臺灣牙科醫療器材產業之產品佈局與技術發展趨勢之研究

政府近年來挹注大量資源在推動牙科醫材產業聚落的發展，並透過各項輔導方案來帶動傳統產業轉型與升級，然而在對應國家政府所推動的各項發展策略下，其整體產業之演進、產品佈局與技術的發展趨勢為何? 本研究以1974-2021年期間臺灣牙科醫材許可證之9,494筆登記資料，以及2002-2021年期間臺灣1,147筆牙科領域技術之發明專利申請資料作為本研究樣本，同時針對牙科醫材產品市場與技術研發量能進行整體產業之趨勢分析與探究。透過牙科醫材許可證資料分析，來探討目前產業市場之核心產品與整體牙科醫材產業之競爭力，而後進一步整合政府產業政策，以探究產業在政府政策的輔助之下，其技術發展趨勢與執行成效情形；而在研發技術方面，則透過臺灣發明專利分析來探究臺灣牙科技術領域申請與核心技術分布情形。研究結果顯示，臺灣整體的牙科醫材產品市場主要是以假肢裝置產品為大宗，產品次類別項目則以牙科手用器械、牙科手機及其附件與骨內植體為主要前3名產品。而臺灣整體牙科醫材產品主要是以進口為主，占比高達90.50%；在產業分布情形分析中，北部企業占比最高但其產品均以進口為主，南部則為國產牙科醫材產品分布最高的區域；而依據分析結果，政府透過南部生技醫療器材產業聚落發展計畫，成功整合牙科醫材產業鏈並創造具有競爭優勢的高值型產業聚落，此外，政府在推動高值化醫材相關政策下，亦成功促進國產牙科醫材在人工植體及牙科矯正相關產品的技術升級與整體產業的轉型。在臺灣牙科技術領域的專利佈局上，臺灣的專利申請人主要分布以研究機構為主，其專利技術分布主要集中在牙科矯正裝置、假牙裝置、假牙附件裝置、牙科輔助用具等，而企業公司的專利申請量能則較為分散，因此在產業轉型升級的歷程中，如何有效整合產業技術以及擬定完善的策略規劃，將是未來臺灣推動產業政策中值得探討之議題，最後本研究將綜合研究結論提出管理意涵與未來研究建議。

關鍵字

牙科醫療器材；產品佈局趨勢；專利分析

並列摘要

In recent years, the injection of government resources largely promotes the development of the dental medical equipment industry. The governmental guidance programs transform and upgrade the dental industry. To correspond with the governmental strategy plans, what is the development of the overall industry, product portfolio, and technology development trends? This research recruits the 9,494 records of Taiwan's medical device approval from 1974 to 2021 and the 1,147 records of Taiwan's invention patent application from 2002 to 2021 as the research sample. At the same time, the research targets the dental medical equipment products market and technology R&D capacity to analyze and explore the overall industry trends. Through the database of Taiwan's medical device licenses, this research analyzes the competitive strength of the core products from the current industry market and the overall dental medical product industry. Moreover, under the governmental guidance, how the technology integrates government policy. Concerning technology development, this research analyzes the Taiwan invention patent to explore Taiwan dental technology application and the distribution of the core technology. The result shows that the main product of Taiwan's dental medical market is artificial devices, dental hand instruments, dental handpieces and accessories, and the endossenous implants. The overall Taiwan dental medical equipment product is mainly imported with a high percentage of 90.50%. From the analysis of the industry distribution, the northern industry takes the highest proportion of product consumers. On the other hand, the southern consumers take the highest proportion of domestic products. According to the result, with the governmental strategic plan of developing the biotechnology and medical industry in the south, the government integrates the dental medical industrial chain and creates the high value industrial settlement with its highly competitive effect. Moreover, the government upgades domestic artificial implants and orthodontics technology and successfully transforms the overall industry. Concerning the patent distribution of Taiwan dental technology, Taiwan patent applicants are mainly from research institutions. Patent technology is primarily the device for orthodontics, denture, and dental aid accessories. On the other hand, the patent applicant capacity from enterprises is relatively scattered. With the development of the industry transformation, integrating industrial technology and proposing an advanced strategic plan are the tasks for Taiwan to promote industrial policy. Lastly, this research conducts the management implications and the suggestions for future study.