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Why can't I reimburse high-priced dental implants with medical insurance?
The reasons why dental implants cannot be reimbursed by medical insurance are: dental implants are expensive, dental implants belong to cosmetic projects, and dentures and fillings can be reimbursed.

1. Dental implants are expensive.

Dental implants are expensive. A cheap dental implant costs 3,000-4,000 yuan, and a better dental implant may cost 1 10,000-20,000 yuan. If a dental implant costs hundreds of thousands, if it is included in medical insurance, the pressure on the medical insurance fund will become greater, and everyone will choose dental implants. For example, high-priced drugs will not be included in medical insurance.

2. Dental implant is a cosmetic project.

Dental implants are mostly used in cosmetic projects. Originally, for teeth, the national labeling in this regard was not clear. According to the existing medical insurance labeling rules, dental implants, porcelain teeth and other corrective and whitening operations belong to the category of tooth beauty, not dental diseases. For beauty projects, medical insurance has never been reimbursed. The purpose of medical insurance is to cover the public's medical treatment, not to reimburse personal beauty. If you have enough wealth, you can choose tooth whitening and dental implants.

3. Dentures and fillings can be reimbursed

Medical insurance itself has a reimbursement policy for a series of basic dental diseases such as dentures, fillings, including tooth extraction, and dental diseases are not reimbursable. And some minor problems in daily life, including periodontitis and gingivitis, have corresponding reimbursement policies and regulations. You can also use social security when you go to a pharmacy to buy related drugs. Therefore, our toothache and other problems are still included in the medical insurance reimbursement, but it is said that dental implants, an expensive means, belong to cosmetic surgery and cannot be reimbursed.