I was full of trepidation, oral surgery in a foreign country however the cost of the plane tickets (economy) hotel (good not great), food, transportation, paying for the two implants in cash, pain meds and antibiotics total was still less than just the implants in Milwaukee even with my dental insurance. There is surely something wrong here, and by here, I mean in the USA, In Istanbul, the dental surgery clinic was much newer, better equipped, with maybe better skilled surgeons. I usually go to an elite, University of Marquette School of Dentistry professor, so, no slouch. But the surgeon in Istanbul, all she does are implants and she was so good, the only pain I experienced was the Novocaine injection -- which is always the worst part. There's a safer, more effective NSAID called Dexofan available in Europe and Asia because they favor non-addictive pain killers to the American preference for habit forming opiates. I only took one, and we were sightseeing that afternoon. They fed me a nice meal in their cafeteria, I actually shared the room with my surgeon. There's a nice clinic cat downstairs, she's not allowed upstairs but she really brought my anxiety levels down. The Chief of Staff was stationed in a very comfortable waiting area, she had a choice of three, where she knitted. They also served us a very nice Turkish coffee and Turkish tea. When I arrived the translator sensed my fears and gave me an in depth tour, I was very impressed with their state of the art imaging and 3D printing capabilities, I do wish I could afford to come back for the crowns. I had a choice of implants, the most expensive (still a third of the cost of Milwaukee) was the most commonly used implant in the USA so that's what I chose. She was so fast and there was so little discomfort, and her English was good but she confused present and future tense (many of my American college students made the same mistakes) I wasn't sure she had finished the implants and they had to show me the scans to convince me. read more