Why on earth is it so expensive to implant teeth in popular science?

A survey conducted by the Department of Preventive Stomatology, School of Stomatology, fourth military Medical University showed that 40.16% of the respondents would give up the dentist because of the price. Take "implant teeth", the best way to repair missing teeth, as an example, the price of a tooth often costs tens of thousands of yuan, making many people with missing teeth shout "can't afford it." Why is it so expensive to grow teeth?

First of all, the clinical implant technology needs to be equipped with a higher equipment environment, such as large-scale X-ray diagnostic equipment, clinical surgical equipment, technician equipment, surgical support equipment and some unique and valuable dental implant restoration materials.

Secondly, the implant denture is completed by a team of specially trained implant surgeons, implant surgeons, implant technicians and corresponding assistants.

Finally, the material of implant denture is strictly restricted: the processing technology of implant tooth is complex and requires extremely accurate. At present, the world-famous implant systems, such as the 3i implant system in the United States, have a variety of implants and accessories to meet different restoration design needs, so the cost is very high.

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The implant (artificial tooth root) is made of special material (pure titanium or titanium alloy). It has the best biocompatibility, has no rejection with the human body, and can be closely combined with alveolar bone tissue. The shape of the implant, the design of the thread and the matching of the abutment are gradually evolved through long-term scientific research and clinical testing, and because of its small size, the requirements of the manufacturing process are accurate and strict.

In addition, at present, almost all the brand implants for clinical application are imported from abroad, which must be registered and registered in the State Drug Administration, and the implant materials must comply with the relevant national regulations. Therefore, the comprehensive material production cost, processing cost, marketing cost and administrative cost in the circulation process will inevitably have a great impact on the cost of dental implant.

A new treatment technology requires a lot of manpower and material resources from research and development, maturity to the final clinical application. In order to become an excellent implant restoration expert, we should not only learn and accumulate a lot of clinical work, but also have surgical experience, periodontal treatment expertise and oral restoration technology and other professional expertise.

An excellent planting expert will make a reasonable treatment plan for patients, strictly standardize the operation, control surgical trauma, and reduce the risk of operation, so planting doctors is the key to successful planting. In our country, experts who can master planting technology and have comprehensive medical experience are very scarce, so a medical institution with high-tech talents is bound to invest a lot of manpower costs.

Although implant surgery is not traumatic, it is a surgical treatment after all, and there are special requirements for aseptic disinfection for facilities and appliances in the surgical clinic, which means an increase in the cost of infection control. In addition, dental implant treatment also needs to be equipped with special professional equipment, instruments, auxiliary tools, etc., these equipment are often factors that affect the cost of dental implants.

Before dental implant surgery, doctors should take X-rays and CT films for patients, check the loss of teeth to determine the treatment plan, at the same time, also need to measure the patient's blood pressure, blood sugar and other physical indicators to grasp the patient's physical condition; closely observe the postoperative reaction of patients and follow-up control.

And this series of work, there must be a professional, standardized, adequate service awareness of the medical team can be better completed.

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