What's included in a Turkey dental package

The four standard components — treatment, stay, transfers, warranty

Across the mainstream Turkish dental-tourism market, a package is defined by four components: the clinical treatment with stated material and brand, hotel accommodation for the required treatment days, return airport transfers, and a written warranty document with defined conditions. The four-component model is the baseline against which any clinic's package can be assessed for completeness; absence of any single component places the offer outside the industry-standard structure and warrants a written explanation before booking.¹

Tier pricing — what changes between a £1,200 and a £4,000 package

Price tier is driven by treatment volume (number of veneers or crowns), material grade (composite vs feldspathic porcelain vs lithium disilicate vs monolithic zirconia), accommodation tier (3-star vs 4-star vs boutique), and warranty length (3 years at the entry tier vs 5 years at the standard tier vs 10 years at the premium tier). A £1,200 package typically covers a small composite case in standard accommodation with a 3-year warranty; a £4,000 package typically covers a 16-unit lithium disilicate case in 4-star accommodation with a 5-year warranty and a documented UK aftercare pathway.

What every transparent package should include

• In-clinic consultation and intra-oral scan.
• Diagnostic photographs and panoramic radiograph where indicated.
• Digital wax-up and silicone reduction guide.
• Ceramic fabrication in the partner laboratory, with stated material and brand.
• Temporary restorations between preparation and final fitting.
• Final restorations and certificate of authenticity for the ceramic.
• Hotel accommodation for the treatment stay (typically 5–7 nights for veneers/crowns; 5 + 5 nights split across two visits for implants).
• Return airport transfer from Bodrum (BJV).
• Post-treatment follow-up schedule (7-day phone, 6-week remote, 6-month interval).
• Written warranty document on cosmetic work.

What is commonly excluded (and how to confirm before booking)

• International flights from the UK to Bodrum or Istanbul.
• Travel insurance with dental-complications cover (recommended; ABTA guidance applies for medical-tourism cover).
• Treatment of pre-existing pathology identified at consultation (root canals, extractions, bone grafting, sinus lift) — quoted separately.
• Replacement of restorations outside the stated warranty conditions.
• Optional upgrades: in-clinic whitening pre-veneer, gum contouring, periodontal therapy outside the agreed plan.
• Excursions, additional hotel nights for non-clinical reasons, companion travel.

The single most useful question before booking: "Please send me the line-by-line inclusion and exclusion list in writing." A clinic that declines, or that returns a list shorter than the one above, has not provided enough to be safely vetted.

Five-year guarantee — what voids it

Across the Turkish dental-tourism market, a 5-year guarantee on cosmetic work is the standard offer for porcelain veneers and crowns. Common voiding clauses include: failure to attend the recommended 6-monthly hygiene appointments with a UK-registered dentist; untreated bruxism without a prescribed splint; trauma to the dentition (sports injury, road-traffic accident, fall); use of teeth as tools (opening packaging, biting nails, ice). Vista's 5-year guarantee on cosmetic work specifies these clauses explicitly so the boundary is clear before treatment begins.³

Aftercare obligations and the GDC continuity principle

The General Dental Council's Standards for the Dental Team establishes the continuity-of-care expectation for UK-registered dentists.² A UK dentist must treat any patient who presents in pain, irrespective of where the original work was performed. Routine warranty work and remote review remain the Turkey clinic's responsibility. The GDC framework therefore creates a two-layer aftercare structure: emergency and routine in the UK, warranty and refabrication in Turkey. A package that does not pre-arrange a UK aftercare layer leaves the patient to assemble the structure ad hoc when a problem arises. The detail of how that bridge operates is set out in UK aftercare for Turkey teeth.

