At LD Klinik an Osstem implant with abutment is £390 (€450 / $520), and the crown that goes on top is £165 in zirconium or £210 in E.max. A single missing tooth fully restored is therefore £555 to £600 where the site needs no other work. Where preparation is required, a simple extraction is £50, a surgical extraction £390, bone grafting £390 per cc, a closed sinus lift £225 and an open sinus lift £390. Full-arch All-on-4 and All-on-6 cases are quoted separately because they involve a prosthesis that is not a simple multiple of these items.

Two trips to Antalya of five to seven days each, separated by three to six months of healing at home. The first trip covers examination, CBCT scan, any extractions or grafting, implant placement and a temporary. The healing period allows the implant to fuse with bone — roughly three to four months in the lower jaw and four to six in the upper, longer where grafting or sinus work was carried out. The second trip is where the definitive crown or bridge is made, tried in and fitted. Total time in Turkey is usually ten to fourteen days across both visits.

No, and this is the most important thing to understand before comparing clinics. A fixed temporary bridge placed at the same appointment as surgery is a genuine, well-established technique and we use it where implant stability allows. But the final prosthesis is fitted months later, after the implants have integrated and after the gums have finished settling into their permanent shape. Fitting final ceramics before the gums settle produces work that does not match the gum line six months later. Any clinic promising permanent final teeth within a single week is describing a temporary.

No. For a single visible gap you leave with a temporary crown or a small removable tooth. For several gaps, a temporary bridge or a well-fitted partial. For a full arch, a fixed temporary bridge is placed during the first trip where implant stability at placement allows it. All of them look like teeth. The restriction is chewing — temporaries are not built for heavy loading, and you will be told which side to favour.

Only a CBCT 3D scan can answer that. When a tooth is lost the bone that held it gradually resorbs, so the longer a gap has been there, the more likely it is that the site needs rebuilding before an implant can be placed. Grafting is £390 per cc and is sometimes done at the same appointment as the implant, sometimes months earlier if it needs to heal first. This is the most common reason a remote estimate turns out to be incomplete — ask any clinic to confirm in writing that they will tell you the revised price and let you decide before beginning.

The surgery itself is carried out under local anaesthetic and is not painful at the time. Afterwards, expect swelling and soreness peaking around day two or three and then settling, with more discomfort where extractions, grafting or sinus work were involved. It is managed with standard painkillers and antibiotics where indicated. Sedation is available at £390 per hour and is agreed in advance as part of your written quotation if anxiety is a factor.

Four or six, not one per tooth. All-on-4 uses four implants with the rear two angled to make use of denser bone at the front of the jaw, which often avoids the need for grafting. All-on-6 uses six for better load distribution and more margin if one implant ever fails, but it requires more available bone and costs more. Which suits you is determined by bone volume and your bite, assessed from a CBCT scan. A clinic recommending the same configuration to every patient is not reading the scan.

The implant itself, once integrated, can last decades and frequently lasts for life. The crown or bridge on top is a separate component with a shorter lifespan, typically ten to fifteen years, and is replaceable without disturbing the implant. What ends an implant early is peri-implantitis — infection of the gum and bone around it, driven by the same processes as gum disease — which is largely preventable with daily cleaning and six-monthly professional check-ups. LD Klinik provides a 5-year written guarantee on implants and prosthetics with stated exclusions.

Not immediately. Most patients are cleared to fly two to three days after implant placement, and your clinician will tell you exactly when based on what was done — sinus work in particular requires more caution because of cabin pressure changes. This is why we recommend booking flexible return flights rather than a fixed cheap return on day five. Crown and veneer work carries no flying restriction, but surgical work does.

It is possible but the risks are genuinely higher — smoking measurably reduces implant success rates and slows healing, particularly in the first weeks after placement. Be honest with your clinician about it, because the plan and the aftercare change accordingly. Any clinic that does not raise smoking with an implant patient is not managing the case properly. Stopping, even temporarily around the surgical period, meaningfully improves the odds.

The abutment is the connector that joins the implant, which sits in the bone, to the crown above the gum. At LD Klinik it is included in the £390 implant price. This is worth checking with any clinic you compare, because abutments are sometimes priced separately, which makes a headline implant price look lower than it is. Ask specifically: "Does your implant price include the abutment, and what does the crown cost on top?"

For a single gap with healthy neighbouring teeth, usually yes. A conventional bridge requires crowning the tooth on each side to carry a false tooth between them — three units of ceramic, £495 in zirconium, and two healthy teeth permanently reduced. An implant costs roughly the same at £555 and touches neither neighbour. An implant also loads the jawbone, slowing the bone resorption that follows tooth loss, which a bridge does not. Where the neighbouring teeth already need crowns for their own reasons, a bridge becomes the more sensible choice.