A fixed arch on six implants — for when bone allows it.
Two extra posts buy you redundancy and a more even spread of chewing force. It costs more and needs more bone than All-on-4, so the scan decides, not the brochure. These are the ten closest providers who do it routinely.
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Typical cost per arch
$24,000 – $36,000
Implants per arch
6 posts
Time to provisional teeth
Same day, usually
Final bridge fitted
4 – 6 months
6 posts per archmore redundancy than a four-post design
Step 1 — your location
Ten All-on-6 providers near you, ranked in about four seconds.
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Showing 10 All-on-6 providers near Austin, TXRanked by distance, review quality and published pricing
Six posts spread the load of chewing across a wider footprint, which reduces the stress any single implant carries and gives the bridge more support at the back of the arch. It also builds in a margin: if one post fails, five remain and the bridge can often stay in service while the site is repaired. The trade-off is that six posts need more bone volume, so grafting becomes more likely, and the fee rises.
It suits you if you have adequate bone across the arch and want the most robust fixed option available.
It is the safer choice if you grind heavily, have a strong bite, or are restoring a lower arch where forces run higher.
You may need grafting where All-on-4 would have avoided it — the posts are placed more evenly, including into thinner bone.
It is not worth the upgrade if your CBCT shows four angled posts would carry your arch comfortably. A good surgeon will tell you that.
The same five stages as All-on-4, with a longer surgical day.
Placing six posts rather than four adds time in the chair and, sometimes, a grafting stage beforehand. Everything else follows the same rhythm.
01
Consult, CBCT & records
The scan decides four posts or six. Ask to see the bone volume measurements rather than being told the answer.
Day 1 · 90 min
02
Grafting, if the scan calls for it
More likely than with a four-post design. Heals for three to four months before surgery.
If required · 3–4 mo
03
Extractions & six-post placement
Typically four to six hours under IV sedation. You will need someone to drive you home.
Surgery day · 4–6 hr
04
Provisional bridge & healing
Fixed temporary the same day in most cases, then four to six months of integration with periodic reviews.
4 – 6 months
05
Final bridge
Definitive zirconia or acrylic-titanium bridge, made to the shape you approved at try-in.
3 visits · 4 weeks
Before & after
Six-post cases from providers on this list.
Submitted by listed practices, with the patient's written release and the fee they actually charged.
BeforeAfter
Lower arch, heavy grinder
Six posts chosen over four because of a documented bruxism history. Night guard included in the fee.
Duration
6 months
Fee charged
$29,400
BeforeAfter
Upper arch with grafting first
Sinus lift on both sides, four months of healing, then six posts and a fixed zirconia bridge.
Duration
11 months
Fee charged
$34,200
BeforeAfter
Both arches on six posts each
Staged nine months apart. The second arch was quicker because the planning records already existed.
Duration
18 months
Fee charged
$58,600 total
Individual results vary with your diagnosis, anatomy and healing. Fees shown are what those specific patients paid at those specific practices and are not a quote. Photography on this page is licensed stock imagery, not photographs of the patients described.
Cost & insurance
What All-on-6 costs per arch in 2026.
Ranges below are the 25th–75th percentile of fees published by listed practices. Any dentist we match you with has agreed to give you a written quote before treatment.
Treatment
Typical range
With 0% plan
All-on-6, one archSurgery + provisional + final bridge
$24,000 – $36,000
$519/mo60 months
Both archesUpper and lower, fixed
$44,000 – $66,000
$949/mo60 months
Sinus liftPer side, upper arch
$1,500 – $2,900
Bundled
Bone graftPer site
$450 – $1,200
Bundled
IV sedationLonger surgical day than All-on-4
$700 – $1,400
Bundled
Zirconia final bridgeOver acrylic-titanium
$3,000 – $6,500
Add-on
The gap between an All-on-4 and an All-on-6 quote is rarely just two implants — it usually also reflects grafting that the six-post layout requires. When you compare the two, compare the total including grafting, not the headline surgical fee.
What insurance usually covers
The prosthesis is the claimable part on most PPO plans; the six surgical placements usually are not.
Grafting and sinus lifts are sometimes covered at major-service rates where the implants themselves are excluded.
Two calendar years, two maximums. Staging upper and lower across a year boundary is the single biggest lever most patients have.
Ask for the ADA codes up front so you can pre-authorise with your insurer rather than guessing at the estimate.
FSA and HSA funds cover this in full — it is a qualified medical expense.
In-house 0% plans at 6–24 months, offered by roughly two-thirds of listed practices.
Third-party financing at 24–72 months, typically 9.9%–17.9% APR once the promotional window ends.
