Dental Bone Grafting Cost in United Arab Emirates

The cost of dental bone grafting in the UAE typically ranges from $2,000 to $18,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

Dental bone grafting builds up the jawbone so that an implant has enough bone to hold it firmly. The Oral Health Foundation notes that the jawbone's health and strength are checked before implant treatment. In the UAE, the price depends on:

• Source of graft material: the patient's own bone, donor bone, animal-derived or synthetic.
• Kind of graft: socket preservation, ridge augmentation or a sinus lift.
• Protective membranes: placed over the graft.
• Timing: with the implant or as a separate stage.

Small grafts placed with an implant cost much less than major ridge or sinus grafts. Check which type a quote covers.

Socket preservation fills the gap left after an extraction to keep bone volume. Ridge augmentation widens or heightens a thin jaw ridge. A sinus lift adds bone under the sinus floor so implants can be placed in the upper back jaw. Block grafts are used for bigger defects.

A small graft placed with an implant heals alongside it, typically over about four months. Bigger grafts may need several months before an implant can go in, which affects treatment planning.

Bone grafting for implants is dental treatment and is excluded from basic UAE health insurance.

Swelling and bruising are common for a few days. Infection is uncommon. Occasionally a graft does not take and must be repeated, and sinus problems can follow a sinus lift.