Planting 8 tooth cost 80,000 yuan, where is the expensive planting?

Huang Xi, a 49 -year -old citizen of Wuhan, has grown 8 teeth and spent more than 80,000 yuan. This price is the price she repeatedly compares the price after a private clinic is discounted.

A reporter from the Yangtze River Daily recently visited the investigation and found that whether it was tooth supplement or dental implants, it would be asked if you walked into the dental clinic, "Is it imported or domestically produced?" Ask ".

What makes people unexpected is that this question has been unchanged for decades. What is the truth behind the "Polying tooth Planting the First question"? Will dental implants change this situation?

On September 2nd, the National Medical Security Bureau publicly released information stating that it will comprehensively consider the opinions and suggestions of all parties, and carry out the special treatment of oral planting medical services and consumables as soon as possible.

Plant 9 teeth in public hospitals, and the various costs are calculated for 160,000 yuan

A patient was conducting preliminary dental implants at a dental clinic. Reporter Yang Jiafeng Photo

"Is it domestically produced? The price of imports is high, but the quality is good." Huang Xi, who was engaged in financial work, clearly remembered what a well -known public dental hospital dentist said to her 3 years ago.

Huang Xi needs 9 teeth. If you use imported materials, the average price is 16,500 yuan. Diagnosis shows that Huang Xi's alveolar bone is not very good, and bone powder needs to be added. Various costs need to be 160,000 yuan.

Because the price was too high, Huang Xi found a dental clinic after weighing. Coincidentally, the attending doctor of this private clinic comes from the well -known public dental hospital.

In this private clinic, the same imported materials are used, and at the preferential price, the price of each tooth is 8,000 yuan after discounting each tooth. Coupled with other expenses, Huang Xi planted 9 teeth for 4 operations, and the total cost was 92,000 yuan. During the interview, she had planted 8 teeth.

Huang Xi recalled that this private clinic recommends imported materials. German materials are 14,000 yuan per dental, and Korean materials are 9,800 yuan each, which does not include additional bone planting costs.

Huang Xi's alveolar bone is not very good. Put a bone powder 900 yuan at a time, and 4 times is 3600 yuan. In addition, the two alveolar bone is added, each 3500 yuan, and the two are 7,000 yuan.

"Is the material imported, I don't know. At that time, the two dental implants had discomfort. When I returned to the factory, I found that they were not from the same manufacturer." Huang Xi told reporters.

Huang Xi liked to eat sugar when he was a child, and did not insist on brushing his teeth every night. He had a lot of teeth and could only eat porridge and noodles. For more than 10 years, she has been "fighting" with her illness.

From the tooth to the installation of dentures to the dental implant, pain and discomfort always wrapped around Huang Xi. Every time I look at her teeth, whether in public dental hospitals or private clinics, she will be asked about the materials to be imported or domestic.

Like Huang Xi, because of pain and expensive price, Ms. Hu hesitated for two years before planning to implant dental implants. After a free tooth CT (electronic computer fault scanning) provided by the dental clinic, she found that she had a disease to be repaired.

"The imported materials are still domestic? Domestic 220 yuan, imported 320 yuan." Ms. Hu did not hesitate to select the replenishment material as imported, and the other tooth that needed to grow was hesitant.

Ms. Hu recalled that Mr. Zhong, the person in charge of the clinic, told her: "The main difference between dental implants lies in implants. Each Sweden is 11,500 yuan, the preferential price of the United States is 7,500 yuan, and each of South Korea is 5,800 yuan. Brand, implants 11,500 yuan, crown 3680 yuan, special offer 11,500 yuan. "

Ms. Hu recalled in an interview with reporters that Mr. Zhong tried to sell foreign brands, saying that the clinic implant was not domestic. In addition to the price of dental implants, in addition to the materials of the alveolar bone, the thickness of the alveolar bone must be 10 mm; if the thickness of the alveolar bone is insufficient, the bone should be planted first to calculate the bill.

