Just wanted to give a big shout out to
badsin for giving me advice on turkey teeth.
Long story incoming:
Mentally i know my smile is not great
and I haven't been to a dentist in donkey years. I dropped a DM to badsin for advice as I don't know anyone personally that had their teeth done in turkey. There's a lot of bad press, but there's also people that had success, like badsin. I was very keen at this point.
Emailed 12 different clinics in Antalya, Izmir, Istanbul. Most of these are Top-10 clinics from a redditors list and have excellent reviews online. Specifically I needed implant(s) and wanted 24 Zirconium crowns. Prices from the responding clinics ranged from £4,000 to £8,500. *I didn't want all-in-4 or 6 since I wanted feedback on my teeth.
For those that are looking for Turkey teeth,
DO YOUR RESEARCH!! Some companies do cut corners with their practices.
- One clinic suggested 7 days on first visit. Perform implants and fit most of the zirconia crowns. 3-6 months later, I return for a few day to fit the remaining crowns once the implant has set.
When I asked a 2nd clinic why they couldn't do the same, they said that when you extract a tooth and implant, your jaw is actively moving during repair (to accept the implant) and
all other teeth may move. If you insert the final crowns so early, you may not get the perfect finish at the end of the 2nd visit. Also consider a small colour variation in batches of zirconia.
- Clinics quoting £4,000 and £4,800. Pretty much scrubbed these from the list. Going cheap and I can imagine they load up with more work when you arrive.
I had my heart set on the company charging £5,200. I buy my air ticket and they pick-up and arrange hotels. Basically everything priced in for the treatment and since the final ticket was >£5k the hotel and transport is included. Else its £50 a night for the room and £50 for transport.
Read every review (1 bad and all others 4 or 5 stars). Followed their Instagram and even followed the Dr that makes the zirconia crowns.
Got in touch with their client on instagram and asked him some questions. Overall he was very happy with the work. He has one small issue he will return to fix. He even had 2 mates that used the same company and all happy.
He did say 2 things:
1) He says "
try to get each tooth crowned separately". I already know the reasoning. But just so you understand, when you crown each tooth individually, if there is every a issue with root or decay the dentist works on a single tooth.
Sometime the dentist will group 3-4 teeth together to spread the load when biting down. Many will just splint/bridge 4 teeth for visual effects, its quicker and more cost effective.
They kick-the-can down the road and its a nightmare for UK dentist to sort or you fly out to turkey and hope the company still exist. 2) He said "The teeth look more fantastic, than practical". I guess he means the teeth looks great but his 'bite' is not naturally his own. When I look at his instagram pics, his mouth actually looks fuller so it appears his teeth may be too large. Horses for courses.
Basically you got to plan your look 100% in 7 days, or you can get bigger/smaller teeth.
Anyways. I had conversations with family and they were more concerned about negative effects of the injections, and why I'm considering grind my teeth into stump to fit crowns. Also future maintenance. Didn't get much support
Searched skyscanner for tickets and sat 2 days deciding on pulling the trigger for a £240 ticket.
Woke up and thought. Do I really want to grind down every tooth when many look fine!?
I spoke on the phone with the clinic. He actually said, that they're an 'ethical clinic' and will only perform the actions I wanted. If I wanted just extractions and implants+crown, they would perform that as a regular dental clinic. They would also only crown teeth that I wanted and no pressure to walk off with the perfect smile.
Booked myself an appointment with an NHS dentist. Within 2 mins, she tells me my teeth don't even look that bad. Does the examination and the overall results wasn't as bad as I thought. Composite bonding and a longer term treatment plan in place.
Basically guys, this turkey teeth isn't for everyone. It's about timing and condition of your teeth. My natural teeth can be fixed up. It won't be newsreader quality. If my dentist told me the teeth are 60-90% trash, I'd book the plan ticket straight away.
