Istanbul or turkey for teeth aligners

[FloridaCheese]

Has anyone been to turkey (was thinking Istanbul) for teeth aligners and can share their experience. Lots of options from Google, almost too many! It's £4k in the UK and it just feels far too much to spend to perfect my teeth (not far off being done really). Thank you

Neither if you value your health. Do it here or not at all.

Dear God neither!

There are reputable companies that also have a UK base. Its a bit of a myth that the NHS wont touch anything done abroad.

Turkey isnt as regulated as the UK & they have a lot of 'cosmetic' dentists that arent properly qualified.
Just do your research & due diligence.

Poland is another good option, often 60-70% cheaper than UK.

If you MUST have the treatment done surely better to pay a bit more to have it done safely rather than end up as one of the these horror stories we read about. Surely you can't put a price on your health and safety?

Crikey its teeth aligners. They are made from a certain plastic and fit tightly on your teeth gradually moving them. You change them every 2-4 weeks. Do you think the turkey aligners will send my teeth up into my skull

im looking for peoples experiences. Thank you please.

I’d get them in turkey op. How much is it there?

How much is it in Turkey?
They are aligners like Invisalign she’s not getting her teeth pulled out

Dentist here. Yes . Potentially. It could go badly wrong. You also might be fine.
if you have pre existing issues and get aligners from a clinic abroad that may or may not be regulated, you could face all sorts of issues.
Do you have regular dental checkups? Any issues with your current oral health ? Any bone loss? Without very close, careful monitoring your teeth could repositioned increasing mobility and cause no end of issues.

what if it doesn’t work? What then? In the UK dentists work pretty closely with orthodontists who can support them, trouble shoot problems, event stick brackets on to help aid the process.

what if they misjudge and put too much pressure on a tooth and damage it or causing further misalignment?
what about the attachments? How can you be assured that there isn’t any underlying decay which may deteriorate?

what are the slingers made of? How are they processed? Are they sterile? When you get examined in a foreign clinic, what are your assurance processes to determine that the instruments are sterile, or the materials they use in your mouth?

what insurance/indemnity do these providers have? If it all goes wrong, can you claim for damages?

are they qualified dentists? Where did they train? And for how long? Have they got further qualifications? Are they registered with a regulator?

what material exactly are they using? Do you have any allergies? What if an aligned breaks? What if an attachment falls off? Do you need to travel abroad to get it repaired?

ps did they advertise your services in the UK and examine you there? If so, you know that it is illegal to practice in the UK without GDC registration. ( this sort of thing, advertising events in UK hotels etc is illegal)

my daughter paid £1800 in the UK for invisilign. huge difference after just six weeks and 3 trays! she pays monthly £120

best and free advice! 😬

When I had aligners (I had Invisalign) I had regular orthodontist appointments to confirm it was all tracking ok, the trays were fitting, no adjustments were needed etc. They also put little buttons in my teeth and those changed I think once during the treatment.
Are you not going to see anyone regularly?

I had appointments every 2 weeks in the early stages with my Invisalign here , as she wanted to see the progress. Later every 3 months. Will you still need to go back to Turkey for checks?

Yes I would imagine so. I've had Invisalign before but didn't keep up with the retainer (split) so needing a bit if a top up. Didn't want to pay £4k again. I'm familiar with the process.

looking for experiences of people who have done this.

No. It’s not AI. If you actually read it I’ve made several spelling mistakes and actually noted after I posted that predictor text on my phone changed “aligners” to “slingers” 😂. When I tried to go back and edit it, it was too late.

please read the post. It is really valid. My friend who is an orthodontist spends a huge chunk of her time correcting aligner work that has been done incorrectly. Sometimes in work I see periodontically involved ( mobile ) teeth due to them being moved incorrectly

Furthermore, you might see from my other posts that I regularly post on dental matters and have been on Mumsnet many years. Although I do change my name every so often. I have been a dentist for almost thirty years. All I’m doing is trying to signpost you in the right direction

Incredibly rude !

Aghh! I’m really not doing to well with the predictor text today- “periodontally” involved! 🫣
I’m defo not AI! copilot would have done a much better job than my spelling mistakes

I think there are cheaper options in the UK too. My friend had hers through her dentist, not an orthodontist and it was considerably cheaper. I'm not sure of the brand but maybe worth looking into, especially when you take into account flight costs and what the PP who is a dentist said could go wrong.

My daughter had Invisalign in the U.K. Here is what you need to know :

• you don’t just get the sets of aligners - you need regular appointments with your orthodontist to monitor progress. How are you going to do that if the orthodontist is not in the U.K.?
• when the treatment finishes, you need to get a retainer that you then sleep with 2/3 times a week. How will you do that?

Theres always one isnt there!!!
There was a big article in one of the papers a couple of weeks ago about cheap dental work in Turkey. It was truly horrifying reading about things that can and do go wrong.
Similar story to those who have gone abroad to have cosmetic body treatments (going off topic slightly but just as horrific)

Utterly agree with the other dentist . I have seen many people who have lost teeth due to remote alligner treatment . Too much force on teeth too quickly causes the roots to be eaten away and the first a patient knows about it is when the teeth become loose.

Also the clinichecks done with alligner treatment are not a guarantee of how things are going to go. Often refinements need to be done, often fixed braces are needed to finish off. Without regular, in person checks , things can go very badly wrong.

Finally have also seen some horrifying problems when peoples gum and tooth health problems have not been addressed or kept under review .

You should keep your teeth for a lifetime , so treat them with respect and if you can’t afford to do treatment properly wait until you have the money to do so . Waiting will cause no health problems , going for cheapest possible option will often do so. No one asks who the cheapest brain surgeon is !

Thank you fun spongers for rendering my thread useless

Why did you post if you just wanted everyone to say it will be fine if you go to Turkey. It’s not being a fun sponge to inform you of potential difficulties. How can you make an informed choice if you don’t go into it in detail.
And if you get 10 folk coming on here to say they had a great outcome going to Turkey that doesn’t actually mean anything. There could be many folk with the opposite experience who don’t bother to post

When I had my aligners I saw my orthodontist every few weeks. The teeth have to be ‘shaved’ slightly at different points in the treatment which presumably won’t be possible if you go abroad. That means cutting corners which says a lot about the treatment provider.