D5650 — Add a tooth to an existing partial denture
D5650 adds a tooth to a partial denture already in use, usually after another natural tooth has been lost.
One of eleven denture adjustment and repair codes. If you are trying to understand the treatment, start with the denture adjustment and repair guide; if you are trying to understand this line on your estimate, you are in the right place.
Four things follow: the conditions, the cost, the coverage, and the difference between this code and each one it sits beside.
Not to be confused with
D5660 — Add a clasp to an existing partial denture: It is the same procedure with one word changed: clasp rather than tooth.
D5671 — Replace all teeth and acrylic on cast metal framework (mandibular): It strips a lower cast framework back and replaces every tooth and all the acrylic on it — a rebuild rather than a repair.
D5622 — Repair cast partial framework, maxillary: It repairs the broken cast metal framework of an upper partial denture, which is laboratory work rather than a chairside fix.
D5611 — Repair resin partial denture base, mandibular: It repairs the acrylic base of a lower partial denture.
D5650 sits in a group of eleven codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. The descriptions differ by a few words and the fees differ by a great deal, which is why mixing them up is one of the commonest billing errors in dentistry. Ask which of these codes is being submitted and why.
Every code in this group
These codes describe the same broad procedure and differ in one respect each. Each has its own page with its own fee range and coverage notes.
Questions about D5650
D5650 — what is it?
Add a tooth to an existing partial denture, reported under a single prosthodontics, removable code.
What should I expect to pay for D5650?
The usual range is $200–$550. Anything well outside it is worth a question rather than an assumption.
How do dental plans handle D5650?
Most plans include it under basic / major benefits, typically 50–80%. A pre-treatment estimate is the only way to know your own number in advance.
Also known as: denture repair, broken denture, denture adjustment, add tooth to denture, clasp repair.