D6066 — Implant-supported crown, porcelain fused to metal
This is the visible tooth: the crown fitted on top of an implant. D6066 is the version in porcelain fired over a metal core.
This code belongs to a set of 16 covering implant-supported crown. The clinical detail lives in the implant-supported crown guide; the code-level detail is here.
What the code requires, what it costs, how it is paid, and how to tell it from its neighbours — each in its own section below.
The conditions built into D6066
Material — porcelain fired over a metal core. A porcelain-fused-to-metal restoration is built in two layers: a thin metal shell for strength, with porcelain fired over it for appearance. It was the default crown for forty years because it fails gracefully — the metal keeps the tooth covered even if the porcelain chips — and because it fits precisely. Its weakness is optical: the opaque metal has to be masked, so it never has the depth of all-ceramic, and a grey margin can show at the gum line as the gum recedes. The material is part of the code rather than a choice made afterwards, so D6066 is only the right code if that is what was actually used.
The nearby codes and how they differ
D6065 — Implant-supported crown (porcelain): It specifies porcelain rather than porcelain fired over a metal core.
D6067 — Implant-supported metal crown (high noble alloys): It specifies cast high noble alloy, with no porcelain over it rather than porcelain fired over a metal core.
D6064 — Abutment-supported cast metal crown (noble metal): It specifies cast noble alloy, with no porcelain over it rather than porcelain fired over a metal core.
D6063 — Abutment-supported cast metal crown (base metal): It specifies cast predominantly base-metal alloy rather than porcelain fired over a metal core.
D6066 sits in a group of 16 codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. Two of these codes on one estimate is not necessarily an error, but it is always worth asking what each line is for.
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 D6066
What procedure is D6066?
Read literally, D6066 means implant-supported crown, porcelain fused to metal — and payers do read it literally.
Is D6066 expensive?
Most private fees fall in $1,200–$2,800. Geography accounts for more of that spread than anything clinical.
Does dental insurance cover D6066?
Expect major handling — 0–50%. Submitting an estimate first turns that percentage into a number you can rely on.
What is the difference between D6066 and D6065?
D6065 is implant-supported crown, porcelain: it specifies porcelain rather than porcelain fired over a metal core. That one difference is the whole distinction; the chair time, the materials and the appointment sequence are the same either way.
Also known as: implant crown, implant tooth, screw retained crown, abutment supported crown.