The centralized procurement of dental implants is on the verge of triggering, and many provinces have begun to fill in the procurement data

At present, many cities have carried out pilot projects such as centralized procurement of dental implants and medical insurance price limits
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Zhejiang Ningbo Medical Insurance Bureau coordinated 14 suppliers of implants, abutments, crowns and other consumables, including 7 domestic and imported brands, limiting the price of consumables for a tooth to 1,000 yuan for domestic products and 1,500 yuan for imported products.
The medical service fee of medical institutions is set at 2,000 yuan, and consumers can choose to use the balance of the medical insurance account over the years to pay for dental implants
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In addition to Ningbo, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Ningxia, Shanxi, Jiangsu and other places have also successively carried out the filling and reporting of historical procurement data of dental medical consumables.
and exemplary role
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Jiangsu carries out the data reporting of dental consumables procurement On March 23, the Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau issued the "Notice on Carrying out the Inter-Provincial Alliance's Procurement of Dental Consumables with Volume of Medical Institutions' Historical Procurement Data Reporting", which means that Jiangsu will also participate in the report.
Inter-provincial alliance dental implant collection
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Types to be reported: Oral implant systems: implants, restorative abutments, implant restoration accessories (including healing abutments, covering screws, transfer rods, scan rods, prosthetics, restoration bases, abutment screws, abutment protection caps, temporary bases desk)
etc.
Scope of medical institutions: All public medical institutions (including military medical institutions, the same below) that carry out oral implant surgery in the province should participate in the report
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Encourage medical insurance designated social medical institutions to participate
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Contents to be filled: Medical institutions should fill in the data related to the actual purchase of oral medical consumables within the scope of this report for the whole year of 2019, the whole year of 2020, and January-September 2021, and the purchase unit price of all products corresponding to the registration certificate (unit: yuan / piece ) and purchase quantity (unit: piece), specific to the specification and model
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If there are different unit prices for the same product, the purchase unit price and corresponding quantity need to be filled in by branch
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For the specific operation method and filling content, please refer to the operation manual in the "Provincial Alliance Oral Implant System Procurement and Quotation System"
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If the reported products are missing, the medical institutions in the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) will provide timely feedback and supplements during the reporting process.
Please refer to the attachment for the feedback template.

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Filling time: March 23, 2022 - March 28, 2022
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Earlier (February 11 this year), Chen Jinfu, deputy director of the National Medical Security Bureau, said at the State Council policy briefing that the centralized procurement of dental implants has been deployed since the beginning of last year.
Sichuan organized an inter-provincial alliance to study the procedures for centralized dental implant procurement.
Now that the plan is basically mature, we are preparing to launch such a coalition reform of local centralized procurement in the first half of this year
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According to the Sichuan Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau, the inter-provincial alliance was led by Sichuan to organize the procurement of oral medical consumables in 30 provinces (cities and districts)
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Since November 26, 2021, Sichuan, Ningxia, Shanxi and other places have successively carried out related work on filling out historical procurement data
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Some cities have launched a pilot program to limit the price of dental implant medical insurance and centralized procurement.
The price of dental implants has always been prohibitive
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Consumables such as heart stents and artificial joints have been included in the national centralized procurement, and the voices about the centralized procurement of dental implants are also getting higher and higher
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A few days ago, the executive meeting of the State Council proposed for the first time the centralized procurement of dental implants
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The National Medical Insurance Bureau also stated that it will strive to launch the alliance reform of the local centralized procurement of dental implants in the first half of the year
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So, what is the current overall situation of the dental implant market? What does the main cost include? Let's take a look at the visit of the reporter of "China Economic Net" in the Beijing market
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Dental implants are favored by patients in terms of restoration of missing teeth because of their appearance and service life that are comparable to those of real teeth
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The reporter learned that the cost of a dental implant on the market now ranges from 6,000 to 20,000 yuan
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Although dental implants are expensive, many consumers say that this cost is just needed
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Consumer: The half-year treatment cycle costs 46,000 yuan, which is still very expensive
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Consumer: The entire lower row of teeth is fully planted, and it cost about 140,000 to 50,000 yuan.

