AVOID THIS DENTIST

AVOID THIS DENTIST! I wish someone had warned me. I was visiting my niece in Ankara for a few weeks and decided to give this place a try as it was so much cheaper than in the US. You get what you pay for! I needed just one crown done but they talked me into replacing 3 more….because might as well since I was there right? Wrong! Food now constantly gets stuck between my teeth because the crowns were made too small leaving a gap that traps food. One crown fell off about 6 months later. My local dentist told me that the crown was not fitted correctly and that’s why it fell off. He put it back on for me but gave no warranty it would last and eventually will have to be redone properly. Another one of my crowns was fused to an adjacent tooth. As I couldn’t floss between those teeth I noticed it before I left Turkey and brought it up to the dentist. She attempted to separate the two teeth but was unable to do so. She said I didn’t need to worry about flossing between those two teeth. When my local dentist saw it, he said to leave the teeth like that would not meet the standard of care in the US and I absolutely needs to floss. Unfortunately now I’m supposed to thread a plastic needle with floss and poke it under those teeth and floss from the bottom up. It is difficult spot to reach and I find it very painful so I really don’t do it that often which I’m sure will cause more problems for me in the future. I also had veneers put on my front upper teeth. One chipped off in less than a year. My dentist told me the one next to it looks like it will also likely break as the veneers were not properly placed. My dentist also told me the veneers on my front two teeth weren’t put on correctly so that is why I feel a ridge/gap on the underside of my front teeth. He is using bonding on the underside in an attempt to make the veneers last longer. Dental Estedik will only fix the issues if I return to Turkey so they can do it themselves. Even if it wasn’t cost prohibitive, I would never go back there. They talked me into unnecessary work that ruined the good crowns I had, fused teeth together, and put on veneers that need help to last over a year! I thought I was going to come back and tell everyone how smart I was to get dental work abroad where it is so much cheaper. Instead, it is humiliating to discuss all the problems I have now with my dentist so that I could save a little money. Of course it’s cheaper. They can do shoddy work and don’t have to fix anything.