Orthodontic bracket VBP re-declaration concludes, with newly added custom lingual brackets and preformed orthodontic wires

Source: Official website of the Shaanxi Provincial Public Resource Trading Center

[SOURCE] DentalGoodNews｜At 0:00 on November 11, 2026, the formal registration phase for product information submission under the Interprovincial Alliance Centralized Volume-Based Procurement of Orthodontic Brackets officially concluded, and no new product submissions will be accepted after the deadline. Previously, on November 6, the Shaanxi Provincial Public Resource Trading Center issued the "Notice on Product Information Submission for the Interprovincial Alliance Centralized Volume-Based Procurement of Orthodontic Brackets" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), announcing the resumption of product information submission in accordance with the work arrangements of the Procurement Office. The submission period for this round was from November 6 to 24:00 on November 10, constituting the formal registration phase.

According to the "Notice", the scope of this submission is limited to Orthodontic Bracket products that have obtained the 27-digit National Medical Insurance Information Business Code, including clear aligners, brackets, TADs, buccal tubes and bands, preformed dental orthodontic wires, and customized/custom-made metal lingual brackets; retainers, orthodontic expansion appliances, silicone-based aligners, and smooth-surface bands are not within the scope of submission.

Compared with the product scope announced in May 2026 for the first round of follow-up centralized procurement, two new categories have been added this time: preformed dental orthodontic wires and customized/custom-made metal lingual brackets. The previously announced scope mainly included brackets, buccal tubes and bands, clear aligners, and TADs, while excluding products such as lingual brackets.

The product grouping and characteristics table listed in the "Notice" shows that this submission is grouped by product category and specific characteristics, with different product characteristics under the same major category corresponding to different submission groups. Among them, clear aligners are divided by mixed dentition period and permanent dentition period; the mixed dentition period is further divided into single-layer film and multi-layer composite film, while the permanent dentition period is divided into multi-layer composite film single-mode and dual-mode. Standard set brackets are divided into five groups: self-ligating metal, conventional metal, self-ligating ceramic, conventional ceramic, and edgewise; among these, self-ligating metal brackets are further subdivided by labial spherical/non-spherical surface and whether they include auxiliary archwire tubes. Buccal tubes and bands are divided into four groups based on the presence or absence of a hinged cover and single-tube or multi-tube design. TADs, preformed dental orthodontic wires, and customized/custom-made metal lingual brackets are listed separately.

Source: "Product Grouping and Characteristics Table"

Prior to the launch of this round of submission, the procurement organization had already undergone adjustments. On September 23, the Sichuan Provincial Healthcare Security Administration and the Shaanxi Provincial Healthcare Security Administration jointly issued an announcement stating that the first round of VBP agreement period was about to expire and decided to expand the membership of the National Alliance Procurement Office for Dental Implants and Orthodontic Brackets on the basis of provincial healthcare security departments. On October 30, the Office announced the addition of 8 dental medical institutions as member units: 4 public hospitals, namely Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University West China Hospital of Stomatology, the Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and the Third Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University; and 4 private institutions, namely Taikang Dental, TOPCHOICE MEDICAL CORPORATION, Chengdu Xinqiao Dental, and Shanghai Moore Dental. The above institutions participate in the research and formulation of VBP rules for the two categories of Consumables as well as the monitoring and evaluation of implementation outcomes.

For products that have been previously submitted, the "Notice" explicitly requires that all be resubmitted, and the grouping and product characteristic information filled in this time must be consistent with the previously announced product information and must not be modified.