Dental public coverage: Taiwan, 2020

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2020-12-31

Taiwan: NHI covers dental care with a cap on repeat services (tooth extraction, operative dentistry and therapeutic scaling each limited to 6 times per 30 days; root canal 60 days per course). Items outside NHI include dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient. Low and middle-low income seniors (65+; indigenous 55+) can get a local-government denture subsidy of NT$15,000-40,000 under a separate MOHW programme (not NHI). in 2020, according to NHIA Handbook of Taiwan's National Health Insurance 2020-2021. Basis: other.

Comparability A Confidence high

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National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan. (2026). Dental public coverage: Taiwan, as of 2020-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/tw/dental-public-coverage/2020/

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Record

Value: NHI covers dental care with a cap on repeat services (tooth extraction, operative dentistry and therapeutic scaling each limited to 6 times per 30 days; root canal 60 days per course). Items outside NHI include dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient. Low and middle-low income seniors (65+; indigenous 55+) can get a local-government denture subsidy of NT$15,000-40,000 under a separate MOHW programme (not NHI).
Unit: text
As of: 2020-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: high
Method: reported
Basis: other
Scope: other
Comparability: Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status: Current revision

Source quote

2. Dental Care: From the first day of treatment, (1) Tooth extraction and related therapy ― not more than 6 times within 30 days. (2) Operative dentistry in the same part of the mouth ― not more than 6 times within 30 days. (3) Therapeutic scaling ― not more than 6 times within 30 days. (4) Root canal in the same part of the mouth ― 60 days constitutes one course of treatment. 11. Dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, canes, and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient.

Locator: Handbook p.42-48 (Chapter 6 reimbursed services; list of services not covered, item 11)

Local definition

NHI-covered dental services and statutory exclusions

Source

National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), MOHW, Taiwan: Handbook of Taiwan's National Health Insurance 2020-2021. Registry entry: nhia-tw-handbook-2020-2021.

Notes

The denture subsidy detail comes from the MOHW subsidy plan (https://www.mohw.gov.tw/dl-52644-a5433cdf-cab3-4a61-bdba-435fff0defbf.html, revised 2018-03-27), fetched 2026-11-09; amounts are per its Appendix as summarised by search, appendices not read directly, treat as indicative. NHI periodontal coverage per MOHW press 2013 (cp-3210-23599-1): scaling, emergency periodontal care, subgingival curettage and gingivectomy covered; periodontal laser, guided tissue regeneration and cosmetic periodontics not covered.

Metric definition

What public (social or national) health insurance pays for in dental care; short text, original scope noted All markets for this metric.

History

Current records for Dental public coverage, Taiwan, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2024	NHI (single-payer, universal) covers dentistry as a listed service: extraction, operative dentistry, scaling, root canal and periodontal treatment, delivered through a dental outpatient global budget (paid since 1998 phase-in, universal from 2002). Patient pays a flat NT$50 copayment per dental visit at any level of institution, with no referral rule and no drug copayment for dental visits. Cosmetic and non-therapeutic items (including dentures per the NHI Act exclusion list) are outside NHI; no NHI coverage of implants or clear aligners was found in the sources read.	other	2024-12-31	Comparability A	NHI Annual Report 2023-2024 (全民健康保險年報)
2020	NHI covers dental care with a cap on repeat services (tooth extraction, operative dentistry and therapeutic scaling each limited to 6 times per 30 days; root canal 60 days per course). Items outside NHI include dentures, artificial eyes, glasses, hearing aids and other equipment not required to actually treat the patient. Low and middle-low income seniors (65+; indigenous 55+) can get a local-government denture subsidy of NT$15,000-40,000 under a separate MOHW programme (not NHI).	other	2020-12-31	Comparability A	Handbook of Taiwan's National Health Insurance 2020-2021

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