$399 implants... Real or Bait?

Recently we were asked a very unique question that we would personally like to share with you guys. Why do dentist charge so much money for implants if someone else is offering them for $399? Well you guys the question is are they really $399?

Everywhere we go we see advertisements on the freeway that say “Get your $399 implants here!” next to the other countless false advertisements such as “lose ten pounds today!” But are any of these advertisements on true terms? Many question, “are these implants really $399?” One must wonder how they can be so generous to offer a complex procedure for more than a fraction of the price, when compared to other dental offices that offer them as well. So how do they get to offer such low prices? I want to believe that the bigger question is why? What else would we be paying for? The billboard states that it is a free consultation and a free x-ray, but how can company afford to provide so much for such little cost?

I went ahead and researched the type of implant the dental office states they use, and it's no wonder why they can charge so little for the implants themselves, but what they don't post on that giant red billboard is the actual pricing for the rest of the procedure. Too many patients and those who don't restore teeth for a living you'd think you’d be paying for the whole porcelain tooth itself. The implants that are used are low quality which would explain the very low price right? The bigger question is what are they made of? Many implants are made up of a titanium alloy ‘which they should be’ as titanium is the only medal that can properly be molded with your bone. What you don't know is that you are only paying for the implant. So when you get to get to actually think about it you start to question yourself such as “Does this place really expect me to walk around with just a titanium screw sticking out? What about the rest of the procedure?”So why post a giant billboard and waste thousands of dollars if you're just going to lie about the price of the procedure?

I have the most simple solution for you ladies and gents, most “high-end” dental offices tend to use this method as bait, and I'm not going to lie, this method is usually very effective. There have been many who have used this technique such as the majority of big successful businesses and or private practices. This doesn't mean that cheap isn't good. It just means that sometimes the full price isn't being shown or the material being used is an imitation of the real thing. I'm not going to be that person and pretend that i have all the money in the world because i don’t, but my teeth like anything else in my body, deserve the most proper care i can give it, would you let someone put a semi real implant in your head or foot? If not then why would you let anyone attempt to put anything less the genuine solution you were looking for in your mouth?

What about the quality of the implant? I have searched up many reviews of this MIS seven implant that is used in this major dental office, but not that many dentist were very eager to post a good review. Many of the dentist that use these implants say that they work great on just one implant and the problems begin to stir when adding multiple implants at the same time. Now shouldn't doing a simple procedure be done at ease? A Lot of people have stated that they had to learn different and more complicated ways of adding on implants just so they all fit and heal properly. Many others such as Kaz have stated that “yes they are great, but if you are impressing multiple implants at the same time it does not work well.” this implant has been said to be better than other inexpensive competitors but not as great as Paltop or Straumann implants. The Paltop and Straumann or the most universal type of implant there is. And yes their is about a $200 difference but wouldn't you rather have the best of the best when it comes to dental implants? Many years ago the MIS seven had a huge problem with the surface treatment and they do lack quite a lot when it comes to the prosthetic area. Again do these $399 implants still sound very convincing?

To be very fair everyone should know a traditional implant consists of three parts: the implant, the abutment, and the crown. That being said the procedure does usually last about 3 - 6 months on average. When you pay for your $399 implant that's all you will be receiving, compared to many dental offices that have all three parts already included within the price. Think about it you are going to pay $399 for the implant and about $1,100 for the abutment and crown. Rounding that out that comes to about $1,500 for just those three pieces. Many on yelp have also stated that if you don't have the correct insurance as well you will be charged about $900 for just x-rays, How funny huh? They tried to convince you that you were making the right choice. As i said earlier this bait method is very effective. So why bait you in? What these offices tend to do is make you feel as if you need them more than they need you. But if they didn't need you why would they have baited you in?

So why? Many of these consumers tend catch the eye of the public with all these false advertisements as if we were all fish in the sea. As they stand there with their fishing rods waiting for the next bite, while they try to reel us in, we tend to have very little resistance. So why do we allow ourselves to charged a little too much? The real answer is we don’t, We don't agree in walking into a dental office and assume that we will pay only $399 and then leave the office with a bill of $1,500 plus a couple hundred for x-rays. Does this mean that mean that we should look away from any low prices out there? No it doesn’t, what this means is that we should ask more questions such as: “why is the price $399?”, “is it for the full procedure?”, “What additional costs are there?”, “are the x-rays really free?” “what insurances do you accept?” ect. It’s time to look a little further and research honest dentist, whom have had the experience with the proper schooling and with a humble practice.

To conclude $399 dental implants aren’t actually $399. We have been hoaxed by money hungry consumers who will convince you into thinking that there is such a thing as the very inexpensive price and great service. Remember to ask plenty of questions, and let them tell you the type of implant you will be getting. There are many amazing doctors out there willing to do implants for a very reasonable price and remember ladies and gents just a couple of