Cost research
What implants and veneers cost — in your suburb, and overseas
Four procedures, priced for Australia and for five overseas cities. Enter any Australian suburb or postcode and this page tells you which published cost band you fall in, on what official basis, and what changes where you live. Every figure states where it came from and how far we'd stand behind it.
Read this before the numbers
Where dental price data actually comes from
The two halves of this page rest on very different footing. Pretending otherwise is how most cost guides mislead people, so here is the honest position on each.
Every Australian suburb
Find your cost band
Covers 16,178 Australian localities across 3,164 postcodes. Bands come from the Australian Government Department of Health's Modified Monash Model — the official classification used to plan health services by rurality. It is not a banding we made up.
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Capital city & major metro
Widest choice of providers. Prosthodontists and oral surgeons are generally within reach, so complex cases can be treated locally and it is practical to obtain a second opinion before committing.
Regional centres
General dentists are available locally and some place implants. Specialist prosthodontic and surgical work often means travelling to a capital, which adds appointments rather than fees.
Rural towns
Provider choice is limited and waiting times are longer. Multi-stage treatment such as implants usually means repeated travel to a regional centre or capital. Budget for the travel, not just the treatment.
Remote & very remote
Local access to implant and cosmetic dentistry is rare. Treatment realistically means travelling, and for multi-stage work travelling more than once. Compare that honestly against an overseas trip, because the travel burden is closer than most people assume.
Why there is no separate dollar figure per band. We have no sourced evidence for how much prices differ between a capital city and a rural town, so we do not publish one. What genuinely changes with where you live is access — how many providers you can choose between, whether a specialist is local, and how far you travel for a multi-stage treatment. That is described above, and it is real.
Australia
Indicative Australian ranges
All-in ranges in AUD, nationally. These are compiled from market observation and are not yet reconciled against the ADA Dental Fees Survey — which is why every row is flagged. We would rather show you the flag than imply an authority we haven't yet bought.
| Procedure | Unit | Range | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single dental implant | per tooth | $4,500–$6,500 | Indicative |
| All-on-4 (one arch) | per arch | $23,000–$38,000 | Indicative |
| Porcelain veneer | per tooth | $1,400–$2,500 | Indicative |
| Smile makeover (8–10 veneers) | per case | $12,000–$30,000 | Indicative |
State variation. The ADA survey reports fees by state. Reported patterns place South Australia and Queensland at the lower end and the ACT and Tasmania at the higher end, with capital-city fees generally above the rest of the same state. We have not yet reconciled the magnitude of these differences against the survey, so we publish the direction and not a number.
Overseas
Vietnam, Bangkok and Bali
Every figure below is clinic-published — advertised by someone selling the treatment. No independent survey exists to check them against. Read them as asking prices, and confirm in writing what a quote includes before paying anything.
| City | Country | Advertised range | Midpoint difference | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | $1,200–$2,500 | 66% lower | Clinic-published |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | $1,200–$2,500 | 66% lower | Clinic-published |
| Da Nang | Vietnam | $1,300–$2,600 | 65% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bangkok (comparison only) | Thailand | $1,800–$3,500 | 52% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bali (Denpasar & Seminyak) (comparison only) | Indonesia | $1,500–$3,200 | 57% lower | Clinic-published |
| City | Country | Advertised range | Midpoint difference | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | $7,000–$14,000 | 66% lower | Clinic-published |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | $7,000–$14,000 | 66% lower | Clinic-published |
| Da Nang | Vietnam | $7,500–$14,000 | 65% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bangkok (comparison only) | Thailand | $9,500–$19,000 | 53% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bali (Denpasar & Seminyak) (comparison only) | Indonesia | $9,000–$18,000 | 56% lower | Clinic-published |
| City | Country | Advertised range | Midpoint difference | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | $250–$600 | 78% lower | Clinic-published |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | $250–$600 | 78% lower | Clinic-published |
| Da Nang | Vietnam | $280–$620 | 77% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bangkok (comparison only) | Thailand | $400–$900 | 67% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bali (Denpasar & Seminyak) (comparison only) | Indonesia | $350–$800 | 71% lower | Clinic-published |
| City | Country | Advertised range | Midpoint difference | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | $2,500–$8,000 | 75% lower | Clinic-published |
| Hanoi | Vietnam | $2,500–$8,000 | 75% lower | Clinic-published |
| Da Nang | Vietnam | $2,800–$8,200 | 74% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bangkok (comparison only) | Thailand | $4,000–$11,000 | 64% lower | Clinic-published |
| Bali (Denpasar & Seminyak) (comparison only) | Indonesia | $3,500–$10,000 | 68% lower | Clinic-published |
The trip count is the number that decides this. Implants need two visits three to six months apart, so two return airfares and roughly twelve days away come out of the gap. Veneers finish in one stay. That is why a single implant rarely justifies travelling while a veneer case comfortably does — the percentages above are the treatment price only.
Bangkok and Bali appear here because readers ask for the comparison. We do not cover them as destinations — see destinations for what we do cover.
Reading a quote
What the price usually doesn't include
The most common way a dental quote misleads is not an inflated number — it is a number that covers less than you assume. Here is what belongs in a complete quote for each procedure, and what is routinely billed separately.
Single dental implant
Titanium fixture, abutment and crown. Quotes that name only one of the three are incomplete.
Should be in the price- Implant fixture (the titanium post placed in the jaw)
- Abutment (the connector)
- Implant crown (the visible tooth)
- Initial consultation and CBCT scan
- Extraction of the failing tooth
- Bone graft or sinus lift
- Sedation
All-on-4 (one arch)
Four implants carrying a fixed full-arch bridge. Price moves most with the final prosthesis material.
Should be in the price- Four implant fixtures
- Immediate provisional bridge
- Final prosthesis (acrylic, composite hybrid or zirconia)
- Extractions of remaining teeth
- Bone grafting
- General anaesthetic or theatre fees
- The final prosthesis, where only the provisional is quoted
Porcelain veneer
A bonded ceramic facing. Requires removing 0.3–0.7mm of enamel, which does not grow back.
Should be in the price- Diagnostic wax-up or digital smile design
- Tooth preparation and temporaries
- Laboratory fabrication
- Try-in and bonding
- Whitening of the teeth that will not be veneered
- Gum contouring
- A nightguard
- Replacement at end of life (10–20 years)
Smile makeover (8–10 veneers)
A full upper-arch aesthetic case. Costs scale with unit count and material, not linearly with tooth count.
Should be in the price- Full case planning and mock-up
- 8–10 veneer units
- Bite assessment and adjustment
- Orthodontics where teeth are crowded
- Periodontal treatment
- Lower arch
- Nightguard
Sources & standing
What backs these figures, and what doesn't yet
Publishing what we have not yet verified is the point of this section. If a number on this page is not yet traceable to a named source, you should be able to see that.
Australia
Overseas
Geography for the suburb lookup comes from the Australian Government Department of Health's Modified Monash Model 2019, covering 18,545 postcode-locality records. Full methodology
Quote comparison
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Veneers & Smile Makeover Cost
Per-veneer and full-package pricing for composite, E-max and zirconia veneers by destination, vs Australian rates.
Crown, Bridge & Denture Costs
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Bone Graft & Sinus Lift Cost
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