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Table 2 Costs for dental treatment per capita and dental expenditure due to caries per tooth in last 12 months by region

From: The economic benefits of increased sugar-free chewing gum in China: a budget impact analysis

Region

cost for prevention

(median)

cost for restoration

(median)

cost for RCT

(median)

cost for extraction

(median)

cost for crown

(median)

cost for bridge

(median)

cost for implant

(median)

dental expenditure

(median)

expenditure due to caries

(median)

Beijing

¥500

($75.56)

¥200

($30.22)

¥600

($90.67)

¥500

($75.56)

¥4,500

($680.03)

¥950

($143.56)

¥1,000

($151.12)

¥1,100

($166.23)

¥50

($7.56)

Hubei

¥120

($18.13)

¥290

($43.82)

¥500

($75.56)

¥400

($60.45)

¥2000

($302.23)

¥0

($0)

¥17,000

($2,568.98)

¥500

($75.56)

¥170

($25.69)

Guangzhou

¥0

($0)

¥400

($60.45)

¥475

($71.78)

¥300

($45.34)

¥3,000

($453.35)

¥0

($0)

¥0

($0)

¥1,000

($151.12)

¥400

($60.45)

Xinjiang

¥700

($105.78)

¥725

($109.56)

¥1000

($151.12)

¥200

($30.22)

¥5,900

($891.59)

¥2,000

($302.23)

¥110,000

($16,622.84)

¥818

($123.61)

¥250

($37.78)

Average

¥450

($68.00)

¥500

($75.56)

¥1,000

($151.12)

¥400

($60.45)

¥1,800

($272.01)

¥1,200

($181.34)

¥17,000

($2,568.98)

¥1,000

($151.12)

¥220

($33.25)

  1. The cost was converted according to the 2018 Chinese Yuan (RMB) to the USD exchange rate that 100 USD was equivalent to 661.74 RMB (Data resource: China statistical yearbook2019 18–8: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2019/indexch.htm)
  2. RCT root canal treatment