What Does Turkey Teeth Actually Mean?

What does Turkey Teeth actually mean?

You may have heard the phrase Turkey Teeth and wonder whatsort of treatment it means?

Normally Turkey teeth are crowns fitted over teeth that havebeen reshaped by the dentist. The crowns tend to be very bright white and quitea bit bigger than the original teeth.

The main reason that people go to Turkey to have their teeth done is that it is cheap. If you look at the adverts you can have all your teeth crowned for about £6,000 which might seem like a bargain, but you may be having treatment that isn’t necessarily needed.

Why is dental treatment in Turkey so cheap?

The average salary in Turkey is less than half of that in the UK, so that certainly helps make it cheaper.

Also, there is no dental regulation to speak of in Turkey.In the UK all dentists are registered with the General Dental Council, whoensure that there are high standards of education and skill of dental professionals. All dentists registerevery year and, if they fail to meet the high standards, they can be removedfrom the register and are no longer able to work as a dentist.

In Turkey there is no regulator. In fact, anyone can be adentist as long as they can pay the fees to the “private university” allowingthem to graduate.

So, even if you don’t have any GCSEs, you could pay aprivate university to become a dentist and then provide crowns to a patient.

To any UK dentist that seems like a worrying situation.

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Are there good dentists in Turkey?

There are some amazing dentists in Turkey and there are many that lecture and teach dentistry all around the world.

However, to see these dentists you will be paying higher prices than in the UK. You really do get what you pay for!

Is it safe to have Turkey Teeth?

We’ve all seen the videos online. Teeth filed down to a tiny point so that a crown can be fitted on top.

The more tooth you remove as a dentist the more likely that the patient is to need either a root filling or an extraction of the tooth in the not-too-distant future.

If you’re in your 20s and you have Turkey teeth crowns the amount of tooth you lose is likely to mean you end up needing to have implants in a few years to replace the missing teeth.

But then implants will only have a life span of a decade or so, so what happens when you’re in your 40s and your implants start to go wrong?

Most of these people could be heading towards a mouth full of dentures by the time the are in their 50s.

What’s the alternative to Turkey Teeth?

Dentists are dealing with biology and sometimes things can’t be rushed, after all the human body only heals and recovers at a certain speed.

Almost everyone would like straight, white teeth but to do this quickly might not be possible.

Any good cosmetic dentist in the UK will explain that they want to give patients a fantastic smile while doing as little damage to the teeth as possible.

A sensible course of treatment might involve some kind of orthodontic alignment to straighten the smile, followed by some whitening to improve the colour of the teeth and then some bonding or no preparation veneers to achieve the perfect smile.

A lot of the time a dentist will use a laboratory to fabricate a crown or veneer, and the good labs will charge anything from £250/crown so this will also be added to the bill

Some of the dentists in the UK are now 3D printing veneers, by passing the laboratory, reducing the bill to the patient and also managing to deliver the treatment in a single visit. You’ll struggle to find a dentist that does this at the moment but this is definitely the future.

How do I find a UK dentist for a smile makeover?

In the UK any dentist can perform “cosmetic dentistry” butnot all of them can complete it to a high standard.

The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry is an organisation that recognises the skills of cosmetic dentists in the UK and abroad. Dentistsmust prove that they can complete cosmetic dentistry to a very high standard bysubmitting cases that they have completed and sitting examinations.

This is probably the best way to find someone who canachieve perfect smiles with safe treatment. You can visit www.bacd.com and use their “Find a CosmeticDentist” page to find someone local to you.

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