“A mouthful of teeth equals a BMW” used to be the image metaphor of “planting teeth is expensive”, which may become history in the future. On February 11, the State Information Office held a regular policy briefing on the centralized purchase of dental implant consumables. The National Medical Insurance Bureau said that it would strive to launch the alliance reform of local centralized purchase of dental implant in the first half of the year.
strive to launch the alliance reform of local centralized collection of dental implants in the first half of the year
On February 11, the State Information Office held a regular policy briefing on the centralized purchase of dental implant consumables, Chen Jinfu, deputy director of the State Medical Security Bureau, said that this area is highly controversial and criticized. Now it seems that dental implant is an important way to repair missing teeth, and the social demand is also great. Of course, medical institutions also provide a lot of services.
Therefore, we think that starting from local exploration, we have deployed since the beginning of last year. Sichuan has organized an inter provincial alliance to study the rules of centralized dental implant collection. Now the scheme is basically mature , and we have widely listened to the opinions of clinical, enterprises and local governments. We are ready to launch such an alliance reform in the first half of this year, In fact, it is also a layout led by the state and a centralized mining method explored in dental implants.
In fact, the more important thing for centralized procurement in the future is the rules. The characteristics of different bidding objects are very complex. They need to meet the requirements of product quality and clinical needs, and effectively enable enterprises and patients to share the results of the reform.
160 billion market, can domestic products rise on the trend?
According to the data of 2020 China dental industry report, the number of dental implants in China in 2020 is about 4.06 million, which is one of the fastest growing dental implant markets in the world. The scale of China’s dental implant market has reached nearly 160 billion yuan . According to China’s population base and aging development level, conservatively estimates that China’s dental implant market still has more than 10 times the growth potential.
At present, China’s dental implant market is dominated by imported brands, Nanfang Daily reported. The Research Report of Sealand Securities Co.Ltd(000750) shows that the positioning of domestic implants is similar to that of Korean brands, but it started late. At present, the market share is expected to be 7%.
There has long been a rumor about the inclusion of dental implants in the centralized mining market. In August 2021, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province issued the plan on further clarifying the dental implant payment items paid by medical insurance accounts over the years (Exposure Draft), which mentioned the proposed adjustment of the overall medical insurance payment standard of dental implant projects, triggering a discussion on the centralized purchase of dental implants.
On November 17, 2021, Sichuan Pharmaceutical Machinery bidding and Procurement Service Center issued the notice on information collection of some oral high-value medical consumables. Since then, Zhejiang, Ningxia and other places have also issued similar notices to fill in the historical procurement data of oral medical consumables.
“It must be good for domestic dental implant brands to be included in centralized purchase.” Ouyao believes that at present, implant teeth in public hospitals are still dominated by imported brands. If domestic implant teeth can be first used in public hospitals after centralized collection, it will help accelerate the localization of implant materials.
Ou Yao pointed out that at present, the domestic dental implant industry is in an awkward position. In the past, mature European and American imported high-end brands basically monopolized the market, and then Korean low-end imported brands competed for survival space at low prices. “At present, there are at least a dozen domestic dental implant brands, but it has been difficult to break the market pattern.”
Qiao Jubo, chairman of Zhuhai Jordan Technology Co., Ltd., believes that imported brands that have occupied a large share of the market may not be willing to participate in centralized mining , and Korean implants and domestic brands are more likely to explore the market through centralized mining. Only by imitating the domestic brand can we achieve “technological innovation” in the foreign market, but we do not have to compete for a place in the domestic market.
