Abstract
Materials and methods Five periodontal specialist clinics in the Ministry of Health were randomly selected. A list of periodontal procedures was identified by an expert group. Procedures were classified as diagnostics, non-surgical periodontics and periodontal surgeries. Costing for each procedure was primarily activity-based to measure cost of dental equipment, consumables and labour cost (average treatment time). Expenditures for administration, utilities and maintenance at clinics used unit cost calculations employed from step-down approach. A total of 165 patients newly diagnosed with periodontitis were followed up for one year to determine the cost of managing these patients during the said period.
Highlights
Periodontitis is an established common chronic disease, yet its burden on health care costs remains largely neglected
The aim of this study was to estimate the cost of periodontal procedures in dental specialist clinics in the Malaysian public sector
A total examination package costed USD38, but separate diagnostics procedures such as full-mouth periodontal assessment, electric pulp test, intraoral and panoramic radiographs costed an average of USD23
Summary
The aim of this study was to estimate the cost of periodontal procedures in dental specialist clinics in the Malaysian public sector
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