Dental school clinics run 40–60% below private fees, with longer timelines and supervised residents.
Get it itemised, in writing — every time
Every component on a separate line. It is the only way two quotes ever become comparable, and every practice on this list has agreed to give you one before you pay a deposit.
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Compare your options
All-on-6 against the alternatives.
Six posts are the most robust fixed option in routine practice. Here is what you give up and gain against the two nearest alternatives.
Ask to see every option planned. A dentist who only ever recommends one route, regardless of the scan, is worth a second opinion.
All-on-6
All-on-4
Implant-retained denture
Cost per arch
$24,000 – $36,000
$18,500 – $28,000
$6,900 – $13,500
Implants placed
6
4
2 – 4
Bone required
More — grafting likelier
Less, angled posts
Least
Redundancy if one fails
Five remain
Whole arch affected
Usually repairable
Suits heavy grinders
Best of the three
With a night guard
Wears quickly
Surgical day length
4 – 6 hours
3 – 5 hours
1 – 2 hours
Comes out at home
No — fixed
No — fixed
Yes, nightly
Best when
Bone is good, bite is strong, and you want maximum durability
Bone is limited and you want fixed teeth without grafting
Budget is the constraint but you want stability
How to judge a practice
Four things that separate a good practice from an average one.
None of this is marketing gloss — each one measurably changes how predictable your result is. Ask the practices you shortlist which of the four they actually have.
Imaging
They show you the images
A practice that turns the monitor towards you and walks through what it is actually seeing is a practice that expects to be questioned.
Ask to see your own scan
Pricing
A written, itemised quote
Every fee on its own line, handed over before you pay a deposit. Every practice we list has agreed to provide one.
Non-negotiable on this list
Volume
They do this often
Skill compounds with repetition. Each listing shows how many cases of this type the practice has completed in the last two years.
Case counts shown on every card
Aftercare
Someone answers afterwards
A named contact for the week after treatment, and a written policy on what a redo costs if something is not right.
Checked at every renewal
Inside the network
What a listed practice looks like.
We visit or video-audit every practice before it goes on the list — the operatory, the sterilisation room, the imaging suite and the front desk that will handle your insurance claim.
The operatoryChair, imaging and delivery unitSecond surgerySo urgent cases aren't bumpedSterile protocolAudited at every renewalThe front deskFiles your claim, not youStreet levelParking and access checked
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FAQ
All-on-6 questions, answered straight.
Reviewed by our clinical advisory panel in January 2026. General information, not a diagnosis.
Still deciding?
Talk it through with a care coordinator before you book anything. They don't work on commission and they can tell you when this is the wrong call.
It depends entirely on your bone and your bite, not on the number being higher. If your CBCT shows enough bone across the arch and you grind, have a strong bite, or are restoring a lower arch, the extra redundancy is genuinely valuable. If four angled posts would carry your arch comfortably, paying for six buys you very little. Ask the surgeon to show you the bone measurements that led to their recommendation.
More often than All-on-4, yes. The four-post technique exists precisely because angling the back implants lets them skip thin bone. Placing six posts more evenly means some of them land in areas that may need building up first. That grafting adds three to four months and $450–$2,900 depending on the site, so make sure any comparison you do includes it.
Typically four to six hours, usually under IV sedation, and you will need someone to drive you home and stay with you that evening. If extractions are happening on the same day, it runs at the longer end. Some practices split it across two sessions a week apart to make it more manageable — ask whether that is an option if a single long day worries you.
Either acrylic teeth on a titanium bar, or solid zirconia. Zirconia is stronger, does not stain, and costs $3,000–$6,500 more per arch. Acrylic is lighter, easier to repair chairside, and the teeth wear over roughly seven to ten years. Neither is wrong; what matters is that your written quote says which one it assumes.
Not in daily use — the bridge on top is what you feel, and it looks and functions the same either way. Where six posts show their value is over the long run and under load: less flex at the back of the arch, and a margin for error if one implant ever gives trouble.
Yes, and lower arches are a common six-post case. The lower jaw generates higher chewing forces and its bone is denser at the front, so spreading the load across six posts is often the more conservative choice there even when the upper arch is treated with four.
Daily water flossing along the join between bridge and gum, plus three to four hygienist visits a year. At least once a year the bridge should come off so everything underneath can be cleaned and inspected properly. Practices that never unscrew the bridge are storing up peri-implantitis — ask how often they do it before you commit.
Most listed providers warrant the implants for five to ten years and the prosthesis for one to five. Read the exclusions rather than the headline: smoking, missed hygiene appointments and untreated grinding are the three most common reasons a warranty claim gets declined. Every listing on this page shows the warranty length the practice publishes.
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