Dental Implants in Turkey

What is a dental implant?

A dental implant is a small titanium post placed in the jawbone to replace the root of a missing tooth; once it has fused with the bone, an abutment and a crown are fitted on top, and the result looks, feels and chews like a natural tooth. It has three parts — implant, abutment and crown — and at TUA Dental the complete tooth costs £375.

Implants are the standard way to replace a missing tooth because they work like the tooth did. The neighbouring teeth are left untouched, the bone around the implant stays in use instead of slowly shrinking under a gap or a denture, and the crown is cleaned like any other tooth. Titanium has been used for implants for decades because bone bonds to it; the crown on top is monolithic zirconia, made in our own CAD/CAM lab to match the shade of your other teeth.

Dental implant or bridge?

A bridge replaces a missing tooth by crowning the two teeth next to it and hanging a false tooth between them; an implant replaces the tooth on its own root and leaves the neighbours alone. At TUA Dental an implant with its crown costs £375 and a three-unit zirconia bridge £435 (three crowns at £145 each), so for one missing tooth the implant is both the better and the less expensive option.

A bridge is still the right answer in some mouths: when the neighbouring teeth are heavily filled or need crowns anyway, when there is too little bone and you would rather not have a graft, or when you can only travel once. Your dentist shows you both options in your free treatment plan, with the price of each, and the choice is yours.

Who is a dental implant for?

Anyone who has lost one tooth, several teeth or all of them is a candidate for implants, provided the gums are healthy and there is enough bone — and bone can be built up where it is missing. Age is not the limit; gum health and bone are, and your dentist checks both from your 3D CT scan before you travel.

• One missing tooth. One implant and one crown, £375; the teeth on either side are not touched.
• A front tooth. The most common single-implant case, and the one where shade and gum line matter most. Your dentist plans the crown to disappear among its neighbours, and a provisional tooth can be fitted for the healing months if you wish.
• Several missing teeth. One implant per tooth, or two implants carrying three teeth; your plan shows which, and why.
• All the teeth in a jaw. Four or six implants carrying 12 fixed zirconia crowns — All-on-4 and All-on-6, on their own page.
• Little bone. Bone grafting or a sinus lift makes an implant possible where it was not; see below.

Implant brands we use

We place implants from eleven manufacturers — Straumann, Nobel Biocare, Dentsply Sirona, Neodent, Medentika, Osstem, MegaGen, Dentium, Nucleoss, Bilimplant and Implance — and every implant comes with its own implant passport. These are the same brands UK dentists place, which matters for the rest of your life: parts and know-how for them are available everywhere.

The brand is chosen with you when your plan is made. Your implant passport records the manufacturer, the exact model and size, the position in your mouth and the date, so that any dentist, anywhere, can see what was placed and look after it. We keep a copy in your file in Kuşadası, and you keep one at home.

How the treatment works, step by step

A dental implant at TUA Dental takes two visits of three and six days, with two to three months of healing at home in between. Everything starts before you travel, with six photos of your teeth and your free treatment plan.

1. Before you travel: photos and plan. You send six photos of your teeth on WhatsApp — and an X-ray or a quote from your own dentist if you have one. One of our five dentists prepares your free treatment plan with every item priced, and your coordinator talks it through with you. Nothing is booked until you say so.
2. Day 1 in Kuşadası: examination, 3D scan and the implant. Your dentist examines you, takes a 3D CT scan and a digital 3D impression (no putty), confirms the plan and the implant brand with you and answers your questions. The implant is then placed the same day, under local anaesthetic, in 10–30 minutes. A healing cap closes the site, or a provisional tooth is fitted if you have chosen one — at the back as well as the front. You receive your implant passport.
3. Day 2: check. Your dentist checks the site.
4. Day 3: final check, then home. Your dentist checks the site again and gives you your instructions, and you fly home. A bone graft keeps the first visit at three days; with a sinus lift it takes five, and you fly two to three days after the procedure, once your dentist has checked the site.
5. At home: 2 to 3 months of healing. The implant fuses with the bone (three to six months with a graft or sinus lift). You eat and live normally, your coordinator stays in touch, and your dentist checks your healing from the photos you send.
6. Second visit, day 1: impression. The abutment is fitted and a digital impression taken for your crown.
7. Days 2 to 4: your crown is made and tried in. Designed and milled in our own CAD/CAM lab, your zirconia crown is tried in for shade, shape and bite before anything is final.
8. Day 5: fitting. Your crown is fitted once you have approved it.
9. Day 6: final check. We check that you are happy with your new tooth, you receive your aftercare plan and your guarantee, and you fly home with a complete tooth.

