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 using porcelain sheets)
- crowns (dentures).
But, as the president of the , Dr. Oscar Castrocheap ends up being expensive (and more so 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 follow social networks the most. We are seeing that many are affected in the United Kingdom, and we hope that this practice does not spread to Spain.”
And it is that a poorly done treatment can have irreversible consequences for the health of our mouth, such as:
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“Dental nerve damage,
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Pain,
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Infection,
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abscesses,
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Pulpitis
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And even the loss of the tooth.”
For this reason, the specialist explains, “before undergoing any intervention it is very important that the dentist carry out a diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan, explain to us in detail what it consists of and follow-up to verify 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
He doctor Ferran Llansana It has already treated six Spanish patients, between 30 and 35 years old, who had traveled to Turkey to undergo aesthetic dental treatments and who found that the results were not as expected.
Before undergoing any intervention, it is very important that the dentist make a diagnosis and a personalized treatment plan.
“Currently, we have just treated a patient because a crown fell off and he presented an acute apical lesion in two teeth that required a root canal treatment, in addition to a complex occlusal adjustment and the rehabilitation of the 20 restorations,” says the dentist, a specialist in dental aesthetics.
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“The main reason for the failure of these treatments is the lack of exhaustive planning. A good planning allows to obtain the best aesthetic result with the least carving of the tooth”.
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They also put our health at risk. “Because the brackets are designed to be used by the dentist, and must be placed in specific places on the crown of the tooth, and be monitored periodically.”
“All these homemade recommendations can cause damage to the enamel, 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 gum retractions, and even unwanted tooth movements”, remarked the president of the Council.
As Dr. Llansana points out, all the cases that have arrived in Spain from Turkey are affected by “lack of work with instruments such as microscopes.”
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“I have observed that more standard processes were carried out and not appropriate in these cases: planning the final volume of the restoration and then reducing just 0.2 or 0.3 millimeters of the tooth or even discarding those cases that previously required complementary treatments, How can orthodontics be?
The damage caused by these veneer treatments, which have not been carried out correctly, neither due to the time spent, nor 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 case, even loss of teeth.
One in three Spaniards suffers some 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% are 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 aim 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.”
Of course, they insist that not all dental clinics located in Turkey perform poor treatments.
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“The problem is in those clinics in which the person is treated as one more number and not as a single patient”, underlines the doctor castrowho also points out that “having a healthy mouth is basic to enjoying good general health and optimal quality of life”.