The cost of dental implant surgery is not reimbursed by health insurance, which only reimburses the cost of fillings and extractions.
Because dental implants do not belong to the scope of medical insurance, it belongs to the scope of cosmetic and orthodontic orthodontics is the same, so it can not be used for medical insurance. Dental implants have a long service life and can last for 20 to 30 years or more.
And, dental implants are currently one of the best restorative methods, which can greatly retain the natural teeth, and can be very good to restore the chewing function, so, do dental implants is now one of the best restorative methods.
Specific reimbursement details are as follows:
Dentistry included in the scope of medical insurance is mainly: 1, fillings (including basic materials, treatment costs); 2, extraction; 3, treatment of periodontal disease, gingivitis and other dental diseases incurred costs.
The items that cannot be reimbursed by health insurance are: 1, dental veneers; 2, porcelain teeth; 3, scaling; 4, orthodontics; 5, dental implants; if the treatment is therapeutic in nature, such as tooth extraction in the scope of the health insurance reimbursement, the installation of teeth is not.
Another point to note is that the general non-medical insurance designated dental clinic tooth extraction is also not reimbursed, the requirement to go to the medical insurance designated hospitals can be reimbursed.