The All-on-6 in Turkey blog
Longer, practical answers about the two-trip journey: when to go, how to prepare your health, what happens between the visits and how to look after your teeth from home. Every article is reviewed by our implant surgeon.
Deciding on Turkey
All-on-6 at Precious Dental: how the two trips run
Our top pick, described plainly: how All-on-6 runs at Precious Dental in Antalya, what the package includes, the published prices and the records you take home.
Read the article →City or coast: where is recovery easiest?
Where a full-arch recovery stay is easiest in Turkey: Istanbul, Izmir or Antalya compared on airport transfers, traffic, climate, hotels and getting around.
Read the article →Helping a parent plan All-on-6 in Turkey
For adult children helping a parent plan All-on-6 in Turkey: checking the clinic, health and paperwork, the two trips and aftercare at home.
Read the article →Is All-on-6 in Turkey safe?
What GOV.UK, the NHS and the GDC say about dental treatment in Turkey, the real risks of All-on-6 abroad, and the steps that make it safer for UK patients.
Read the article →Is All-on-6 the same as “Turkey teeth”?
“Turkey teeth” stories are mostly about healthy teeth filed down for crowns. All-on-6 replaces failing or missing teeth on implants. Why it matters.
Read the article →Turkey, Hungary or Poland for All-on-6?
Turkey, Hungary and Poland compared for All-on-6 from the UK: flight times, the two-trip model, healthcare cover, regulation and aftercare at home.
Read the article →Planning the two trips
All-on-6 in Turkey, step by step
Every stage of All-on-6 in Turkey for a UK patient, from the first message and X-ray to the final teeth and the first check-up at home, with typical timings.
Read the article →Booking flights for both All-on-6 trips
When to book flights for each All-on-6 trip to Antalya, why the return of trip one and the whole of trip two need flexibility, and what to check before you pay.
Read the article →Entry requirements for UK patients travelling for treatment
Passport validity, visa-free stays, medical-purpose visas, medicines and money: what GOV.UK says UK patients need to know before each All-on-6 trip to Turkey.
Read the article →The first nights in the hotel after surgery
The first 72 hours after All-on-6 surgery in your Antalya hotel: swelling, sleeping propped up, ice, soft food, medicines, cleaning and what is not normal.
Read the article →How long between the two All-on-6 trips?
The gap between All-on-6 trips is usually three to six months. What sets it: upper or lower jaw, bone quality, grafts, your health and how healing goes.
Read the article →Planning around weddings, holidays and big dates
When will your All-on-6 teeth be final? How to time the two trips around a wedding, a big birthday, a holiday or Christmas, and what to do if a date is fixed.
Read the article →The months between the two trips, month by month
Life at home between the two All-on-6 trips: the first fortnight, food, cleaning the temporary bridge, check-ins with the clinic and preparing for trip two.
Read the article →Time off work for All-on-6 in Turkey
How much time off work All-on-6 in Turkey usually needs, for each trip and the recovery after, and what UK sick pay and holiday rules mean for you.
Read the article →Travelling alone, or with someone?
Travelling alone for All-on-6 in Turkey or taking a partner, friend or adult child: what a companion helps with and what solo patients should arrange.
Read the article →Health and fitness to travel
Airport assistance for older patients
Free special assistance at UK airports and on flights to Antalya: who can ask, how to book it 48 hours ahead, and what to request for the All-on-6 trips.
Read the article →Blood clots and the flight home after surgery
Why recent surgery, age over 60 and a four-hour flight all raise the risk of a blood clot (DVT), and what UK patients can do on the flight home from Turkey.
Read the article →Emergency help in Turkey during your trip
What to do if you feel unwell in Turkey during an All-on-6 trip: when to call the clinic, when to dial 112, contacting your insurer, hospitals and the FCDO.
Read the article →The GP letter and medical summary to take to Turkey
What to ask your GP for before All-on-6 in Turkey: a medical summary, an up-to-date medicines list, recent results and letters for controlled medicines.
Read the article →Health checks before full-arch surgery abroad
Health checks before full-arch implant surgery in Turkey: blood pressure, blood sugar, blood thinners, osteoporosis medicines and heart conditions.
Read the article →Stopping smoking before All-on-6
Why implant surgeons ask smokers to stop before All-on-6, how long before and after surgery, vaping and nicotine replacement, and free NHS help to quit.
Read the article →Your treatment plan
Approving your final teeth on the second trip
What to check before your final All-on-6 bridge is fixed in place on trip two: shade, shape, the gum line, your bite, speech, comfort and cleaning access.
Read the article →Both jaws together, or one jaw at a time?
Having All-on-6 on both jaws in the same trips or one jaw at a time: the effect on surgery day, recovery, eating, time off and the number of visits to Turkey.
Read the article →From dentures to fixed teeth: the trip for denture wearers
For denture wearers having All-on-6 in Turkey: what happens to your denture, bone checks, the first days with fixed teeth and how the trips differ for you.
Read the article →All-on-6 when you still have some of your own teeth
If you still have some natural teeth, how All-on-6 in Turkey handles them: which are removed, which might be kept, extractions on surgery day and healing.
Read the article →When a bone graft or sinus lift changes the plan
How a bone graft or sinus lift can change All-on-6 in Turkey: when the scan shows it, longer healing, delayed teeth and how many trips to plan for.
Read the article →When a third trip is needed
Why some All-on-6 patients need a third visit to Turkey: grafts, delayed teeth, a failed implant or bridge repairs. Who pays, and how to plan for it.
Read the article →When same-day teeth are not possible
Why a surgeon sometimes delays fixed temporary teeth after All-on-6 surgery, what you wear instead, and how delayed loading changes the trips to Turkey.
Read the article →After you get home
If you can't make the second trip on time
Illness, family or money can delay the second All-on-6 trip to Turkey. What happens to your temporary teeth, how long you can wait, and what to do now.
Read the article →Looking after All-on-6 when the clinic is abroad
All-on-6 needs lifelong care. How often to have check-ups and hygienist visits, what a maintenance visit involves, and whether to do it in the UK or in Turkey.
Read the article →Thinking about the trip?
Tell us where you're flying from and what you'd like done. A patient coordinator replies in plain English, and will say so honestly if travelling isn't the right step for you.