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Guides, comparisons and honest answers about treatment in Istanbul — written by the clinicians who do the work.

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Living with the All-on-4 temporary bridge: three months

You leave the clinic the same day with a fixed provisional bridge screwed onto the implants — never toothless, but living with a working prototype for three months.

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All-on-4 or dentures? The difference in speech and taste

An upper denture covers the palate, and the palate carries much of how food tastes and feels. An All-on-4 bridge is a horseshoe that leaves it open.

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All-on-4 upper versus lower jaw: why they are not equal

The lower jaw is denser than the upper, and that single fact drives almost every difference — stability on day one, healing time and how often we load immediately.

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What All-on-4 really costs over ten years, not day one

An arch starts at €2,900 including the fixed provisional bridge — but the honest comparison is ten years of maintenance, not the number you pay on day one.

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Why some zirconium crowns look flat and others look alive

Translucency, not the brand name on the block, decides whether a crown reads as a tooth or as a tile — and the stump underneath changes the answer.

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The crown margin: why a good crown shows a line years later

The line at the neck of a crown usually appears because the gum moved, not because the crown failed — and where the margin was placed decides how visible it becomes.

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Sensitivity after a crown: how long is normal, when is it not

Cold sensitivity for two to four weeks after a crown is expected and settles on its own; pain that wakes you at night or lingers after the cold is gone does not.

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Matching one crown to the teeth beside it: the hardest job

A single front crown is the most demanding restoration in dentistry, because the eye compares it with the tooth two millimetres away rather than with a memory.

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The smile midline: the millimetres that decide if it looks right

A midline shifted sideways is usually invisible to everyone but the dentist; a midline that is tilted is spotted immediately, even by people who cannot say why.

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The trial smile: what to check before you approve the design

The mock-up is the only stage where changes are free and reversible — so check it standing, in daylight, and while you are talking rather than posing.

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Choosing a tooth shade that still looks right in daylight

Shades are chosen under daylight beside a window, never under the operating lamp — the same ceramic can look correct in the chair and artificial on the street.

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How many teeth should a smile makeover actually include?

The number is set by how many teeth are visible when you smile fully, not by a package — for most faces that is eight to ten upper units rather than twenty.

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