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Her Dream Smile Turned Into a Nightmare — Mum’s Face Collapses After Turkey Teeth
After receiving poorly placed dental implants in Turkey, a mother said that her face fell apart and that she was in the “worst pain of her life”. Leanne Abeyance travelled to Turkey to have implants placed in place of her 13-year-old veneers.
According to the 40-year-old, the dentist suggested bone grafts, eight implants on top, and seven on the bottom, along with a sinus lift. Before returning home to the UK, DJ Leanne had her teeth extracted, screws removed, and implants placed.
Her temporary teeth were placed two days later. Five months later, she was scheduled to return to Turkey for the fitting of her permanent teeth. However, Leanne said that she began to have severe headaches and sinusitis weeks after the screws were installed.
Leanne claims that when her face began to change shape, she became alarmed and hurried to A&E, where she was given antibiotics and informed that there was nothing else doctors could do. A private dentist’s scan showed that her nose was punctured by two implants.
“I’m in the worst pain of my life and I’m in and out of A&E,” said Leanne, of Telford, Shropshire. “I can’t even touch my face. It feels like broken glass being smashed in my face and smeared around. I’ve been in a flood of tears.”
“My face has collapsed. I’ll never have a nice smile. At the minute, I don’t have any teeth in, just screws sticking out. The pain is worse than childbirth.”
Since the same treatment in the UK would have cost her £40,000, Leanne had decided to travel overseas. Leanne only paid £3,000 for the £8,000 treatment in Turkey; the remaining balance was due after her new teeth were placed.
She said, “When the first lot of injections went in and they started to remove my teeth, I could feel everything. I had about 25 injections in six hours. The sinus lift felt like they were hammering something up my nose.”
“It was like a horror movie that I was fully awake for. I got picked up and taken back to a nice hotel where fellow customers were there having the same done. I was on the phone to my friends and family crying my eyes out because I was in so much pain and there on my own.”
“You can’t eat because your mouth is so swollen and there are screws sticking out so I was starving.“ Leanne left the surgery last May happy with her temporary smile, but was in agony as soon as she got to the airport.
She said, “I had my denture cemented in and I couldn’t have been happier, in pain but still smiling. In the airport, my face started to hurt so much I was literally buying cups of ice and putting them on my face.”
“My face was black and blue like I’d been in a huge fight. In the UK, I thought it was all worth it because it was the start of a perfect smile and feeling pretty. Four months later, I’m starting to get bad headaches, toothache where there are no teeth, and sinus problems which I’d never had before.”
“I was constantly in and out of the doctors and given antibiotics, but nothing was clearing it. I got hospitalised overnight on an IV feed. A few weeks back, I was in the worst pain of my life going back and forth to A&E where they couldn’t do anything.”
“I went to a private dentist called Droitwich Dental Studio in March and had a full 4D scan of my head by Dr Aurie and AJ. They said one implant pierced through my sinuses and the other is in my nose.”
The mother of two is seeking money for private medical care. According to her dentist, she might have to have all of her implants taken out and replaced, which might cost £45,000.
Leanne added, “The pain I’m in is excruciating. It’s not as easy as walk in, walk out to the perfect smile like celebrities say.”
“There’s no such thing as the perfect white smile. I’m not asking for sympathy or anything for free. Now it’s a waiting game. My dentist in Droitwich has been great and I’ll be using them again in the future.”
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