D6075 — Implant-supported retainer, ceramic FPD
One of the codes covering the retainer units of a bridge supported by implants rather than natural teeth. D6075 is the version in all-ceramic, with no metal underneath.
Among the 16 codes in this group it is the workhorse — the one most practices report by default. The procedure behind it is explained at length in the implant-supported bridge retainer guide.
The rest of this page deals with the specifics: the requirements written into the code, the usual range of fees, the typical benefit outcome, and how to tell it apart from its closest relatives.
D6075 in detail
Material — all-ceramic, with no metal underneath. An all-ceramic restoration is milled or pressed as a single piece of ceramic — most often zirconia or lithium disilicate today — with nothing metallic inside it. Because light passes through it the way it passes through enamel, it is the most convincing material available in the front of the mouth, and there is no grey line at the gum to appear as the gum recedes. Modern zirconia is also strong enough for molars, which was not true of the earlier ceramics. The material is part of the code rather than a choice made afterwards, so D6075 is only the right code if that is what was actually used.
Told apart from the codes it is confused with
D6074 — Abutment-supported retainer, cast metal FPD (noble metal): It specifies cast noble alloy, with no porcelain over it rather than all-ceramic, with no metal underneath.
D6076 — Implant-supported retainer, PFM FPD (high noble alloys): It specifies porcelain fired over a high noble, gold-rich core rather than all-ceramic, with no metal underneath.
D6073 — Abutment-supported retainer, cast metal FPD (base metal): It specifies cast predominantly base-metal alloy rather than all-ceramic, with no metal underneath.
D6077 — Implant-supported retainer, cast metal FPD (high noble alloys): It specifies cast high noble alloy, with no porcelain over it rather than all-ceramic, with no metal underneath.
D6075 sits in a group of 16 codes in total; the remainder are linked at the foot of this page. Because the wording of these codes is so close, substituting one for another is a routine cause of rejected claims and of unexpected balances. If D6075 is on your estimate, it is worth confirming that the detail it specifies matches what is actually planned.
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 D6075
What procedure is D6075?
Implant-supported retainer, ceramic fpd. It belongs to the implant services section of the code set.
Is D6075 expensive?
Most private fees fall in $1,390–$3,250. Geography accounts for more of that spread than anything clinical.
How do dental plans handle D6075?
In most cases yes, at the major rate: 0–50%. The annual maximum is what usually decides how much of that you actually see.
What is the difference between D6075 and D6074?
D6074 is abutment-supported retainer, cast metal FPD, noble metal: it specifies cast noble alloy, with no porcelain over it rather than all-ceramic, with no metal underneath. The rest of the procedure is the same, which is why the two get substituted for one another on estimates.
Also known as: implant bridge, implant retainer, implant supported FPD, multiple missing teeth.