By one measure, in cities like Houston or Phoenix â places considered by statisticians to be more typical of average United States incomes than New York â a solidly middle-class life can be had for wages that fall between $33,000 and $100,000 a year.
âchipped toothâ (CC BY 2.0) by bagaball. On average, repairing a chipped tooth can cost anywhere from $100 to $1,500 without insurance depending on the type of material used as well as how complex the chip is. Some chips can be a simple cosmetic fix, while others can require extensive structural repair.
1 A permanently fixed replacement for one or more teeth is known as a dental bridge. 2  A Maryland or resin-bonded bridge (with a false tooth and metal side wings that are bonded to the back of the adjacent/anchor teeth) can cost $1,000-$1,200 for one false tooth with two metal wings or $1,700-$3,500 with two false teeth. It can cost $500-$1,500 or more per tooth for porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns; $600-$2,500 or more per tooth for gold or other metal alloys; and $800-$3,000 or more per tooth for all-porcelain.