Guides
Plain-English answers to the questions UK patients ask us about choosing a dentist in Türkiye.
Choose a dentist, not a clinic
Why the person who treats you matters more than the brand on the door.
Read the guide →Finding a dentist on HealthTürkiye
A walk-through of the Ministry’s health-professionals register, and what each field means.
Read the guide →What “Uzm. Dt.” means
The specialist title, the national DUS exam and what specialist training involves.
Read the guide →What “Dr. Dt.” tells you
Doctorates in Turkish dentistry: what a PhD shows, and what it does not.
Read the guide →A professor, or a busy practising dentist?
Academic rank versus day-to-day experience: how to weigh them for your treatment.
Read the guide →Who places implants in Turkey?
Surgeon, periodontist, prosthodontist or general dentist: who does the surgery, and why it matters.
Read the guide →Two dentists for one implant plan
Why the surgery and the teeth are often done by different people, and how to check both.
Read the guide →Do you need a prosthodontist?
What a prosthodontist does, and the UK patients who benefit most from seeing one.
Read the guide →Gum disease? See a periodontist first
Why untreated gum disease threatens new implants and veneers, and who should treat it.
Read the guide →When you need an oral surgeon
Bone grafts, sinus lifts, impacted teeth: when a specialist surgeon should be involved.
Read the guide →Adult braces and aligners in Turkey
The time problem with orthodontics abroad, and why the specialist title matters here.
Read the guide →Root canal: specialist or general dentist?
When an endodontist can save a tooth someone else would remove.
Read the guide →Who should do your veneers?
Restorative dentist, prosthodontist or general dentist: what each brings to veneers.
Read the guide →“Cosmetic dentist” is not a title
How to judge a Turkish dentist who sells smile makeovers when the label proves nothing.
Read the guide →Reading patient reviews without being misled
Stars, dates, names, photos and replies: how to get real information from reviews.
Read the guide →Questions to ask on a video call with your dentist
Ten minutes with the dentist, not the coordinator, before you book.
Read the guide →Who are you talking to on WhatsApp?
Patient coordinators, sales teams and dentists: who decides your treatment plan.
Read the guide →Red flags in a dentist’s web profile
Missing schools, borrowed titles, stock photos: what to notice on a clinic’s team page.
Read the guide →How many implants has your dentist placed?
How to ask about experience without being fobbed off, and what the answers mean.
Read the guide →Does your dentist speak English?
Translators, consent, and making sure you understand what is being done to you.
Read the guide →Will the same dentist see you on trip two?
Continuity of care for two-trip implant treatment, and how to protect it.
Read the guide →Choosing a dentist for All-on-4 or All-on-6
The experience, team and planning to look for before full-arch implant surgery.
Read the guide →Choosing a dentist for a smile makeover
Sixteen or twenty teeth at once: the planning and restraint a good dentist shows.
Read the guide →Istanbul or Antalya for your dentist?
The two cities UK patients compare most, judged on dentists, travel and second trips.
Read the guide →Izmir: university-trained dentists
Why Izmir has so many academically trained dentists, and the practical catch for UK patients.
Read the guide →Dentists in Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kuşadası
Treatment where you holiday: the advantages, and the winter problem.
Read the guide →Planning a winter dental trip
Which cities and clinics work for a second trip between November and March.
Read the guide →Finding a UK dentist after treatment in Turkey
Who will look after your implants and crowns at home, and what to bring them.
Read the guide →Getting a UK second opinion on a Turkish plan
How to ask, what to send, and how to weigh two different answers.
Read the guide →Who regulates dentists in Turkey and the UK?
The GDC, the Ministry of Health and the Turkish Dental Association, explained.
Read the guide →Meet our top pick: Dt. Hüseyin Yavuz Özbek
Who he is, what he does, and why we put him first. From the publisher.
Read the guide →How we built this ranking
Where the dentists came from, what we checked and what we chose not to do.
Read the guide →Choosing a dentist when you are 60 or over
Medicines, health conditions, longer appointments and recovery: what to raise with any dentist.
Read the guide →Want our top pick to look at your case?
Send an X-ray or a few photos to Precious Dental in Antalya. Dt. Hüseyin Yavuz Özbek, our implant surgeon, or one of his colleagues will reply with a written plan and price. No obligation, and you are free to compare it with any dentist in this guide.