National Taiwan University Hospital Reports Findings in Dental Caries (The dental use for dental caries under the National Health Insurance system in Taiwan in 2020): Dental Diseases and Conditions – Dental Caries

2023 JAN 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- New research on Dental Diseases and Conditions - Dental Caries is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Taipei, Taiwan, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The penetration rate of National Health Insurance (NHI) of Taiwan is as high as 99.9%. This study investigated the dental use for dental caries under the NHI system of Taiwan in 2020.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Taiwan University Hospital, “The population data and medical records of the NHI system were obtained from the websites of Ministry of the Interior and the NHI Administration, respectively. The dental patient data were divided into 18 age groups to analyze the dental use indicators for dental caries under the NHI system in Taiwan in 2020. The dental use rate for treatment of dental caries had the highest peak (55.69%) in the 5-9-year age group under the NHI system in Taiwan in 2020. It dropped abruptly to a lower point (27.39%) in the 15-19-year age group, fluctuated and declined gradually with increasing age, and finally dropped to the lowest point of 10.10% in the greater than 85-year age group. Furthermore, the number of out-patient visits per 1000 people and the medical expenses per person for dental caries among the same 18 age groups also showed a similar trend to the dental use rate. Dental caries is still the main disease of the oral cavity in Taiwan.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “From a cost-effectiveness viewpoint, Taiwan government should develop a better oral health policy to decrease the incidence of dental caries and to prevent dental caries from deteriorating into diseases of the pulp and periapical tissues for all citizens, especially for young children and school children.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The dental use for dental caries under the National Health Insurance system in Taiwan in 2020. Journal of Dental Sciences, 2022;18(1):330-337. Journal of Dental Sciences can be contacted at: Elsevier Taiwan, Rm N-412, 4F, Chia Hsin Building 11, No 96, Zhong Shan N Road Sec 2, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Dental Sciences - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-dental-sciences/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Yin-Lin Wang, Dept. of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include Feng-Chou Cheng and Chun-Pin Chiang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jds.2022.10.001. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Dental Sciences is: Elsevier Taiwan, Rm N-412, 4F, Chia Hsin Building 11, No 96, Zhong Shan N Road Sec 2, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan.

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