How Long Do Turkey Teeth Last?

• Lifetime guarantee on all implants
• Five-year guarantee on crowns
• Implant passport
• Aftercare after you fly home

New to the term? Read what Turkey teeth are — and how to do them right.

How long do Turkey teeth last? The short answer

Turkey teeth last as long as the same treatment done anywhere else: in long-term studies around 9 in 10 porcelain veneers are still in place after 10 years, and about 95 in 100 dental implants.¹ ² What decides how long yours last is how they were planned — veneers where the tooth is sound, crowns only where it needs one — and how you look after them, not the country they were made in.

"Turkey teeth" are veneers, crowns and implants made of the same materials UK dentists use, so the evidence is the same evidence. The table sums up what the long-term studies show. "Still in place" means the veneer, crown or implant is still in the mouth and working, sometimes after a small repair.

How long do veneers from Turkey last?

With good care, our dentists expect porcelain and E.max veneers to last 15–20 years, and the studies agree: around 9 in 10 are still in place after 10 years, and studies that followed patients for 20 years found roughly 8 to 9 in 10 still working.² For E.max veneers specifically, a review of three studies with more than 1,100 veneers found about 97 in 100 still in place after seven years or more.² Every type of veneer, composite included, is compared in how long do veneers last?

Two things make the difference. The first is the bond: a veneer bonded to enamel holds far better than one bonded to the softer layer beneath, which is why veneers last best when the tooth is prepared as little as possible — 0.3–0.7 mm from the front at TUA Dental. The second is grinding: in one 20-year study, patients who ground their teeth were several times more likely to lose a veneer, and a night guard is the simple answer.²

When a veneer is eventually replaced, the new one is made on the same lightly prepared tooth, so no further tooth is lost. How much tooth each treatment removes, and why it matters, is explained in veneers or crowns: shaving, materials and colour chart.

How long do zirconia and E.max crowns last?

With good care, our dentists expect a zirconia crown to last 15 years or more. About 97 in 100 monolithic zirconia crowns and 98 in 100 E.max crowns are still in place after five years, according to the most recent large review.⁴ For E.max crowns, long-term studies report about 84 to 97 in 100 still in place after ten years; ten-year data for monolithic zirconia are still being collected, and the early results are strong.

A crown itself doesn't decay, but the tooth underneath can, where it meets the crown at the gum. That is why the edge of a crown is the place to clean most carefully, with floss or interdental brushes every day, and why check-ups matter. Teeth that have had root canal treatment and teeth of people who grind need more care. At TUA Dental every crown carries a five-year guarantee, and your treatment record tells your own dentist exactly what was made and from which material.

How long do dental implants last?

Dental implants are the longest-lasting way to replace a tooth: in long-term studies about 95 in 100 implants are still in place after ten years, and around 9 in 10 after twenty.¹ The crown on top may need replacing sooner than the implant itself — one long-term study found about 9 in 10 of the original crowns still in place after ten years or more.¹

Implants are made to last a lifetime, and the main threats are known: smoking, which roughly doubles the risk of an implant failing, and gum infection around the implant (peri-implantitis), which regular check-ups and good cleaning prevent.⁶ That is why the crowns on our implants are usually screwed onto a titanium base rather than cemented: a dentist can take them off to clean or repair them without damaging anything. Every implant at TUA Dental carries a lifetime guarantee, and you go home with an implant passport recording the brand, size and position, so any dentist can look after it. Why the implant and the crown on it last differently is explained in how long do dental implants last?

How long do All-on-4 and All-on-6 last?

In studies that followed patients for 10 to 18 years, over 9 in 10 All-on-4 implants and nearly all the fixed teeth on them were still in use.⁵ What does need attention over the years is the teeth themselves: small repairs to the crowns or the screws holding them are common, which is why check-ups are part of the treatment, not an extra.

At TUA Dental All-on-4 and All-on-6 carry 12 fixed zirconia crowns per jaw, made in our own CAD/CAM lab; zirconia is very hard to chip, and the screw-retained design means a dentist can remove the teeth for cleaning or repair. The implants carry a lifetime guarantee and the crowns five years. How the treatment works is on our All-on-4 and All-on-6 page.

Composite or porcelain: why the material matters

Composite veneers are cheaper and quicker, but they don't last as long: about 8 in 10 last five years, and many need repair or replacement within ten.³ Ceramic veneers fail at roughly a third of the rate of composite each year in long-term practice data, and they keep their colour and gloss.³

That is the reason our dentists recommend ceramic — E.max for veneers, zirconia or E.max for crowns — for a smile you want to keep looking the same for many years. If you have been quoted composite veneers elsewhere, send us the same photographs and we will tell you, tooth by tooth, which option we would choose and why.

What makes Turkey teeth last — and what shortens their life

Four things make the biggest difference to how long veneers, crowns and implants last: grinding, smoking, gum health and check-ups. All four are in your hands, and none of them depends on where the treatment was done.

• Grinding and clenching. The biggest risk for veneers and crowns; a night guard protects them while you sleep.²
• Smoking. It roughly doubles the risk of an implant failing and stains the edges of veneers and crowns.⁶
• Gum health. Brushing twice a day and cleaning between the teeth protect the edges of crowns and the gum around implants.
• Check-ups. Six-monthly check-ups with your own dentist catch small problems early; in one study, patients with early gum inflammation who skipped maintenance were more than twice as likely to develop infection around their implants.⁶

Planning matters just as much. Healthy teeth crowned when they only needed veneers lose most of their enamel, and some later need root canal treatment; implants loaded before the bone has healed can fail early. These are the mistakes behind the stories you may have read — why Turkey teeth go wrong and how to avoid it explains how a well-run clinic prevents each one.

Do Turkey teeth last as long as teeth done in the UK?

Yes — the materials and the evidence are the same. E.max veneers and crowns, monolithic zirconia and branded implants last as long in Kuşadası as in London, provided they are planned properly and looked after.

The difference you may have read about is not the country but the planning: a set of crowns rushed onto healthy teeth in a few days will not last like veneers designed to your face and tried in first. At TUA Dental the decision is made tooth by tooth in your free treatment plan, your design is approved before any preparation, implants heal for two to three months before the crowns go on, and every implant gets a passport. With those in place, your own dentist can look after your teeth like any others.

What happens when a veneer or crown needs replacing?

A veneer or crown that eventually needs replacing is remade on the same prepared tooth, so no further tooth is lost, and a crown on an implant is unscrewed and replaced without touching the implant. Any dentist can do it with your treatment record.

If anything chips, loosens or feels wrong after you get home, you message your coordinator with a photograph, and our dentist tells you what to do; if a visit is needed, we plan it with you. Your guarantee is written down: a lifetime on implants and five years on crowns.

Real results

Every case is photographed in the clinic before and after; our gallery shows veneers, crowns and implants in shades chosen with the patient.

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Last updated: November 7, 2026