Two visits: 3 days + 6 days

The implant visit takes three days (up to five) and the crown visit six days (up to eight), two to three months apart. Hotel and VIP transfer are included on both visits, and your coordinator plans both around direct flights to Izmir.

If you are having several implants, they are placed on the same first visit and crowned on the same second visit — more teeth do not mean more trips. If a bone graft or sinus lift is needed, the healing period is three to six months instead of two to three; a bone graft keeps the first visit at three days, a sinus lift makes it five. Your plan shows the exact dates once your flights are booked.

Prices: dental implants in Turkey

A dental implant at TUA Dental costs £230, or £375 with a zirconia crown; consultation, 3D CT scan, treatment plan, hotel and VIP transfer are included. Bone grafting is from £130 per cc and a sinus lift from £210 per side, only if your 3D scan shows you need it.

No hidden costs: the price in your treatment plan is the price you pay.

Flights are not included; we tell you which airports fly direct to Izmir and plan your dates around them, free of charge. Every price we charge is on our full price list, and our implant cost page compares these prices with what the same treatment costs in the UK. Patients from Ireland: the same treatment is priced in euro on our Ireland page.

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Bone grafting and sinus lift: when are they needed?

Bone grafting is needed when the jaw has lost too much bone to hold an implant securely; a sinus lift is the upper-jaw version, where the floor of the sinus sits close to the place the implant will go. At TUA Dental bone grafting costs from £130 per cc and a sinus lift from £210 per side, and your dentist decides from your 3D CT scan whether you need either — before you book, not in the chair. Each has its own page: bone grafting and sinus lift.

Bone loss is normal after a tooth has been missing for a while or under a denture, and it rules out very few patients: the bone is rebuilt with grafting material, usually in the same session as the implant, and after three to six months of healing it carries the implant like any other. If grafting is part of your plan, you fly home two to three days after it, once your dentist has checked the site, and the timing of your implant is planned by your dentist and written into your plan. For a whole jaw with little bone, All-on-4 and All-on-6 place the implants where the bone is strongest and often avoid grafting altogether.

Guarantee and aftercare

Your implant carries a lifetime guarantee and your zirconia crown a five-year guarantee, and you go home with your implant passport, your 3D scan and a treatment report. Aftercare continues after you fly: your coordinator stays your contact, and your dentist reviews photos whenever you have a question.

With your passport and records, any dentist in the UK or Ireland can see exactly what was placed and look after your routine check-ups and cleaning. If something feels wrong, you send a photo first and our dentist tells you what to do. Our guide to Turkey teeth gone wrong explains how to check a clinic's aftercare before you book — and what good aftercare looks like.

How long implants last, with the figures from long-term studies, is set out in how long do dental implants last?

After surgery: what to expect

Most patients describe the days after an implant as easier than they expected: some tenderness for two or three days, managed with the medication your dentist gives you, and soft food for the first few days. You fly home on day three, after your final check, and are back to your routine within days.

The implant itself is not what you feel once the anaesthetic has worn off; it is the gum healing around it, and it settles within days. Brush your other teeth as usual, keep the implant site clean with the rinse you are given, and avoid chewing on that side for a few days. Your dentist checks the site before you fly, your coordinator checks in with you at home, and if anything feels unusual you send a photo and get an answer from your dentist.

Real results

Before-and-after photos of our implant patients are in our gallery and in dental implants before and after, every one taken in our clinic. Three of them are below.

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Last updated: November 7, 2026