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MosdentISTANBUL 1992
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From the Pens
of Our Doctors

Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.

Counterfeit Dental Implants:
2026
// Implants

Counterfeit Dental Implants: What Is Documented, and How to Verify Yours

Counterfeit dental devices are real and seized by the crateload; published cases of counterfeit implant fixtures reaching patients are another matter, and the difference is worth stating precisely. What enforcement data and laboratory studies actually document, why counterfeit, clone and grey-market are three different problems, and the verification chain that answers the question for your own implant, in any clinic, in any country.

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Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD
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Dental Implant Warranties Across Borders:
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Dental Implant Warranties Across Borders: What Actually Travels With You

Every clinic page says lifetime warranty. The manufacturers' own terms say something narrower: replacement of the component, claimed by the dentist, within a deadline, on conditions that travel poorly. What six implant manufacturers' published warranty documents actually promise, what none of them covers, and the three things to get in writing before treatment abroad.

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Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD
13 min
Implant Aftercare After You Fly Home:
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Implant Aftercare After You Fly Home: Who Does What, and When

The recovery guides cover the first weeks. The unanswered question is the years after: who maintains an implant placed abroad, what a local dentist can and cannot do without your records, when it is safe to fly, and whether spare parts for your system exist in your country. A working division of labour between you, your home dentist and the placing clinic, with the evidence behind each interval.

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Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD
13 min