The questions people ask at one in the morning.

What if I send a deposit and the clinic turns out not to exist?

£0 before you fly

You cannot, because we never ask for one. There is no deposit, no booking fee and nothing payable to us at any point. You pay the clinic in person, after the treatment, and the clinic and the dentist are named to you in writing before you book, so you can look them up yourself.

This is the single decision the whole business is built around. It is also why we are paid by the clinic rather than by you.

How do I know who is actually treating me?

The clinic and the dentist are named to you in writing before you book anything, deliberately, so you can look them up and read their reviews without us in the room.

It is a small named practice rather than a high-volume tourism operation. That is a choice, and it is the reason we can tell you who will be holding the instruments.

Is the price I am quoted the price I pay?

±15 %

The website quotes a range, because nobody can price a mouth they have not examined. The free X-ray review turns that range into a real figure before you commit. If something changes on the day it is discussed with you before treatment starts, and you can decline.

Airport transfers at £140 for the round trip are inside every range. Flights are not, and never will be: we do not sell travel.

Can it all be done in one trip?

Often, yes. Fillings, a clean, whitening, a root canal and a night guard are all one appointment, and most people fly home the same evening.

Crowns, veneers, bridges and dentures need two visits a few days apart, because a laboratory has to make them. Implants need two trips about two to three months apart, because bone has to fuse to the fixture. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling you something.

What happens if something goes wrong after I get home?

Qualifying work carries a written clinic guarantee on the workmanship, and you keep a contact here rather than an email address that stops replying. Read what the guarantee covers, including what it does not.

We will also say the unwelcome thing: treatment abroad means that fixing a problem means travelling again, or paying someone here. That is a real cost of this route and you should weigh it before you go.

Are you dentists?

No. We are a facilitator: we price the work, arrange the appointment and organise the trip around it. We do not diagnose, we do not treat, and we do not give clinical advice. Every figure on this site is an estimate until the dentist confirms it.

The assistant on this site is automated and says so. It is instructed never to answer a clinical question, and to fetch a person instead.

Why Istanbul's Asian side?

Because Sabiha Gökçen is on the same side of the water as the clinic. Landing at the European airport and crossing the city turns a short procedure into a long day.

Can I do this from outside the UK?

Yes. The planner takes a departure city anywhere in the world and checks real fares against your appointment time. The proposition — a dentist named to you in writing, a real price, nothing paid before you fly — travels better than the geography ever did.