Dentistry included in the scope of health insurance is only reimbursement of dental treatment costs, surgical fees and other treatment costs, excluding dental veneers and medical cosmetics are not included in the scope of reimbursement.
Currently, the national medical reimbursement regulations, if it is the nature of the dental treatment, in the health insurance reimbursement. The main ones that have been included in the health insurance coverage are dental fillings (including basic materials, treatment costs), tooth extraction, and costs incurred in treating periodontal disease, gingivitis and other dental diseases.
The higher cost of dental veneers is mainly the cost of materials, such as porcelain teeth and dental implants, which are usually approved by the price department and belong to the special service fees, so they can not be reimbursed by health insurance. If the dental restoration category, whitening category, such as porcelain tooth repair, orthodontics, dental implants, teeth whitening, etc., in our country's medical field is categorized as a medical cosmetic restoration behavior, so these can not be reimbursed with the medical insurance card.
Notes about dental insurance:
1, health insurance only covers outpatient hospitalization expenses, dental cleaning is not covered, even if you go to the dental clinic cleaning teeth found to have cavities, the treatment at that time is not reimbursed.
2, must be to go to the hospital stomatology dental can enjoy medical insurance, in general non-medical insurance designated dental clinic extraction is not reimbursement.
3, the treatment of endodontitis, apical periodontitis can also enjoy medical insurance reimbursement, the same requirement to go to the medical insurance designated hospitals can.
4, the use of health insurance need to bring the "health insurance manual" to the designated hospitals, if the treatment does not show the "health insurance manual" for medical treatment, or no treatment details, the treatment costs incurred will not be reimbursed.
5. If you are going to have your teeth fixed or cleaned, you can use the balance of your medical card to pay for it, although you cannot be reimbursed by the medical insurance.