Passionate to sell imported materials, which stems from considerable profits

A dental implants and all -porcelain dental diagram posted on the wall of a dental hospital. Reporter Yang Jiafeng Photo

"Many people are unwilling to try domestic -made." Mr. Zhong explained that he tried to promote the import implant.

Mr. Zhong said that the initial implant abroad was a Swedish brand with advanced surface treatment technology and can make implants and alveolar bone well combined. However, in the short term, domestic implants and imported implants cannot see obvious technical differences. At present, the implants mainly use imported materials, but the crown is basically domestically produced, either ceramic or porcelain.

"Most of the dental clinic sells imported brands, which is a manifestation of vicious competition." As the owner of a dental clinic in Hankou, another identity of Luo Peng is dental dealer.

Luo Peng said that when the patient did not understand, doctors at the dental clinic said that imported materials are very different from domestic materials, and this is not the case.

Luo Peng believes that now, domestic materials for replenishment and dental implants can basically meet market demand. In the past, the quality of imported materials exceeded domestic, but it is not necessarily now.

Luo Peng said that domestic materials only lack brand effects. Imported materials can't be worth so much money, mainly selling "blood", at least 95%of the materials are not as good as bragging.

Luo Peng said that, for example, oxidation materials, the United States calls Zekang oxidation, Europe is called Lavan oxidation, mainly because of the leading planting technology rather than the leading material. Dental materials at home and abroad are similar. A few materials have special indications. For example, there are many types of color oxidation of imported materials. "Is it domestic or domestically produced? The first question of this" tonic tooth breeding 'lasted for at least 30 years. "Luo Peng said that domestic implants are not high and there are not many users. many. This is not only a market factor, but also the capital and scientific research support with strong imported products.

"40 Years of Oral Planting in my country" published in 2019 published in 2019, one of the biggest issues in the oral planting industry, which is published in 2019. The price is high. The reason is that the first is that the processing process of domestic products needs to be further improved, and the other is that some consumer groups blindly superstitize imported products, and the third is the impact of imported products, especially Korean products.

Stomatology is one of the most important high -tech achievements of dental medicine in the 20th century. Chinese oral planki is also "born of reform and opening up and promoted by reform and opening up."

According to reports, dental implants, as a lack of dental repair technology, are considered to be the first choice of dental dental dental dental dental functions, and less foreign body sensing because they have the advantages of not damaging neighborhoods, good dental function recovery, and less foreign body sensation. Planting a tooth, the main materials include implants (titanium nails), crown, etc., and the costs include implants, planting cornerstone, crown, anesthesia, suture repair, surgical costs, CT fees, etc. Some institutions have predicted that by 2030, China's dental implant market will exceed 320 billion yuan.

A dental consumable dealer who did not want to disclose his name told reporters that in the domestic implant market, imported brands accounted for about 90%, high prices, and higher profits.

According to the dealer, the mid -to -high -end implants are represented by Switzerland's ITI, the United States BICON, Sweden's ASTRA, etc., and the single price (including surgical fees) of domestic public medical institutions is 10,000 to 15,000 yuan to 15,000 yuan between. Low -end implants are mainly South Korea's Dengteng brand, and the single price (including surgical fees) of domestic public medical institutions is between 5,000 yuan and 5,500 yuan. Coupled with the crown, from porcelain to imported all porcelain, the price ranges from 1,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan.

"Each cost can be easily exceeded 20,000 yuan with imported materials, and the price of consumables only costs thousands of yuan." The dealer said.

Regarding the phenomenon of imported implants, Luo Peng believes that it is mainly the patient's lack of knowledge of technology. He said: "Dental doctors must return to the essence of medical technology, and they cannot use‘ import ’as a gimmick for profits, and blindly marketing imported materials.”

Domestic and imported materials are different from the naked eye.

Oral technician Shu Dongxue manually polished the pile of magnetic dentures based on the order. Reporter Yang Jiafeng Photo

Twenty years ago, domestic dental materials were backward, which made You Zhixiong, who was studying in Japan. In October 2013, You Zhixiong returned to the School of Resources and Environmental Sciences of Wuhan University at his alma mater, and aimed the research and development targets at dental materials. He hopes that through his own efforts, "the soil" will be lost "soil".

