(Health Korea News / Park Won-jin) Dental implant prosthetic materials currently covered (2 per person) for those over 65 years of age have been expanded from the existing non-precious metal porcelain crown (PFM Crown) to zirconia, and health insurance is currently only available for ages 5 to 12. This applied dental caries test (test using quantitative light fluorescence) will also be expanded to those under 15 years of age.
On the afternoon of the 27th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare held the 25th Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee in 2024 (Chairman: Second Vice Minister Park Min-soo) and deliberated and decided on a proposal to expand coverage in the dental field that included the above.
According to the resolution, health insurance applies to dental implants for those over 65 years of age that are currently covered by health insurance only when they are treated with a non-precious metal porcelain crown (PFM Crown) prosthetic restoration using a separate implantation material in the jaw bone, but the implant prosthetic material is the existing PFM crown. Considering the gradual transition from crowns to zirconia, it has been decided that zirconia prosthetic materials will also be covered by health insurance.
‘Dental caries test using quantitative photofluorescence’ is currently provided once per mouth at 6-month intervals for children between 5 and 12 years of age. However, this will be expanded to include those between 5 and 15 years of age, and the interval between tests will also be reduced to once every 3 months. Zoomed in.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare states that: ▲ oral care ability is low in the child teeth period, ▲ there is a high possibility of dental caries occurring due to bottle feeding, etc. ▲ radiography is often impossible for children under 5 years of age, but the test uses visible light rather than radiation ▲ It was explained that consideration was given to its usefulness in assisting and monitoring early caries diagnosis.
‘Dental caries test using quantitative photofluorescence’ is a test that irradiates visible light to the teeth of patients with (suspected) dental caries, measures the degree of fluorescence loss due to dental caries, assists in diagnosing dental caries, and monitors the progress of dental caries. .
However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare did not reveal when the benefit expansion would be applied. It is pointed out that public officials at the Ministry of Health and Welfare may have lost their minds amid the impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health and Welfare reviewed the performance evaluation results and extension of 13 health insurance pilot projects with an implementation period scheduled for December 2024 at the health review on this day, and reviewed the ‘High-level general hospital in-depth examination fee pilot project’ and ‘Home care for severely ill children’ It was decided that 12 pilot projects, including the ‘medical pilot project’, would be extended for three years. In addition, it was decided to convert part of the ‘pilot project to support continuous treatment of mentally ill patients’ into the main project.
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