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Even if the cost of dental implants is staggeringly high, in a dental chain hospital in Beijing, consumers need to wait as short as one or two months or as long as a year for dental implants
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Wu Hui, president of a dental medical group in Beijing: Every doctor may have to schedule surgery for half a year or even more than a year
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The reporter learned that the cost of dental implants consists of four parts: implant materials, implant doctor's treatment technology, prosthesis processing and production materials and technology, and restoration doctor's treatment technology
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In addition to the cost of consumables such as implants, treatment costs such as surgery fees and restoration treatment fees account for the bulk of the cost of dental implants
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Gao Wenhui, director of the Medicine Price and Bidding and Procurement Department of Ningbo Medical Insurance Bureau, Zhejiang Province: The more expensive price is 12,000-15,000 yuan
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In fact, our medical service charges are inflated
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According to Tianyancha data, as of now, China has more than 67,000 dental-related companies
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Among them, 11,000 newly registered enterprises will be registered in 2021, with a growth rate of 21.
1%
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The price of planting a tooth can range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, which makes many people discouraged.
So, where does the "high-priced dental implant" come from? According to industry insiders, the current charges for dental implants on the market consist of three parts: consumables, physician service fees and hospital operation fees.
Among them, consumables account for about 25%, physician service fees account for about 40%, and the rest are hospital operation fees
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Qiu Lin, Deputy Chief Physician of a Stomatological Hospital in Beijing: Most of the more mature implants are imported.
The cost of implants plus abutments plus repair components is about 3,000 or 4,000 yuan, and the selling price is about 16,000 yuan, including the operating expenses of the hospital
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At present, the price of domestic implants is only one-third of that of imported implants, only about 1,000-1,500 yuan
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The person in charge of a company said that the research and development of domestic implants often takes a long time and requires a large investment, and the current market share accounts for less than 10%.

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Xu Yibo, Deputy General Manager of a Medical Equipment Co.
, Ltd.
in Ningbo, Zhejiang: It may take about 5 years to get a license that can be officially sold, and it may take tens of millions of dollars to get a license, and marketing must be done
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According to industry insiders, in fact, the most important thing for a dental implant operation is the level of the doctor.
A professional dental implant doctor generally needs more than ten years of study and clinical experience, so the current cost of dental implant treatment is generally high
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Wu Hui, president of a dental medical group in Beijing: There is a huge cost gap between a good technician team and a non-professional implantation team or a non-professional restoration team
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As soon as the news that dental implant consumables will be included in the centralized collection came out, netizens were hotly discussing, and everyone expressed that they were one step closer to "freedom of dental implants"
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At present, many cities have carried out pilot work related to the centralized procurement of dental implants and the price limit of medical insurance
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Consumer Chen Yu is a Wenzhou native who works in Ningbo.
After the implementation of the price limit on the payment of dental implant medical insurance, he not only planted two himself, but also brought his father from Wenzhou to experience it
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Consumer Chen Yu: The previous price was like seven or eight thousand dollars for one piece, but now it is only seven thousand yuan for two pieces.
I have already buried the abutment in it
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My father happened to have this need too
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Ningbo Medical Insurance Bureau, Zhejiang Province coordinated 14 suppliers of implants, abutments, crowns and other consumables, including 7 domestic and imported brands, limiting the price of consumables for a tooth to 1,000 yuan for domestic products and 1,500 yuan for imports , the medical service fee of medical institutions is set at 2,000 yuan, and consumers can choose to use the balance of the medical insurance account over the years to pay for the cost of dental implants
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Gao Wenhui, Director of the Medicine Price and Bidding and Procurement Department of Ningbo Medical Insurance Bureau, Zhejiang Province: We have taken off the service fee for dental implants.
Whether it is high-end or low-end, the price will not be higher
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In addition to Ningbo, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Ningxia and other places have also successively carried out the filling and reporting of historical procurement data of dental medical consumables.

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Feng Wenmeng, director of the Research Office of the Development Research Center of the State Council: The dental implant market is now very profitable and the level is uneven.
Ningbo is doing a pilot project, and dental implants are included in the basic medical insurance.
With the boost, many other places should also be inspired by this.

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