Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - A mum got more than she bargained for after flying from the UK to Turkey for dental surgery.
Leanne Abeyance jetted to Turkey to replace her 13-year-old
veneers with implants. However, she said her face collapsed and she was left in
the "worst pain of her life" after botched dental implants in
Turkey.
The 40-year-old claims that the dentist recommended a sinus lift, bone grafts, eight implants on top and seven on the bottom. DJ Leanne had her teeth pulled out, screws, implants fitted before flying home to the UK.
Two days later, she had her temporary teeth inserted. She
was due to fly back to Turkey five months later to have her permanent teeth
fitted. But weeks after having the screws fitted, Leanne claimed she started
experiencing intense headaches and sinusitis.
Leanne says she started to panic when her face started to
change shape and she rushed to A&E where she was given antibiotics and told
there was nothing more they could do.
A scan at a private dentist revealed that two implants had
pierced her nose.
“I’m in the worst pain of my life and I’m in and out of
A&E,” Leanne said. “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.”
Leanne had chosen to go abroad because the same procedure in the UK would have cost her £40,000. The treatment in Turkey was set to cost £8,000 but Leanne only paid £3,000 and was due to pay the rest when her new teeth had been fitted.
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.
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