Dentures or implants... Home or Abroad?

Baldbloke · 21 Apr 2022 at 08:18

So, I could do with a set of dentures.
I live in the UK.
Been looking at the cost of full dentures going with the nhs. It'll cost me £282 (band 3).

Implants are an absolute no-no. cost wise, in the UK. I couldn't cough up for them here.

Nhs supplied dentures are fine. But what about better quality dentures? What about a trip abroad to get better quality dentures? Even implants perhaps.

Anyone have any experience of dental or medical care abroad? Happy stories? Tales of woe? Horror stories?

Princey · 21 Apr 2022 at 09:19

I just spent £32k for all-on-4 in both jaws here in the UK. I did consider going abroad but the risks are too great if something goes wrong and it very much can.

It would have been half in somewhere like Turkey.

Maccy · 21 Apr 2022 at 09:20

Princey said:
I just spent £32k for all-on-4 I’m both jaws here in the UK. I did consider going abroad but the risks are too great if something goes wrong and it very much can.

How much?!

Princey · 21 Apr 2022 at 09:22

Maccy said:
How much?!

£16k per arch is about the going rate. I did have an NHS denture for a short while but I’m too young to be putting teeth in a glass each night.

Baldbloke · 21 Apr 2022 at 10:42

Princey said:
£16k per arch is about the going rate. I did have an NHS denture for a short while but I’m too young to be putting teeth in a glass each night.

In that case, implants are most definitely out of my league. NHS dentures it is then. Unless I could combine a trip abroad and get a decent set of gnashers and a short holiday to boot.

Princey · 21 Apr 2022 at 10:47

Although I didn’t like taking the denture out of an evening, it was still comfortable and I could still eat absolutely anything with it. It was brilliant.

ron3003 · 21 Apr 2022 at 10:51

I love it when the wife takes hers out

SPG · 21 Apr 2022 at 10:57

That's Skegness for you right on the money

potatolord · 21 Apr 2022 at 11:26

Baldbloke said:
So, I could do with a set of dentures.
I live in the UK.
Been looking at the cost of full dentures going with the nhs. It'll cost me £282 (band 3).

Implants are an absolute no-no. cost wise, in the UK. I couldn't cough up for them here.

Nhs supplied dentures are fine. But what about better quality dentures? What about a trip abroad to get better quality dentures? Even implants perhaps.

Anyone have any experience of dental or medical care abroad? Happy stories? Tales of woe? Horror stories?

One thing to be aware if is that uk dentists are very reluctant to address any issues arising from out of country treatment. It's something to bear in mind if considering that route

Bear · 21 Apr 2022 at 11:34

SPG said:
That's Skegness for you right on the money

Are you talking about the comedian that was saying people that have no teeth go to Butlins :cry:

Kelt · 21 Apr 2022 at 11:36

potatolord said:
One thing to be aware if is that uk dentists are very reluctant to address any issues arising from out of country treatment. It's something to bear in mind if considering that route

Yeh, I remember having a casual chat with my dentist a couple of years ago about non-UK dental treatment and he said it's a given that most UK dentists won't even look at it if there's a problem, and will recommend they go back to their foreign dentist.

SPG · 21 Apr 2022 at 11:40

Bear said:
Are you talking about the comedian that was saying people that have no teeth go to Butlins

That used to be the case, but its bloody expensive now

UTmaniac · 21 Apr 2022 at 11:59

I've got an upper plate after eventually losing four concurrent teeth from centre to left following an accident just over eight years ago, the metal plate with a "flat donut" design I've had for a few years is far more comfortable than the old solid plastic plate.

dl8860 · 21 Apr 2022 at 12:44

Princey said:
£16k per arch is about the going rate. I did have an NHS denture for a short while but I’m too young to be putting teeth in a glass each night.

brb going to brush and floss

moon man · 21 Apr 2022 at 20:03

Big money ,I'm a teeth grinder (wear a mouth guard during sleep) so have broken a few but tend to go down the restorative route of crowns and bridges as decay isn't the underlying problem ,giving my water flosser an extra blast tonight

Puzzled · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:38

Princey said:
I just spent £32k for all-on-4 in both jaws here in the UK. I did consider going abroad but the risks are too great if something goes wrong and it very much can.

It would have been half in somewhere like Turkey.

£32k

How long did it take?

Google Turkey teeth shaving if you want nightmares.

Princey · 21 Apr 2022 at 22:52

It was 8 hours and done in a single day.

That was tooth removal, bone grafts and an upper jaw lift, then the implants and bridge fitting.

dod · 22 Apr 2022 at 08:16

Princey said:
It was 8 hours and done in a single day.

That was tooth removal, bone grafts and an upper jaw lift, then the implants and bridge fitting.

that's incredible.
I had implants done including bone grafts and the process took about a year. The grafts alone took about two months to settle before they put the implants into them.

m andrew · 22 Apr 2022 at 08:32

i know a few who have been to turkey and their teeth look fantastic.

VincentHanna · 22 Apr 2022 at 09:07

I could be talking complete rubbish here, but when I looked in to it your jaw/bone structure needed to be optimal for implants, and even then I thought they only had a 20 year shelf-life?