You Zhixiong led the team members after thousands of tests, and finally received the biological -grade oxide materials they wanted, which was strong, beautiful, durable, and safe. In the eyes of You Zhixiong, the oxidation materials they made are not only high in strength, but the teeth made

Transparent transparency, as well as the warmth of jade.

At that time, the oxidation of the domestic market was mainly provided by Japan's Dongchao Company, with a price of 3 million yuan per ton. You Zhixiong directly set the price of Topux biological oxidation of Topux, which was developed by him and the team members. "Theoretically, we can provide Chinese people with cheap and good -quality Yiya products."

With the efforts of domestic dental material manufacturers represented by You Zhixiong, the price of dental materials imported from Japan has now dropped to RMB 600,000 per ton. Domestic oxidant materials have accounted for 80 % of the domestic market. You Zhixiong, a 52 -year -old, told reporters that he hopes to further reduce production costs and reduce the price of domestic oxidation materials to 100,000 yuan per ton, further conducive to consumers.

You Zhixiong said: "Our colorful powder (oxidative pink powder) expands from 48 colors to 51 colors, which can be compared with similar imported products. The richer the color of the color powder, the more realistic the dentures."

You Zhixiong revealed that because the product is excellent and cheap, the materials developed by the team have opened the international market, and 30%of the annual output of biological oxide materials are exported to South Korea and Russia.

The reporter saw in the production workshop of Wuhan Lianhe Revival Technology Co., Ltd., located in Optics Valley, and was filled with personalized dentures of various 3D printers printed.

According to reports, there are two ways to produce righteous dentures, one is 3D printing, and the other is a traditional seal. In the end, both methods must be completed by manual polishing to ensure the smoothness and color of the dentures.

A customized crown needs more than 10 processes, and it can be left in the factory in 5 days. In the hands of the oral technician, the customization of each tooth takes half an hour. In the process, first give the tooth shape from the tooth bed that is poured down from the patient's mouth, and then start making a crown.

In the view of the oral technician Shu Dongxue, there is no exactly the same teeth. At first glance, the dental groove and dental edge need to be polished a little bit, place the tooth mold on the tooth bed in the best form, and then make the crown according to the dental mold. Whenever the dentist's feedback of the patient's opinion is "very realistic", Shu Dongxue feels a sense of accomplishment. "Each teeth have a personal aesthetic in it, with unique forms and functions. Forms determine function, functional reflection of the form, and the shape and color of the denture reflect my technology."

Xiong Biao, the person in charge of Wuhan Lianhe Fuxing Yiyi Technology Co., Ltd., believes that the domestic oxidation materials used to make crowns can be replaced by imports, and imports are similar to domestic quality.

Xiong Biao introduced that in recent years, domestic dentistry has improved rapidly, and digital and intelligent are used in the production field. For example, 3D printing crown makes righteous teeth more beautiful, durable, and more comfortable. "A lack of teeth, and the color of the surrounding teeth is close to the best. Simple white teeth are not the main goal of pursuing teeth. Therefore, the pile magnetic is important, not the imported material itself."

Xiong Biao told reporters that in recent years, the rise of domestic brands, including implants, the proportion of import brands has gradually declined, but import brands are still more expensive. At the same time, the imported oxide materials are about 1,000 yuan more expensive than domestic ones. However, the appearance is different from the naked eye.

"Patients should ask how to replenish teeth and dental implants, rather than materials imported or domestic." Luo Peng introduced that even small dental implants also need to be customized, and it is impossible to plant in batches. Especially the crown and implants, which involve color and occlusion, must be customized. Crown and implants have the highest profits in the industry, but patients often cannot see technology. In the West, dentists and dental technicians can divide a profit of dental implants. In China, dental doctors can obtain most of the dental implants profit.

