should include, what pushes it up, the full-mouth figures, when the NHS pays in England, Scotland and Wales, and how to pick a clinic, with our own Glasgow fees alongside.
How Much Is a Tooth Implant in the UK?
In the UK a dental implant is private treatment for almost everyone, and the cost runs from one tooth to a whole mouth: at our practice in Glasgow, from £2,775 for one tooth, implant and crown together, up to £29,900 for fixed teeth in both jaws on our top pathway. No national price list exists, so the same job is quoted very differently around the country, and the figure depends on how many implants you need, your bone, and whether the crown, scan and aftercare are in the price. The NHS funds implants only for a small number of hospital patients.
Dental implants in Glasgow at St Vincent Smile ›
Single Tooth Implant Cost: What Should the Price Include?
A figure quoted for "an implant" can mean the titanium post on its own, the post plus its connector, or the finished tooth you chew with. Only the last one is worth comparing, and a complete price normally covers four parts:
- The implant, the screw that the jawbone grows around: from £1,605 here.
- The abutment, a small connector screwed into the implant to carry the tooth.
- The crown, the tooth itself, shaded to sit unnoticed beside your own: £1,170 here.
- Planning and follow-up: the 3D scan, a surgical guide, checks while the bone heals, and a written guarantee.
At St Vincent Smile all four together start at £2,775, before any grafting.2 If a quote you hold is far below that, find out which of the four it leaves out before you decide it's cheaper.
Dental Implant Prices, From One Tooth to a Full Mouth
| Treatment | Our fee |
|---|---|
| One implant with its crown | From £2,775 |
| Two implants side by side, each with a crown | From £5,550 |
| Implant-retained denture, per jaw | From £8,500 |
| Fixed full-arch teeth, per jaw | £9,300 to £14,950 |
| Fixed teeth in both jaws | £18,600 to £29,900 |
| CT scan for one to three implants | £160 (part of every full-arch fee) |
| Bone graft, if the ridge is thin | £535 or £998 |
| IV sedation, if you'd like it | £500 a session |
These match our published fee list.2 The consultation is free. Chrysalis Finance can split treatment of £1,500 or more into monthly payments, subject to status: at 0% APR over 12 months, with nothing paid up front, an implant with its crown works out at £231.25 a month.4
Get Your Own Figure in Writing
Come for a free consultation and leave with your plan, and its fee, on paper. For one to three implants, any CT scan you need costs £160.
How Much Is a Full Set of Dental Implants with Us in Glasgow?
When every tooth in a jaw has gone, or is failing, the work is priced per arch, and there are two quite different ways to do it. Fixed full-arch teeth (All-on-4 is the name you'll see most) are a bridge of ten to twelve teeth screwed onto four to six implants; only a dentist can take it off. With us that costs £9,300 to £14,950 an arch, depending on which of four pathways your jaw needs, so a full mouth, upper and lower, comes to between £18,600 and £29,900. An implant-retained denture is the other route: it's held by clips on implants, usually two below or four above, lifts out for cleaning, and costs from £8,500 per jaw.
At St Vincent Smile, Dr Davinder Kalsi leads each full-arch case, working with Dr Nikhil Sharma so that two dental surgeons are at every operation, and the arch fee already includes the CT scan. What each of the four pathways includes is set out on our full-arch implants page.
Why Do Implant Prices Vary So Much Around the UK?
- What the headline covers. A post-only price and a finished-tooth price can be thousands of pounds apart for the same treatment.
- How much bone you have. A jaw that has been without a tooth for years often thins, and rebuilding it adds a graft to the bill.
- Whether the tooth is still there. Removing it first means an extraction and, usually, a few months of healing before the implant.
- The implant system. Long-established brands with published research cost a practice more than little-known ones. Ours is MegaGen AnyRidge, placed with MegaGen's R2 guided surgery.
- Planning. A CT scan and a printed surgical guide take equipment and time, and some quotes include neither.
- Sedation. Optional, and charged by the session.
- Running costs. Rent, staff and laboratory bills aren't the same in every city, and fees tend to follow them.
Are Dental Implants Available on the NHS in England, Scotland or Wales?
For very few people, and usually in a hospital, not at your local practice. The NHS website says implants are usually only available privately, and that they're sometimes provided on the NHS for patients who cannot wear dentures for certain reasons, such as mouth cancer or an accident. Scottish hospital dental departments publish strict criteria, typically covering head and neck cancer treatment, major facial injury, or teeth that never formed, as with hypodontia or a cleft palate. Your dentist has to refer you, and meeting the criteria doesn't guarantee treatment.
Otherwise, the NHS replaces missing teeth with a denture or a bridge where your dentist judges one clinically suitable, and what you pay depends on where you live:
| Nation | NHS charge for a bridge or denture, 2026 |
|---|---|
| England | £332.10, the Band 3 charge, which also covers crowns |
| Scotland | Adults who pay contribute 80% of the treatment's NHS price, never over £384 per course; under-26s free |
| Wales | £140.44 for a bridge, £86.40 for dentures, within a ceiling of £384 a course |
Northern Ireland sets its own charges, and each nation has its own exemptions, so check yours before you assume you'll pay.
How to Choose an Implant Clinic, Wherever You Live in the UK
- Look the dentist up first. Search the General Dental Council's online register, gdc-uk.org, which every practising UK dentist must appear on. Then ask what implant training sits behind that registration, and roughly how many implants they place each year.
- Ask for the plan as well as the price. A written plan should name each stage, the implant brand, any grafting and the total, so nothing appears later.
- Check how it's planned. A 3D scan taken before surgery shows the bone width, the nerve and the sinus, which a flat X-ray can't.
- Read the guarantee's small print. Most depend on not smoking and keeping hygiene visits, so find out exactly what yours would ask of you.
- Count the journeys. Implants need reviews and hygiene care for years after the crown goes on, so the clinic should be one you can get back to easily.
Implants at St Vincent Smile in Glasgow
Dr Davinder Kalsi plans, places and restores our single implants himself, so one dentist follows your tooth from scan to crown. He holds an MSc in dental implants; our records count more than 2,000 implants placed by him in over a decade, and his success rate in those records is above 99%.5 The CT scan is taken on our scanner in Finnieston, the implant is planned in 3D and placed through a 3D-printed guide, and each implant comes with our five-year guarantee, which asks only that you don't smoke and keep your three-monthly hygiene visits.
Every one of our implant fees, with what's included, is in the Glasgow implant price guide, and our dental implants in Glasgow page shows how treatment runs here.
Questions
This guide is general information, not a diagnosis. A dentist needs to examine you to say what is right for your teeth.