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Oral appliance reimbursement: Japan, 2018
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan: Covered by dental insurance: oral appliance for sleep apnoea, 3,000 points (acrylic type) or 2,000 points (thermoplastic type), billable only on a request with a clinical information letter from a medical institution (FY2018 fee schedule; 1 point = 10 yen). in 2018, according to Summary of FY2018 dental fee-schedule revision. Basis: other.
Comparability B Confidence medium
Cite this
MHLW Hokkaido Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare. (2026). Oral appliance reimbursement: Japan, as of 2018-03-05 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/oral-appliance-reimbursement/2018/
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Record
- Value
- Covered by dental insurance: oral appliance for sleep apnoea, 3,000 points (acrylic type) or 2,000 points (thermoplastic type), billable only on a request with a clinical information letter from a medical institution (FY2018 fee schedule; 1 point = 10 yen).
- Unit
- text
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
睡眠時無呼吸症候群に対する口腔内装置１ 3,000点２睡眠時無呼吸症候群に対する口腔内装置２ 2,000点
English: Oral appliance for sleep apnoea 1: 3,000 points; 2: 2,000 points.
Locator: p.1
Local definition
Dental reimbursement item for oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnoea, requires referral from medical institution
Source
MHLW Hokkaido Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare: Summary of FY2018 dental fee-schedule revision (Hokkaido regional bureau). Registry entry: jp-kouseikyoku-hokkaido-shika-2018.
Notes
Fee-schedule summary dated March 2018 (FY2018 revision) from the MHLW Hokkaido regional bureau; may have changed in later revisions. Point value of 10 yen is general knowledge about the fee schedule, not stated in this document.
Metric definition
Public reimbursement status of oral appliances for OSA (text) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Covered by dental insurance: oral appliance for sleep apnoea, 3,000 points (acrylic type) or 2,000 points (thermoplastic type), billable only on a request with a clinical information letter from a medical institution (FY2018 fee schedule; 1 point = 10 yen). | other | Comparability B | Summary of FY2018 dental fee-schedule revision (Hokkaido regional bureau) |
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