Resins less than 12 years old apply a treatment against tooth decay … Patient burden 100,000 won → 25,000 won

A dentist from the Chonnam National University Dental Hospital visited the village of Goryeong in Wolgok-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Seoul, on the 3rd afternoon, to perform oral examinations, a treatment of the cavity and a descaling. [사진 전남대 치과병원=연합뉴스]

As soon as the photocurable composite resin filling technique, which consists of a treatment of the cavity and the patient has to pay the total amount of treatment fees because health insurance is not applied, will be replaced by the goal of insurance guarantee starting next month. On July 29, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs announced that the deliberation committee on the 20th Health Insurance Policy Conference had considered and voted on the issue of setting up an insurance policy disease when children 12 years of age or younger were undergoing teeth whitening treatment with a photopolymerizable composite resin filler treatment. Relieve the burden of early tooth decay in children under 12 years of age. The Department of Health and Welfare expects that the system in question will be implemented from January next year if it is to be put in place later by the construction of related systems.

The photopolymerizable composite resin is one of the treatment materials for filler therapy. Charge therapy refers to the treatment of inserting or covering other substances in teeth corroded by tooth decay. During the filling treatment, slightly polymerize the composite resin using a light-curing type tester.

The composite resin has the same material as the normal color of the teeth. The duration of the procedure is also short and the success rate is high; it is therefore widely used in the treatment of cavities. However, as the resin was not covered by health insurance, the cost of the patient was impractical. The Health Insurance Assessment and Evaluation Service conducted a survey on the cost of light-cured composite resins in 208 dental clinics in Seoul and Gyeonggi province last December, 60 times the difference between the 10,000 won the lowest and 600,000 won. The cost of the most expensive treatment was 100,000 won. Currently, only amalgam can be covered by health insurance during caries treatment.

However, the safety of mercury has been found in amalgam, a harmful heavy metal. In addition, the number of visits is so low that the dentist is also reluctant. According to the Department of Health and Welfare, the rate of permanent teeth treatment in the National Oral Health Survey in 2012 was 82.2% for aesthetic filling materials such as resin, 27.7% for amalgam and 4.54% for gold. The percentage of permanent teeth treated corresponds to the percentage of teeth that have undergone dental treatment among teeth with cavities.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is expected to reduce the burden of the patient from about 70,000 to 142,000 won per tooth (average of about 100,000 won) to about 25,000 won when the family is under the care. health insurance is applied. Until now, only 30% of the salary cost is paid by the patient himself. The application of the treatment treatment to the resin is applied to the cavities of all permanent teeth.

The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs plans to monitor the status of applications after six months of applying IHN treatment for resin treatment,
Lee Seung-ho reporter [email protected]