What we buy · Dental Gold
Selling Dental Gold
Crowns, bridges and old gold teeth turn up in estates constantly, and people are almost always unsure whether they are worth anything.
No appointment needed. No obligation to sell.
Live metal market
This is the market your offer is calculated against — not a chart printed last week. Your items are tested and weighed at the counter, and the arithmetic is done in front of you.
Fort Lauderdale
3562 N Ocean Blvd, Suite B
Galt Ocean Mile
Walk in
Mon–Fri 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
No appointment needed
2004
Buying gold in Broward County since
1983
Family owned and buying in Broward since
87,000+
Items sold on eBay at a 100% rating
Live
Spot pricing, tested and weighed in front of you
Before you sell
What to watch out for
Dental alloys vary enormously. Some are high-karat gold, some are mostly palladium or silver, and some are base metal that merely looks gold. There is no way to know by looking, which is why a buyer offering a flat rate for "dental gold" is guessing in their own favor.
At the counter
How this one is valued
Dental work is the one category where reading the piece tells you nothing. There is no karat mark. The alloy is a mixture of gold, palladium, platinum, silver and base metals in proportions that changed by decade and by lab, and a surface acid test on a polished crown can read high while the body reads low. XRF gives a composition rather than a grade. Then the non-metal comes off: porcelain on a fused crown, cement, and the tooth itself, all of which are weight that is not metal.
How we handle it
- Tested for actual precious metal content rather than assumed.
- Palladium and silver content is valued too, not discarded.
- Attached tooth material is expected and does not need removing.
- Small quantities are welcome — a single crown is fine.
Said plainly
When it is worth more than the metal
Never, and it is worth saying plainly. There is no collector market for crowns and bridges. No pattern, no maker, no date, nothing anybody pays a premium for. Dental scrap is worth the precious metal it contains and nothing beyond that, which means there is no reason to shop a bag of crowns around hoping somebody sees more in it, and no reason to hold it waiting for that. If a buyer tells you dental work has collector value, they are building a reason to keep talking.
Said plainly
What we take, and what we do not
What we buy is gold and silver dental scrap: crowns, bridges, and gold-colored or silver-colored dental alloy, with or without tooth material still attached. One crown out of a drawer is fine, and so is a practice's accumulation jar. What we do not buy is dental amalgam, the gray mercury-bearing filling material. We do not handle it at all — it is a waste stream rather than a metal, and a licensed waste contractor deals with it. Worth knowing before a dental office bags anything up, because the two often end up in the same jar.
What not to do
Before you bring it in
Bring it as it came out. Do not boil it, soak it in bleach, or scrub it, because none of that changes the metal and some of it discolors the surface a test has to read. Do not chip the tooth away with pliers; you lose small pieces, and small is most of what you have. Put crowns in a pill bottle or another hard container rather than a paper envelope, since a bridge will work its way through a fold. Bring it alongside other items, because one crown on its own is a short visit.
Bringing it in
You do not need to clean anything or remove tooth material. Bring it as it is. Quantities are usually small, so this is often combined with other items in one visit.
The market right now
These are live spot prices per troy ounce. They are the starting point for the arithmetic, not the offer — see what your gold is worthfor how a counter price is actually built.
These are gram and fraction-of-a-gram weights, and the non-precious share matters far more at this scale than it does on a chain. A single crown often weighs under a gram gross, and on a porcelain-fused unit much of that is not metal at all. So a gross weight for a bag of dental work tells you very little until the composition is known.
FAQ
Common questions
- Do I need to remove the tooth?
- No. We handle that.
- Is dental gold real gold?
- Sometimes, and sometimes it is mostly palladium or base metal. We test rather than assume.
- Is one crown worth bringing?
- Yes, especially alongside other items.
- Do you buy dental palladium?
- Yes. Palladium content is valued, not ignored.
- Is there a market price for dental alloy?
- No. There is no quoted dental alloy price, because no two alloys are the same. It is priced on the gold, palladium, platinum and silver the piece actually contains, each against its own market on the day.
- Do you buy dental scrap gold from dental practices?
- Yes. Crowns, bridges and loose dental alloy, gold-colored or silver-colored, in any quantity — a single crown from a drawer or a jar a practice has filled over years. Bring it in one visit, and call ahead if the jar is a heavy one.
Areas served
Where our sellers come from
Our counter
Galt Ocean Mile
Our Fort Lauderdale counter is on this stretch of North Ocean Boulevard. For the oceanfront towers here it is a walk, and estate jewelry from these buildings is a large part of what crosses the counter.
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5 min
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Minutes north on A1A. A older, settled population means estate lots rather than one-off pieces — often a full box after a house is cleared.
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6 min
Coral Ridge
Six minutes south along Federal or Bayview. Many Coral Ridge sellers are downsizing rather than liquidating, which usually means sorted, well-kept pieces.
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9 min
Oakland Park
Straight west on Oakland Park Boulevard, and the easiest approach during season when A1A backs up.
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12 min
Wilton Manors
A short run inland. We see a lot of watch and designer-piece questions from here, where the brand often matters more than the metal.
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13 min
Downtown Fort Lauderdale
The Las Olas and downtown corridor. Convenient at lunchtime, and the reason we hold weekday hours rather than weekend-only.
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We also buy
Gold Jewelry
Chains, rings and odd earrings tested for karat at the counter, weighed in front of you, priced on the live market.
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Gold Coins & Bullion
Eagles, Maples, Krugerrands and refiner bars verified while you wait, with anything worth more than melt flagged first.
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Silver
Bars, rounds, junk coin and sterling flatware tested piece by piece, so a genuine set never leaves valued as plate.
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Find out what it is actually worth.
Bring it in, or email a few photos first. Either way you get a real figure and no pressure to take it.
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