Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
Dental numbness usually wears off within two to three hours: a median 155 minutes for the lower lip. What to do about eating, smoking and children.
Same-day dental implants suit patients whose implant is firmly anchored when placed and who need no bone graft at that visit; torque decides it in surgery.
Most dental implants last 20 years or more; a 20-year meta-analysis found 93.0% survival. Smoking, gum disease and missed check-ups shorten it.
Counterfeit dental devices are seized by the crateload; published cases of fixtures reaching patients are another matter. Here is how to verify yours.
Under EU device law the implant passport is an obligation with standardised fields. What it must contain, how to check it, and what to do without one.
Clinics say lifetime warranty, but manufacturers' terms promise component replacement, claimed by the dentist, within a deadline. What to get in writing.
How to read an all-inclusive dental quote from Turkey: what the package covers, which items are often excluded, and why trip count is part of the price.
Who maintains an implant placed abroad, what a local dentist can do without your records, and when it is safe to fly. Who does what, and when.
Straumann, Neodent, Medentika and Anthogyr share one parent company but sit in different price segments, by the group's own description. What "Straumann Group implant" on a quote does and does not tell you, built from the group's own publications and peer-reviewed data.
