An Examination for the Charge Setting of Implant Treatments

Abstract

Inexpensive implant treatments reduces a patient’s financial burden. However, substantially lower charges may lead to inappropriate cost savings. Economic analyses were conducted to gather information on appropriate pricing for implant treatments.
The standard implant in the hospital (1 to 4 dental implants), the costs (labor costs, supplies, depreciation, energy bills, guaranteed savings when remanufactured, anti-funded litigation) and the fees charged to the patient (test, diagnosis, implant surgical, superstructure, construction, and management) were compared between two implant systems (N system and I system).
In the N system, the total cost was 480,000 yen and the total price was 410,000 yen for a single missing tooth. In the I system,total cost was 400,000 yen and the total price was 320,000 yen. In both system, one implant was unprofitable, two implants was slightly profitable, and three implants were much profitable.
In the pricing system proportional to the number of structure and surgical implants, small number of implant was unprofitable and conversely, many implants impose too much expense for the patient.