Is All-on-4 the same as full mouth dental implants?

All-on-4 is Nobel Biocare's registered name for one approach: four implants carrying a full arch. The surgeons' association's neutral term for the general idea is full-mouth dental implants.

How many implants does a full arch need?

Four per jaw in the trademarked approach, per the American College of Prosthodontists. The AAOMS puts the general rule as two or more. The number for your jaw is a surgical decision, not a menu choice.

Why can't anyone tell me a price over the phone?

Because it depends on how many implants your jaw needs and what has to happen first. The AAID and the AAOMS both say in writing that a real figure comes from a consultation.

Will insurance cover All-on-4?

Only some plans cover implants at all, and those have annual limits, per the AAOMS. Delta Dental says Medicare and Medicaid usually do not. Ask about the procedure codes on the quote, not the brand name.

How much do All-on-4 dental implants cost?

Published August 19, 2026

All-on-4 is Nobel Biocare's registered name for restoring a full jaw of teeth on four dental implants, rather than one implant per tooth.

That is not our reading of it. Nobel Biocare lists All-on-4 on its own trademark register and asks that a generic term follow the mark, and the American College of Prosthodontists describes it as a trademarked treatment procedure that essentially involves replacement of all missing teeth in one jaw using only four implants. The neutral name the surgeons' association uses for the same idea is full-mouth dental implants.

Sources: Nobel Biocare, American College of Prosthodontists, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

This page is general information, not dental advice. Every mouth is different, and the only person who can tell you what your tooth needs is a dentist who has looked at it and taken an X-ray.

The arithmetic almost every page on this subject gets wrong

The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons says it in one sentence, and it is the single most useful thing on this page: the cost of full-mouth dental implants is not the cost of 32 individual dental implants, because each titanium implant can provide support for multiple replacement teeth. Two or more implants can anchor the secure mounting of replacement teeth.

Source: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Count implants, not teeth. That one substitution is the difference between an estimate in the right universe and one that is not.

What an All-on-4 arch costs, and who says so

Not a dental body, is the honest answer. The American Academy of Implant Dentistry says no two patients or their treatments are exactly alike, and the surgeons' association says an accurate estimate only comes after an individualized consultation. Neither is dodging: the number is built from your jaw, and a web page has not seen your jaw.

Sources: American Academy of Implant Dentistry, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

What does exist is a named cost survey. The 2024 Synchrony Average Procedural Cost Study, conducted by ASQ360 Market Research, puts the national average for All-on-4 at $15,176 with a range of $11,640 to $27,500 - and its own cost table labels that line Per Jaw, so the unit is the study's rather than our reading of it. Its Florida average is $15,132.

Source: CareCredit, citing the 2024 Synchrony Average Procedural Cost Study

One survey is a number, so here is a second instrument. The University of Maryland School of Dentistry posts its clinic fees by CDT code, and D6114 and D6115 - a four-implant fixed full-arch denture, upper and lower - are listed at $13,422 an arch. Two unrelated instruments landing about 12% apart is what makes a figure worth printing. We print both, because a reader shown only the lower one and then handed the higher quote has been misled by us.

Sources: University of Maryland School of Dentistry, CareCredit, citing the 2024 Synchrony Average Procedural Cost Study

Both of those figures are for FOUR implants in one jaw. A six-implant arch is a different product and neither number describes it.

All on four dental implants: what the quote has to itemize

This is the part you can control. A full-arch quote is a bundle, and bundles are where surprises live. Ask for these as separate lines, in writing.

How many implants per arch, and how many arches. This is the real unit, per the surgeons' association.
Whether extractions are included, and how many.
Whether a bone graft is in the number or added later.
The temporary teeth you wear during healing.
The final bridge, a separate manufactured thing from the implants under it.
The 3D scan, the surgical planning, and the first year of follow-ups.

The bone graft line is the one that moves quotes most. Delta Dental states the condition directly: if there is not enough bone present, a bone graft is needed before you can get an implant, and the grafted bone takes several months to be ready. The American College of Prosthodontists confirms grafting can increase the cost. The same 2024 Synchrony study prices a dental bone graft at $549 to $5,148 nationally depending on the type, and its four types are the four Delta Dental names clinically. What nobody publishes is how often a graft is needed.

Sources: Delta Dental, American College of Prosthodontists, CareCredit, citing the 2024 Synchrony Average Procedural Cost Study

How long a full arch takes

The published windows disagree and we are not going to average them: Cleveland Clinic says three to nine months for the jawbone to fuse, Delta Dental says two to six, and the surgeons' association says several months with no shortcut around it.

Sources: Cleveland Clinic, Delta Dental, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

That length is a money question too: a treatment spread over months can cross a plan year, and an annual maximum resets in both directions.

The surgeons' association is direct about the coverage side: only some insurance plans cover dental implants, and even those plans have annual limits. Delta Dental adds that Medicare and Medicaid usually do not provide coverage for implants, though certain Medicare Advantage plans might.

Sources: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Delta Dental

We built a tool that counts implants rather than teeth and works your own plan's numbers against your own quote: the dental implant cost calculator.

A full arch is a big piece of work, and the practice matters more than the brand name on the implant. Nobody can pay to be on these lists.

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Questions people ask next

Is All-on-4 the same as full mouth dental implants?: All-on-4 is Nobel Biocare's registered name for one approach: four implants carrying a full arch. The surgeons' association's neutral term for the general idea is full-mouth dental implants.
How many implants does a full arch need?: Four per jaw in the trademarked approach, per the American College of Prosthodontists. The AAOMS puts the general rule as two or more. The number for your jaw is a surgical decision, not a menu choice.
Why can't anyone tell me a price over the phone?: Because it depends on how many implants your jaw needs and what has to happen first. The AAID and the AAOMS both say in writing that a real figure comes from a consultation.
Will insurance cover All-on-4?: Only some plans cover implants at all, and those have annual limits, per the AAOMS. Delta Dental says Medicare and Medicaid usually do not. Ask about the procedure codes on the quote, not the brand name.

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