2026
// Orthodontics
Clear Aligners: A Practical Treatment Guide
Clear aligners are custom-made removable trays, worn 20 to 22 hours a day, that move teeth in small stages; at Mosdent treatment takes 6 to 24 months.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD
// Mosdent JournalFrom the Pens
From the Pens
of Our Doctors
Clinical experience, misunderstood concepts and frequently asked questions. Notes from many years of practice.
Read more →
// Orthodontics
Invisalign treatment: The Mosdent Process
Invisalign is a clear-aligner brand of Align Technology. At Mosdent, treatment starts with a digital scan and ClinCheck plan and takes 6 to 24 months.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD7 min
// Orthodontics
Clear Aligner Brands: Invisalign, Orthero or ClearCorrect?
No study shows Invisalign (Align Technology), Orthero (Istanbul) or ClearCorrect (Straumann) to be clinically superior; their aligner materials differ.
AA
Dr Ahmet Murat Artuç, PhD7 min
// Prosthetics
Zirconia Crowns
A zirconia crown is a metal-free crown milled from zirconium dioxide; five-year survival as a single crown was 96.8% in a 64-study meta-analysis.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval12 min
// Prosthetics
Emax Veneers Explained
Emax is a lithium disilicate glass-ceramic material, while a veneer is a technique. This compares millimetres of tooth removed and ten-year survival data.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval11 min
// Aesthetic
Composite Bonding
Composite bonding is tooth-coloured resin shaped on a tooth in one visit. Composite veneers pooled 88% survival over 24 to 97 months; chips can be repaired.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval13 min
// Prosthetics
PFM Crowns
PFM means porcelain fused to metal, also called a metal-ceramic crown; three systematic reviews report five-year single-crown survival of 94.7% to 97.1%.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval14 min
// Prosthetics
Temporary Crowns
Long-term temporaries followed for a median of 362 days recorded a 14.1% fracture rate and 18.1% decementation. Plus what to do if one comes off.
HK
Dr Hakan Kaval12 min
// Implants
Straumann Implants in Turkey: Specification and Evidence
Straumann implants are made in Switzerland. Ten-year Kaplan-Meier survival was 98.9% for titanium-zirconium and 95.8% for commercially pure titanium.
ÖŞ
Dr Ömer Faruk Şarkbay, PhD13 min