Dental implant cost in Oklahoma

Your dental implant cost depends on SoonerCare, Oklahoma's Medicaid plan. It covers dentures, but the official rules reviewed don't list implants. This limited adult benefit doesn't list implants as a covered service, so you should ask the plan. Under SoonerCare Traditional and Expansion Adult, adults 21 and over get preventive, diagnostic, and restorative services to repair teeth. Emergency exams are covered as well, along with full and partial dentures and extractions when they are needed to stop pain or infection. Only children under 21 have root canals and crowns listed. Adult care has no yearly dollar cap listed. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis puts the local price level for services at 95.5, and the US average is 100. Service prices here run about 5% under the US average.

Implants are placed at OU College of Dentistry, which offers lower-cost care when you pay out of pocket. Fees at the OU College of Dentistry school clinic are normally 40 to 60% lower than those in private practice. When you pay a local dental office yourself, the rates you get are standard private practice fees. Emergency exams and extractions remain covered by SoonerCare when you're hurting now, including treatment to pull a bad tooth. Before surgery, we suggest that you check a dentist's license through the Oklahoma State Board of Dentistry. You can look up licenses online from home through that state board.