Not Happy with Temelci

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Post by stereotomy »

Guys.. I just wanted to share my experience with the Temelci dental clinic in Girne.

I recently had my teeth cleaned and 3 fillings.

The guy was a great doctor, don't get me wrong but he was so busy that he fixed all my 3 fillings under 10 minutes and then he fled to another patient without saying a word. Now, here I am sitting with an infected tooth root, probably because he neglected to give me proper antibiotic instructions.

I don't think one of the fillings is good either, it hurts when I eat something cold.

So, that's my experience. I advise you to find somewhere with more free time.

LATER EDIT: On second thought, maybe I've been a little unfair with them. Later I visited them and they helped a lot. I don't know. But I think I'll keep looking for a less busy dentist (that's my teeth)
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Sorry, but I have had a lot of work done by this dentist. I have no complaints at all.

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Post by mrsgee »

Myself, my husband have both used Mr Temelci and have found him excellent. We have friends who come from Uk just to use him as he is so good. Sorry for your bad experience but I cannot say a bad word. Did the pharmacist not give you instructions on how to take the antibiotics, they normally do. So, are you going back to Mr Temekci to get it fixed?

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Post by Laura B »

Also sorry to hear of your problems but I have nothing but praise for Dr Temelci. My neighbours come from UK to use him too. It's a shame one problem can be used to ruin a great reputation. Definitely he should get the chance to fix it.

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Laura B wrote:Also sorry to hear of your problems but I have nothing but praise for Dr Temelci. My neighbours come from UK to use him too. It's a shame one problem can be used to ruin a great reputation. Definitely he should get the chance to fix it.
It isn't just one problem that Temelci has caused.
My wife went to him in October 2108 because we were impressed with the crown work that he had done for friends of ours.
However my wife needed more complex oral surgery in the top jaw as well as the simple bridge work on the lower jaw.

To cut a long story short the bridge work was fine but his work on the top jaw resulted in major problems. A tooth was extracted and he recommended three implants. Before doing the implants he did some bone graft for the implants. This caused serious infections that lasted at least two months.

Eventually he put the implant pegs in but not the teeth on them. However some bone graft migrated out and the implant pegs caused pain.

My wife went to the Dental Hospital for scans and the Professor told her that the proposal for the top was unviable from the start. One peg was put in diagonally and was loose whilst the other two were not in bone so could not take teeth.
This opinion was also that of Dental Surgeon who works with a well know lady dentist in Girne.

The general opinion was that Temelci was not sufficiently qualified for complex implant work.

When my wife went back to him with these opinions he did not disagree with their findings and refunded 800 Euros for the upper jaw work (he did offer to bring over a more qualified Dental Surgeon from Turkey if she wanted but by them she had lost confidence in him).

Therefore my wife has had to have major surgery to remove all the bone graft, which did not bond to the jaw bone at all, and the removal of all implants - she cannot have implants in the top jaw!

This is not an isolated case either - two people we know very well have come from the Uk to have work done that has not worked and are in the process of having to have it redone at high cost.

Temelci may be OK for routine proceedures, including crowns but we would never recommend him for other work.

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Post by Laura B »

Well after that trail of disaster I am extremely surprised you chose to return to him at all. It's not as though dentists are in short supply in the town.

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Laura B wrote:Well after that trail of disaster I am extremely surprised you chose to return to him at all. It's not as though dentists are in short supply in the town.
Make your mind up!
You've just given 2 conflicting pieces of advice

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Post by Laura B »

Thanks Keith but I gave no advice. However my mind is not in any doubt!

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Laura B wrote:Thanks Keith but I gave no advice. However my mind is not in any doubt!

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Post by Harunyıldırım »

Laura B has no idea what she is trying to support . İnfection during bone grafting is serious problem and causes much more serious problems and is not the first time we hear about him as a dentist i mtaking care lots of people he is damaning and i do not think Laura B is objective of some reason i did not understand.
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Post by Laura B »

I am wondering if anyone else received an email through this forum apparently from another dentist with regards to this thread.

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