Experts remind, don't let small dental diseases darled into big dental disease

A patient was conducting preliminary dental implants at a dental clinic. Reporter Yang Jiafeng Photo

What made You Zhixiong think of is that the raw materials developed by him and the team members not only broke the monopoly in Japan, but also forced the price of imported materials to decline significantly, but consumers could not significantly feel the decline of teeth and dental implants.

Last year, You Zhixiong took his son to dental implant. "Is it domestic or domestic?" You Zhixiong persuaded the doctor and insisted on using domestic materials. In his opinion, there is no difference between domestic materials and imported materials.

"Perhaps some materials were developed by my team. However, after the sales chain, the patient did not know where the material came from, and could only listen to the marketing of Dental Medicine." Although it was finally used with domestic materials to imply the dental implant, You Zhixiong spent it. More than 10,000 yuan.

This also allows You Zhixiong to think: expensive dental replenishment and dental implants should be in line with reality. Because this consumption behavior is not daily consumption, the information of both doctors and patients is asymmetric, and most people will not study some materials to make up for a teeth.

In order to increase the recognition of his team's products, You Zhixiong deliberately packaged the product "tall", so that people can see at a glance as his team brand. But he found that customers do not need his team product label at all, and even do not want employees to know where the materials come from.

You Zhixiong found that customers often mixed his team materials with imported materials and even pretended to be imported. "The difference between reality and ideals is far, not the price of materials is reduced, and the cost of replenishment and dental implants can be reduced."

Chen Zhi, president of the Hubei Provincial Society of Stomatology and Deputy Dean of Wuhan University Stomatology Hospital, said that the price gap between imported materials and domestic materials is large. Doctors in large hospitals only dare to use good implants, which is more likely to reflect quality and quality, rather than choose to choose General implants. Therefore, dentists often ask patients to "be imported or domestic" to meet the patient's right to know.

Chen Zhi believes that behind this reflects the country's insufficient research and development investment in the oral field. In particular, implants mainly depend on imports, and they cannot completely replace imported materials in a short period of time. At present, most of the dental implants are imported implants, and domestic implants are basically in the imitation stage. The crown is basically domestically produced, and the quality is also cleared.

Chen Zhi analyzed that some Chinese people did not pay attention to dental diseases. In the past, they were allowed to develop without intervention treatment. When they were not cured, high -value consumables were often used to drag small dental diseases into large dental diseases. For example, dental caries are covered by medical insurance, and you can get it in 200 yuan, but many times the development of it, dragging into pulpitis, has to do root canal treatment. At this time, only a part of it belongs to medical insurance, and the cost requires 2,000 yuan. At this time, it is necessary to plant dental implants, and the cost is 20,000 yuan. From the beginning of 200 yuan to 20,000 yuan, minor illnesses have finally become a serious illness, especially middle -aged and elderly people.

Chen Zhi said that at present, consumables for public hospitals are already zero. The implants are not absolutely left and right, only a part, and the implementation of collective mining may reduce the price.

Earlier this year, the Executive Meeting of the State Council made it clear that it gradually expanded the coverage of high -value medical consumables, and the dental implants that were concerned about the masses were carried out at the national and provincial levels.

On August 18, the National Medical Security Bureau issued the "Notice on the Price of Oral Planting Medical Service Charges and Consumption Price Governance (Draft for Solicitation)" for public opinion ". Special governance.

On September 2nd, the information released by the National Medical Security Bureau revealed that about 60%of the feedback and suggestions of feedback supported special governance.A considerable amount of feedback believes that the price and consumable cost of dental implants should be controlled within 10,000 yuan.There are also some opinions that emphasize price reductions, hoping to drop to about 3,000 yuan.The reporter noticed that some people left a message "I hope to gather mining as soon as possible, and I want to wait for the price to reduce dental implants."Many doctors and corporate practitioners also left a message saying that "the governance plan has been caught."

The National Medical Security Bureau stated: "In the next step, we will comprehensively consider the opinions and suggestions of all parties, modify and improve the" Draft for Soliciting Opinions "as soon as possible, and organize implementation."

(Yang Jiafeng, chief reporter of the Yangtze River Daily)

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