Table 2.

The cost of today's corresponding items of dental treatments in Taipei Hospital and its proportion to the monthly salary^a of a today's novice elementary school teacher.

Corresponding items	Treatment name	Treatment fee (NTD)	Proportion to a teacher's monthly salary (%)
1	Full mouth scaling Full mouth subgingival curettage (including root planing)	600 3200	1.39 7.42
2	Pulpotomy of a permanent tooth Endodontic treatment of a permanent tooth with single root canal Endodontic treatment of a permanent tooth with two root canals Endodontics treatment of a permanent tooth with three root canals Pulpotomy of a primary tooth Endodontic treatment of a primary tooth Endodontic treatment of a primary tooth with multiple canals	600 1210 2410 3610 800 1010 1690	1.39 2.81 5.59 8.37 1.85 2.34 3.92
3	Amalgam restoration with single surface Amalgam restoration with two surfaces Amalgam restoration with three surfaces	450 600 750	1.04 1.39 1.74
4	Glass ionomer cement restoration Composite resin restoration in anterior teeth with single surface Composite resin restoration in anterior teeth with two surfaces Composite resin restoration in anterior teeth with three surfaces Composite resin restoration in posterior teeth with single surface Composite resin restoration in posterior teeth with two surfaces Composite resin restoration in posterior teeth with three surfaces	400 500 650 1050 600 800 1000	0.93 1.16 1.51 2.43 1.39 1.85 2.32
5	No corresponding item for gold foil filling	–	–
6	Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) crown	12,000–28,000	27.82–64.91
7	Cast crown	9000–25,000	20.86–57.96
8	Same as corresponding item 7 for platinum crown	–	–
9	No corresponding item for gold clasp	–	–
10	Ceramic inlay	18,000–35,000	41.73–81.14
11	Cast alloy inlay (simple) Cast alloy inlay (complex)	8000–18,000 18,000–30,000	18.55–41.73 41.73–69.55
12	Single arch removable orthodontic appliance (general) Two-arch removable orthodontic appliance (difficult) Single arch fixed orthodontic appliance (general) Single arch fixed orthodontic appliance (difficult) Single arch fixed orthodontic appliance (highly difficult) Two-arch fixed orthodontic appliance (general) Two-arch fixed orthodontic appliance (difficult) Two-arch fixed orthodontic appliance (highly difficult)	30,000 60,000 50,000 100,000 150,000 100,000 150,000 200,000	69.55 139.10 115.92 231.83 347.75 231.83 347.75 463.66
13	Porcelain fused to metal (PFM) bridge and cast bridge Same as corresponding items 6-8	Calculated based on the number of teeth	–
14	Single arch unilateral alloy removable partial denture Single arch bilateral alloy removable partial denture Single arch complete denture Two-arch complete denture	20,000–28,000 40,000–70,000 50,000–80,000 100,000–160,000	46.37–64.91 92.73–162.28 115.92–185.46 231.83–370.93
15	Single arch unilateral temporary partial denture Single arch bilateral temporary partial denture Single arch temporary complete denture Two-arch temporary complete denture	6000–10,000 10,000–18,000 20,000–25,000 40,000–50,000	13.91–23.18 23.18–41.73 46.73–57.96 92.73–115.92
16	Same as corresponding item 14 for gold base denture	–	–
17	Temporary obturator (including speech aid) Permanent obturator (including speech aid)	25,000–40,000 60,000–120,000	57.96–92.73 139.10–278.20
18	Single arch denture relining (chair side processing) Single arch denture relining (laboratory processing)	7000∼12,000 7500–10,000	16.23–27.82 17.39–23.18
19	Same as corresponding item 18 for platinum denture liner	–	–

^aAccording to the 2018 regulations of Ministry of Education, the monthly salary of a new full-time teacher in the public elementary or high school was 43135 NTD.