Turkey teeth

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I'm considering going to Turkey for new teeth.

I simply can't afford it here and after yet another upper back tooth crumbling last night, I need to do something.

Tell me your horror stories, give me your recommendations, desperate as I feel so flipping ugly.

How long would I need to be there? Are they English speaking?
Will I end up horrifically disfigured with glow in the dark teeth?!

So as not to drip feed, I do look after my teeth, this is related to roaccutane treatment as a teenager, and as I've got older, they've just crumbled.

I actually had treatment at Asli Tarcan Dental Clinic in Istanbul and had a positive experience. The team was helpful and they also provide English-speaking support, so communication wasn't an issue. I'd definitely recommend getting in touch with them and asking for a consultation. They are worth considering if you're thinking about travelling to Turkey for dental treatment

A childhood of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, hot Vimto and drill & fill dentistry followed by root canals in my 20s and 30s left my teeth in a very poor state and I developed a real fear of dentists. I started losing the heavily filled/root canal molars in my 40s. We had two sets of school fees at the time so I couldn't really afford to do anything about it though I did have a couple of individual implants which later failed. By my late 50s I was starting to develop 'crone face' (where the lower face sinks in) because of the loss of supporting teeth.
In my 60s an upcoming college reunion and an inheritance motivated me to get it sorted out. On a friend's recommendation I went to Dawood & Tanner where I had full implants. The process took a year. There were 25 appointments from the initial consultation with Andrew Dawood to final sign off, which would be impossible to replicate overseas. At no time did I feel rushed. It was very expensive, and at times painful, but at each stage there was a huge cosmetic improvement. After the extractions by Andrew Dawood, I had dentures to allow my gums to recover and ensure there was no lingering infection before the implants were put in. It was made clear that I could stop at this point and wasn't obliged to proceed to implants - there wasn't a hard sell. I didn't ever get on with the dentures and found eating very difficult, but they looked great!
After the implant surgery I had temporary bridgework while the final bridgework was designed over many consultations using photos of my teeth from my teens onward. I was encouraged to go for an age-appropriate natural look, so the shade is A3 and there is some deliberate irregularity in the bottom set. My teeth look better than they have since I was sixteen when the braces had just come off. I had extraction and implant surgery under conscious sedation, which I thoroughly recommend. I now floss like a demon.
It's been a huge boost to my confidence. I'm naturally animated, but had been opening my mouth less and less in conversation and smiling with my mouth shut in photographs.
When I embarked on the process, dentist Susan Tanner, who designs the bridgework, said that the final result would be as good as a facelift. I didn't really believe that, but it's true. Teeth support the lips and mid section of the face and the implants have reversed the crone face decline.
Untouched photo attached - no unkind comments please.

Wow @MadameMaxGoesler those look really natural, no wonder you feel so much more confident.

I came on to say that a friend of mine has just come back from his 1st trip to a cosmetic dentist in Turkey (don’t have the details) after having all of them pulled in prep for a new set in January. He’d been quoted £8k but when he arrived it turned out that this didn’t include any temporary teeth for the 3 months in between appointments! Cheeky so-&-so’s wanted an extra £1.5k for temporary fixed dentures, else they wouldn’t go ahead! So he was left with no alternative but to pay, fortunately he was able to.
So whatever you do, OP, please check the pricing fully!

I used to work in a 24 hour emergency dentist and believe me, you don’t want turkey teeth. The amount of bad work and infections we used to see was unreal. They would put full browns on teeth and leave them unstable and with extreme pain and sensitivity.
I’m sure there are some fantastic dentists in turkey but I would not take the risk