Digital and 3D printing technologies help reduce the cost of dental care in the dental industry | Piocreat
On the Internet, there has always been such a hot topic: if contemporary people have problems with their oral teeth, they can see bankruptcy only by looking at their teeth, not to mention some other oral problems. Indeed, according to relevant reports and data, more than 90% of young people in China are troubled by oral problems to varying degrees. Among them, the biggest cost of treating oral problems is dental problems.
According to statistics, if a young person needs to plant a tooth, the price is about 6000 to 18000. If it is corrected and beautified in the future, the price will be as high as 15000 to 30000. Even the cheapest dental project - tooth washing, the price ranges from hundreds to thousands. Therefore, on the Internet, someone joked that the most valuable thing on the body every day is the teeth. Once you are not careful, you will lose the down payment of a house. It can be seen how expensive it is to see teeth in China.
In the end, the reason why it is so expensive to see and diagnose teeth now mainly lies in labor and materials. And because everyone's oral tissue, tooth arrangement and shape are different. Therefore, the treatment of dental diseases or beautification needs to be customized. Therefore, it can be said that dental service is a complete set of customized services. Customization means that no matter what kind of dental products are produced, they can only be used by specific people and can not form universal consumption, so the price is very high.
Secondly, after the complete scheme is customized, the required products have to be produced in the dental processing plant or other relevant manufacturers. Take the invisible braces as an example. First, you need to scan all the data inside your mouth through a 3D scanner, and then import these data into computer software for design adjustment. After adjustment, send the data to the dental processing factory to start production. First print out the patient's dental molds with a 3D printer, and make all the dental molds that need to be used according to the dentist's correction course, and the invisible braces are completed.
The above process seems simple, and a lot of relevant equipment and labor are actually applied. Therefore, the cost of the whole orthodontic treatment course is very high. In fact, digital and 3D printing technology has not been popularized in the field of Dentistry, and the price of invisible braces will be more expensive. After all, more labor is required, and the treatment time will be longer.
As mentioned above, in fact, the medical prices of the dental industry have been falling again and again in recent years. The main reason is that the digital application and the popularity of 3D printing equipment have replaced many traditional manual and improved the overall efficiency. In the near future, with the continuous improvement of digital and 3D printing equipment technology, the cost of dental diagnosis and treatment will be lower and lower in the future.
