What a dental bridge costs and what the insurer covers

A bridge is calculated per unit: two crowns on the abutments and at least one pontic. The longer the span, the more units, the higher the price.

Standard care and what goes beyond it

The standard care for a gap in the posterior region is the veneered bridge up to the fifth tooth, unveneered behind that. Full ceramic and continuous veneering are restorations of the same kind: fixed allowance yes, difference private.

What is often forgotten

A bridge sometimes needs preliminary treatment – root canal treatment on the abutment tooth, a filling, a build-up. Those items are not always in the same cost plan. Ask what else will be added before you sign.