A woman has revealed how she spent more than $100,000 on her teeth after botched dental surgery in Turkey.
Kim Edwards, from Sydney, has had rhinoplasty in Sydney once before, but it didn’t go to plan. When she broke her nose, she decided to get it fixed overseas.
However, she figured that while she was out of the country she would also get a facelift and veneers – at a total cost of $30.00.
She decided to go to Turkey, researching clinics by checking reviews on Google Reviews, Real Self, Google Health and Trust Pilot.
She settled on a clinic that had a 4.9 star rating and only one bad rating.
“Rooster teeth” are a huge social media trend, especially with people from the UK flying in to have the procedure.
But due to taking various medications, not being able to understand the language and rushing to get back to the airport, she was not fully aware of how the procedure was carried out.
“I booked the veneers but it’s not what I came home with,” Ms Edwards told news.com.au.
“I came home with blocks of four teeth in a row that had joined together.”
Not long after she got home, a block of those teeth fell out, and when she tried to go to the surgeon and clinic, she was told she just didn’t clean them properly.
But she physically couldn’t because of the way they were put in her mouth. When she reached out again, she found that she had been blocked on all social media.
Her negative comment quickly disappeared wherever she posted it. mrs. Edwards knew there was nothing she could do about the Turkish dentistry, so she just had to bite the bullet and get it fixed.
Bridges kept falling; they were infected and close to necrosis and Mrs Edwards felt “embarrassed” by the whole situation.
She went to many Sydney dentists to get them fixed, but none of them were willing to touch another surgeon’s work.
Finally, she found the dental boutique. It took 12 hours to remove the bridges and a year for her gums to heal. During that time, she had to wear false teeth. After spending more than $80,000 on repairs over 18 months, Ms. Edwards finally has the veneers she wanted.
Dr Ben Hargreave, lead dentist at Dental Boutique Sydney, described Ms Edwards’ teeth as “butchered”, saying there would never be an operation in Australia where so much natural tooth structure was removed.
“We are seeing an alarming trend of Australians having extensive and unnecessary crown work done overseas. This often results in irreversible damage to healthy teeth and gums,” he said.
Now, Ms Edwards is warning others who may be considering going overseas to have cosmetic work done. She thought it would save her time and money, but it ended up being the complete opposite.
“It’s just a suspicious situation. Instagram is a scam, TikTok is a scam. Everything is filtered. They are all lies. I try to stop my friends and things from going through,” she said.
“If we can help other people save their health and money, then perfect.”
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