According to the Jiangsu public news channel "News Space Station" reported: dental implants are an important way to repair missing teeth, but the price is generally more expensive. On February 11, the National Medical Security Administration said that the plan to include dental implants in the centralized procurement of the state is basically mature. This means that the price of dental implants of 10,000 or 20,000 or even tens of thousands of yuan is expected to drop sharply!
【Implant consumables are expensive And the price is expected to decline after harvesting】
On February 11, Chen Jinfu, deputy director of the National Medical Security Bureau, said that the collection and collection of implants began to be deployed in early 2020, and the inter-provincial alliance was organized by Sichuan to study the procedures for implant collection and mining, and the current program is basically mature. According to Chen Jinfu, after extensive listening to the opinions of clinics, enterprises and localities, and preparing to strive to launch in the first half of this year, the reform of the alliance of local collection is actually a layout under the leadership of the state, a collection method to be explored in dental implants.
The principle of dental implant is to beat the artificial implant into the alveolar bone, form a stable combination, and then do the porcelain crown at the upper end, which has the advantages of not wearing off adjacent teeth, comfort and convenience, etc., with the intensification of the aging of the domestic population, the demand continues to grow. This time, the National Medical Insurance Bureau first explored the collection mode in the implant system, which includes implants, implant abutments, and crowns. It is understood that at present, the vast majority of domestic implant consumables rely on imports, and the price is expensive. Geng Lihong, president of Nanjing Xuanwu Stomatological Hospital, introduced that the most expensive dental implant is Sweden's Nobel cc, with prices ranging from 14,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan.
According to industry insiders, implant consumables, at present, European and American brands occupy the high-end market, and are used more in some large public hospitals and chain dental medical institutions; Japanese and Korean brands are used more in some private hospitals and dental clinics, and the price is relatively low. A private dental medical institution in Nanjing told reporters that the original price of more than 8,000 yuan a piece, now only 3980 yuan a piece, is a South Korean brand.
Because it is not covered by medical insurance reimbursement, a dental implant is close to 4,000 yuan, which is still expensive for many patients. In November 2021, the Sichuan Provincial Pharmaceutical Equipment Bidding and Procurement Service Center issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Filling in the Historical Procurement Data of Oral Medical Consumables", which is the centralized procurement of the inter-provincial alliance oral implant system led by the Sichuan Provincial Medical Security Bureau, all public medical institutions (including military medical institutions) that carry out oral implant surgery should participate, and other public medical institutions and medical insurance designated social medical institutions should voluntarily participate in accordance with relevant regulations. Expert analysis, once the implant collection is promoted, the price of related consumables will definitely decline. Geng Lihong, president of Nanjing Xuanwu Stomatological Hospital, believes that reducing the procurement cost of dental implants and simplifying the procurement process has reduced the cost, and the people will certainly benefit first.
【The cost involves many aspects, and the price reduction needs to be gradual】
According to experts, the cost of dental implants involves many aspects, and it is necessary to solve the problem of "expensive teeth" through dental implant collection, and it is necessary to take it step by step. First of all, through the purchase of quantity, the price of consumables for dental implants is reduced; secondly, from the product and service, the price of dental implant services is managed, and at the same time, reasonable profit margins are guaranteed, so that the dental implant market can develop benignly.
Jiangsu TV reporter / Wang Leping Wang Miaojun Editor / Hu Chao
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