Day-by-day clinical and free time

• Day 1 — arrival and consultation. Bodrum (BJV) airport transfer to the partner hotel in Didim (approximately 1 hour). Same-day consultation: intra-oral scan, diagnostic photographs, treatment-plan confirmation, shade-selection brief.
• Day 2 — preparation. Veneer preparation under the silicone reduction guide; immediate dentin sealing where indicated; provisional restorations placed; bite registration. Free time from late afternoon.
• Day 3 — recovery and free time. No clinical appointment. Time for the soft tissue to settle and the laboratory to fabricate the final restorations.
• Day 4 — temporary check. Brief 30-minute appointment to confirm the provisional fit and to share the trial-smile mock-up of the planned final shape and shade. Patient signs off before lab fabrication is finalised.
• Day 5 — fitting and departure brief. Final cementation; occlusal adjustment; polishing; three-light shade verification; aftercare brief; warranty document signed and provided. Return transfer to Bodrum (BJV).

Bodrum airport transfer and Didim accommodation

Bodrum airport (BJV) is approximately 1 hour by road from Didim (Altinkum). Vista's standard transfer is a private return service in an air-conditioned vehicle, included in the package. Accommodation is in a 4-star partner hotel a short walk from the clinic; alternative tier hotels are available on request and quoted separately.

Missing lab disclosure and warranty paperwork

A package that does not name the ceramic brand (e.g., IPS e.max, Zirkonzahn Prettau, GC Initial) and does not provide the certificate of authenticity is hiding a material variable that affects both clinical outcome and warranty enforceability. Comparable concern applies to verbal-only warranties: an unwritten warranty is unenforceable in practice and should be treated as no warranty. The British Dental Association's published position on dental tourism advises UK patients to obtain the warranty in writing before treatment begins.

"Package on request" vs published inclusions

"Contact us for package details" — without a published inclusion list — concentrates information asymmetry on the patient. A clinic confident in its offer publishes inclusions and exclusions in writing on its public-facing pages. Refusal to publish, or insistence that the patient enter contact details before receiving the inclusion list, is a marketing-funnel design rather than a clinical-transparency posture. The full red-flag list is set out in the cluster article on hidden costs of dental tourism.

Veneer and crown packages

• Porcelain veneer (feldspathic) — from £180 per unit.
• Lithium disilicate veneer (e.max) — from £225 per unit.
• Monolithic zirconia crown — from £120 per unit.
• 10-unit upper-arch porcelain set — from £1,800 (package including accommodation and Bodrum transfer).
• 16-unit upper-arch lithium disilicate set — from £3,600.

Hollywood smile and full-mouth packages

• Hollywood Smile package (16 upper veneers) — from £2,400.
• 20-unit full-smile lithium disilicate set — from £4,500.
• 24-unit full smile-zone coverage — from £5,400–£6,200 depending on shade and translucency specification.
• Single dental implant — from £450.
• All-on-4 per arch — from £3,500; All-on-6 per arch — from £4,200.
• Professional whitening — from £100.

All prices are GBP-stable, quoted in writing on the treatment plan before any deposit is taken. The full breakdown by treatment with the live cost calculator is in Turkey teeth cost in 2026.⁵

The UK aftercare partner-clinic pathway

Vista operates a UK aftercare partner-clinic network covering the major regions. Patients receive a written introduction to the nearest partner clinic at the end of treatment. The partner clinic handles routine post-treatment checks (typically a single in-person review at 3 months), responds first when a complication arises, and refers the case back to Vista when the warranty pathway is the appropriate response. The partner-clinic introduction is included in every Vista package; the cost of any in-person UK appointment beyond the included introduction sits with the patient under the partner clinic's standard private fees.

When to involve your UK-registered dentist

For routine 6-monthly hygiene appointments, a UK-registered dentist or hygienist remains the appropriate provider; this is part of the warranty obligations. For pain or acute symptoms, the GDC framework places the duty of care on any UK-registered dentist the patient consults². For warranty matters and refabrication, Vista is the responsible provider; the UK partner clinic coordinates the response. The two-layer structure is the practical implementation of the continuity-of-care principle for international-treatment cases.