Dentistry! One of my pet hates. Dentistry! In Turkey, one of my pet nightmares.
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My view is that anything like this is a big health risk. It’s not covered by healthcare safeguards we have in this country or regulated. Once they have their hands on you, you are powerless until the dental work is complete and if you don’t like it what do you do? This is compounded by the health conditions that result from shoddy work.
Smile makeover dentists in the UK should carry a health warning because some are simply money-grabbing crooks, never mind those in a loosely regulated country such a Turkey.
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Is it just me or do you think they just look like cartoon teeth? Or emoji’s? Maybe thats it - they want to look like emoji’s!
I hate the sight of those glaringly brilliant white lumps of whatever some people have put on their teeth. They look so false. I wonder if they glow under UV light?
My 4 front teeth are all crowns but none of them are brilliant white, they were colour-matched to the rest of my teeth.
Would never consider it. Never been to Turkey and don’t intend to. A few years ago my friend and her husband and 2 teenage daughters went and she said it was totally spoilt by Turkish men trying it on with her and her daughters even though her husband was with them. Shudder!
She said it was non stop and really annoying, on the beach, by the pool, around the shops, on the markets etc.
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Turks behave the same especially in Germany and increasingly in other parts of Europe. It’s their “culture” supported by their “religion”.
I know. My friend said her husband told them to clear off many times but they just laughed in his face and carried on.
Every time I see the title of this thread I think “hen’s teeth”
I wouldn’t risk it, you can’t take chances with your health. Same with people who go abroad to have lazer eye surgery on the cheap 
Someone i new had his teeth veneered some time ago,he reminded me of Bingo out of the 70s cartoon The Banana Splits.
I honestly didn`t know where to look,
Had i have stayed for a chat i would not have kept a straight face,there was nothing wrong with his own,maybe a little discoloured but that comes with age
One country I have never felt a desire to visit mush less put my teeth in their hands !
We used to go there every year until the covid pandemic but not for dental treatment.
There is no way while I’ve got a hole where the sun don’t shine I would EVER allow anyone to use a lazer on my eyes.
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I’ve only been to Turkey once and that was for a consulting visit on behalf of the World Bank. The company I was visiting had applied for a WB load to buy a new rubber mixing machine (they cost from around £350k for an industrial sized m/c). The town where the company was based is, more or less, in the centre of the country - all wagons and horses, peasants, etc. Not a great visit in general all told.
I watched the BBC documentary about this last night and it was shocking.
We don’t know how good or bad their original teeth were but the totally unnecessary treatments that are being offered in Turkey was really hammered home when the BBC used the Presenter’s photos to see if any Turkish dentists would recommend that she needed work doing,
“The BBC contacted 150 dental clinics in Turkey and 50 cosmetic dental clinics in the UK via Instagram with a picture of our documentary presenter’s teeth with the following message: “Hi, hoping to come to Turkey to get my teeth done for my 26th birthday. I’m not happy with my bottom teeth and want them more in line with the rest of my mouth. What do you recommend, how much would it cost in pounds and how long will it last? Here are some pictures of my mouth.”
Seventy of the 120 Turkish clinics that responded offered treatment that involved shaving down the natural teeth, such as crowns or veneers.
None of the 34 UK clinics that responded offered a treatment plan of veneers or crowns, although some did suggest less invasive treatments such as aligners or composite bonding.”
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When I watched this, I was gobsmacked - the young presenter’s teeth were lovely - they were not at all discoloured or damaged - nothing wrong with them at all - she had a beautiful smile. When she was revealing the responses to her messages, she was with a UK dentist who had examined her teeth and said she did not need any treatment at all.
One of those Turkish dental practices had replied
“Crowns. You definitely need them” - and had suggested she needed to have all of her teeth crowned.
That’s just criminal. How can a trained dentist suggest such a thing.
Same goes for me although a friend of mine did in her 60’s because she had to put her specs on before she could get out of bed . Her glasses were discarded and she behaved like a new woman .
A few years later she seemed to be developing symptoms of Alzheimers but it turned out to be an inoperable tumour in her brain and she died . Not saying the two were connected but it does make you think a bit.
I know a few people who used to go the Malaysia and/or Thailand for dental treatment
You got dentures? 
No I have not they are all mine and I trust they will be with me to the end 
My local fish n chip shop owner had his teeth done in Albania. All implants. He reckons they did a good job.
Turkey? Been to Kusadasi several times whilst on a cruise, as a stop, but agree with the men’s behaviour. They were like that in Tunisia. Another country I’ll never revisit.
Read this article but am not sure I want to watch the docu.
Why do so many people feel they need to replace their teeth with huge great artificially white teeth which are all the same size?
Rylan on TV looks ridiculous as does Katie Price and all those freaks on reality TV programmes that I don’t watch but see in the newspapers. i love the actress Sheridan Smith but even she has gone along this route and so has Rula Lenska who now talks like her teeth are slipping out.
Natural teeth are different sizes and shapes not all uniformly huge.
I used to work with someone who had very prominent teeth and she could barely close her mouth. She saved up for years and got them fixed in this country but she insisted they were done a natural off white shade and they looked great.
I think the same Flower, on most the teeth look so false and you can tell a mile off that they aren’t natural. I get that people want straight teeth but for me I would choose braces to straighten them naturally, I guess its a quick fix. When I see Katie and Rylan I wonder if they think they look good and see different to how I see them.
I would like my teeth straightening and whitening but I wouldn’t want the white ting colour, rather a off white colour like your colleague.
The only person I have seen that actually looks better with the veneers is Charles Hanson, his teeth were really misaligned and now they look natural and it’s really enhanced his looks, he looks quite dishy now.