The damage caused by these treatments carried out without a diagnosis or personalized plan is irreversible: damage to the dental nerve, pain, infection and even tooth loss.
Spanish dentists warn about a new fashion, widespread in the United Kingdom, and that has already arrived in our country with the first affected patients.
under the hashtag TurkeyTeeththousands of users share on social networks the dental treatments they undergo in Turkey at a very low price:
- veneers (to improve the aesthetics of the tooth through porcelain sheets)
- crowns (dentures).
But, as the president of the General Council of Dentists of Spain explains, Dr. Oscar Castrowhat is cheap ends up being expensive (and more in health matters): serious complications and infections and abscesses.
“The tendency TurkeyTeeth It poses a serious risk to the health of the population, especially for young people, who are the ones who most follow social networks. We are seeing that in the United Kingdom there are many affected, and we hope that this practice does not spread in Spain.”
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And it is that a poorly done treatment can have irreversible consequences for the health of our mouth, such as:
- “Dental nerve damage,
- Pain,
- Infection,
- abscesses,
- Pulpitis
- And even tooth loss.”
For this reason, explains the specialist, “before undergoing any intervention, it is very important that the dentist make a diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan, explain in detail what it consists of and follow up to check that everything is progressing correctly”.
In the case of undergoing treatment outside our borders, and if any setback arises due to professional malpractice, “they will have to initiate a legal procedure in a foreign country, where the health, insurance and civil liability regulations are different from the Spanish “.
TurkeyTeeth Results: Periodontitis and Tooth Loss
The Doctor Ferran Llansana It has already attended six Spanish patients, between 30 and 35 years old, who had traveled to Turkey to undergo aesthetic dental treatments and who have found that the results were not as expected.
Before undergoing any intervention, it is very important that the dentist makes a diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan.
“Currently, we have just treated a patient because a crown fell out and he had an acute apical injury in two teeth that required endodontics, in addition to a complex occlusal adjustment and the rehabilitation of 20 restorations,” says the dentist, a specialist in dental aesthetics.
- “The main reason for the failure of these treatments is the lack of comprehensive planning. A good planning allows to obtain the best aesthetic result with the least carving of the tooth & rdquor ;.
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The fake braces They also put our health at risk. “Because the brackets are designed to be used by the dentist, they must be placed in specific places on the crown of the tooth, and they must be checked periodically.”
“All these homemade recommendations can cause damage to the enamel, to the mucous membranes, cause canker sores or ulcers, in addition to the risk of swallowing that they entail. The presence of these false brackets can cause retractions in the gums, and even unwanted tooth movements”, remarks the President of the Council.
As Dr. Llansana highlights, all the cases that have come to Spain from Turkey are affected by “lack of work with instruments such as microscopes.”
- “I have observed that more standard processes were carried out and not the appropriate ones in these cases: planning the final volume of the restoration and then reducing just 0.2 or 0.3 millimeters of tooth or even discarding those cases that previously required complementary treatments, such as orthodontics”.
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The damages caused by these veneer treatments, which have not been carried out correctly, neither because of the time spent, nor because of the material used, are definitive.
Most patients will suffer periodontitisa chronic pathology of the gums and that manifests itself with red or inflamed gums, pain and bleeding and, in the worst cases, even loss of teeth.
One in three Spaniards suffers from periodontal disease.
A chronic pathology that affects more than eight million adults in our country. And two of them have severe periodontitis.
- 33% of adults have severe tooth loss.
- 11% is edentulous, that is, without teeth.
It is the sixth most frequent disease in the world (more than 750 million people live with this pathology) and has negative consequences on general health.
And although the goal is now to achieve a perfect smile, says Dr. Llansana, veneers are not always the best short-term solution. “Some patients who have a bad bite or severe crowding must previously wear orthodontics & rdquor ;.
Of course, they insist that not all dental clinics located in Turkey perform poor treatment.
- “The problem is in those clinics in which the person is treated as one more number and not as a single patient”, stresses the Castrowho also highlights that “having a healthy mouth is essential to enjoy good general health and an optimal quality of life”.