How expensive is the repair of a dental prosthesis?
The cost of prosthesis repairs depends on the type of repair. If the denture is broken in the plastic area of the base, the broken fragments must be put together. This repair costs about 80 – 100 Euro.
For support a stabilizing metal net can be built into the plastic base, which protects against further fractures and costs about 40 Euro. The health insurance company also pays a part of this. If a tooth has broken out of the denture, it has to be replaced in the denture, which costs 60 – 80 Euro.
If there are several teeth, the amount increases accordingly. If there are metal parts in the prosthesis that are broken, the repair may be more expensive because it is much more complex. It becomes more expensive because the metal parts have to be soldered at very high temperatures, which causes all plastic parts to melt because they cannot withstand the temperatures.
Therefore the plastic must also be renewed. These repairs start from 150 Euro. The share that the health insurance company takes depends on the bonus of the person concerned.
How expensive is a relining of the denture?
The relining of a prosthesis, i.e. the filling of hollow areas with plastic, is not a complex laboratory task. The technician fills the areas that do not fit with liquid plastic, presses the prosthesis under pressure and polishes the treated areas again. The patient has to do without his prosthesis for about half a day and the relining costs him about 80 -120 Euro.
Acceptance by the health insurance company
As already mentioned, a dental prosthesis is on average not fully covered by health insurance companies. However, there are ways in which the patient himself can contribute to the fixed allowance that is worn can increase considerably. By regularly attending the dental check-up appointments (bonus program), the subsidies can be increased by up to 30 percent.
Also the conclusion of a dental additional insurance becomes ever more important with the cost question in things dentist achievements. On average, the costs for the production and insertion of a dental prosthesis (e.g. a full denture) in Germany amount to around 1400 euros. The dentist’s fee makes up about 500 Euro of this total price.
The costs incurred by the work of the dental laboratory average about 900 Euro. Furthermore, the material costs of the dental practice amount to about 50-70 Euros. According to some statistics, the patient who did not participate in the bonus program has to pay about 50% of the costs. In such cases, the health insurance only covers half of the costs.