there's sometimes a luxury hotel included in the price, and there are some quality dentists out there. but if you're thinking of doing this to your teeth, there are some things you need to know. i don't regret any of it. i'd do it again and again and again and again. i've got turkey teeth and i'm proud of it. laying in bed, crying, as to what the- i was thinking getting these teeth done. if i did 20 crowns on a - 21—year—old for the purposes of improving the colour, i would have myi license revoked. i would be struck off. do you feel comfortable with people going to turkey to have similar treatment to you? i know — i know definitely i influence a lot of people to go to turkey and get their teeth done. it's such a hard question. there's no going back. it is what it is now, - and there's no going back. i'm trishala. morning. hey, how are you? i'm an nhs dentist... ..and i'm a finalist for miss universe great britain. social media is a massive part of my life. so when there's a trend about teeth and beauty, of course i'm going to take notice. it's all about getting that perfect smile — by shaving down your natural teeth to pegs and placing caps on top. this is a crown treatment, and sometimes, up to 20 crowns are fitted in one go. there's nothing wrong with going abroad the treatment. there are good and bad dentists everywhere, 0k. we have some of the best dentists in the world in turkey. just know all of the information, know that having kind of 60 to 70% of your tooth being shaved down puts you at a higher risk of having your tooth being extracted. if they're comfortable knowing that there's a chance that teeth will have to come out in the future, they need root canals, then that's completely up to them, but what worries me is when people are making those decisions to have the crowns without knowing that information. so, do people who are getting this procedure done know all the risks? many people travelling to turkey for this look are in their 20s, like tilly, who got back from turkey six months ago with 16 new crowns. i'm smiling a lot more, i'm laughing, i'm not hiding my mouth, which i did constantly. i'm just more...i�*m more myself. it's given me my confidence back, i'm not hiding. i've turkey teeth and i am proud of it! so, tilly, why did you want to go to turkey for dental treatment? so, ever since a young age, i was bullied for my teeth. so, i grew a complex against them, i didn't like them. i was called things like bugs bunny, how pretty i'd be if i didn't have the teeth that i had, i didn't really eat in front of a lot of people, or if i did, i'd be very shy about it. i won't let them see my teeth as much as i could. i'd always laugh with my hand over. ijust wanted an easier life, and not to look at myself and hate myself. if i get rid of what seems to be an reoccurring issue to everyone, which was my teeth, then the sooner i'd get it done and fixed, the better, and the happier i can be. did you really hate yourself because of your teeth? yeah. so, why did you choose turkey in particular? london, harley street quoted me, like, up to ten grand just for the top row of teeth, and ijust thought, i can't do that, when it was so cheap in turkey, like, not even a quarter of that price, so i thought i'd be better off going to turkey. plus, it were kind of like a little holiday on the side! yeah. for this documentary, the bbc surveyed members of the british dental association — in other words, dentists — and 1,000 replied. 983 of those 1,000 dentists listed cheaper costs as a reason patients went abroad for dental treatment. so, you just mentioned it was like a holiday. so, tell me, how did you contact the clinic in turkey? we communicated over instagram. there was nothing else, then she did send, like, you know, legal documents and stuff through e—mail, but everything, chat—wise, was through instagram. is there anything you wish you did differently? mmm...no. done it sooner! get it done sooner. wish i didn't wait till i was 22. have you seen a dentist in the uk since you've had the treatment in turkey? i actually have, yeah. she just basically shouted at me for it, was like, "why have you had that done? "you're so young." and she just basically said that, "i'm making you aware "that we will never ever touch them teeth that you have had "done in turkey, ever." this is what i think about uk dentists. like, some of us aren't eating, and we're not going out to public places because we don't want people to see our teeth. we're depressed, we're crying. you're not seeing what's going on in our bedrooms behind closed doors. don't just shout at us when we're coming into your practices. like, understand why we might have had it done. just be a bit more sympathetic with it. you know, tilly's given me a better understanding about why people are actually doing this. she had genuine, genuine concerns and insecurities. she wasn't brushing her teeth cos she didn't want to look in the mirror. she wasn't eating, she wasn't eating in public. she wasn't laughing, she wasn't smiling. she said she wouldn't do the interview with me today if she had her old teeth. it's changed her life massively. tilly really did know what she was getting into. she had done her research, yet she didn't realise that her dentist in the uk wouldn't touch her turkey teeth. is that the same for all dentists in the uk? i'm here in liverpool to meet m], the director of a popular cosmetic dental practice. from the get go, i must make it very clear that not all dentists in far—flung places and these dental holiday destinations are bad dentists. completely agree. the overwhelming majority of the dentists that practice in these countries are ethical, they're professional and they're very good individuals. this clinic receives two to three calls a day from patients who have had dental treatment carried out abroad. some patients call when they're in pain. they're getting inflamed gums, bleeding gums, or they can't floss because their crowns are stuck together. 597 of the 1,000 bda dentists we surveyed said they had treated both patients with crown complications and seen patients who visited turkey for their dental treatment. so, what is your response to these patients that are calling, asking to come to your clinic for help? of course we want to always help patients that are in pain, but the treatments that we can do for the work that has been done is often very, very limited. at the end of the day, if we have a patient who is not our patient call us up and say they've had work done in turkey, it is much easierfor us to simply not take that patient. at the point at which you inherit that patient and you do something, that's when the problems will start, and that's when you make yourself liable. but it leaves the patient in a very vulnerable, very difficult position, trying to scramble around for help. they simply don't have the funds to go and rectify it properly. fixing the damage can be costly to patients and to the nhs. nearly one in five of the dentists surveyed said the repair costs exceeded £5,000, and over 346 said the remedial treatment was provided by the nhs. so, what would you say to a 21—year—old who maybe is watching this and thinking of going to turkey for dental treatment and to get 20 crowns fitted — what's your advice to them? sure, you can get a bargain, you can get maybe the look that you want, but crowns like that don't last forever. you have to be prepared not only for the risk, but also, for the cost. if i did 20 crowns on a 21—year—old for the purposes of improving the colour, i would have my license revoked. i would be struck off. mj's right — nothing in dentistry lasts forever. studies show that after 15 years, a quarter of teeth that have crowns need to be removed. nobody over there at any stage said to me "you'll need to replace these teeth." it was, "0h, they're a lifetime warranty" — lifetime, lifetime, but in actual fact, lifetime is ten years. lisa first had her teeth done in turkey over ten years ago. she went back last year to have 26 new crowns fitted, and documented the whole experience on tiktok. hi, back from turkey with my turkey teeth. day 20 of these beauties. i can't eat as normal. day 25... sighs. day 25. you really see that the infection now has gone into my face and my chin. yeah, i'vejust literally been crying... ..been laying in bed crying as to what the— i was thinking, getting these teeth done. i was at work one day and i could feel this lump gathering in my chin, and i was like, oh, my god, what is it? so i went to the dentist, he took an x—ray, and i could see the abscess, and i was like, "this is big," and he said, "yeah, this is big." and he said, "look, we're gonna put you on an antibiotic and we need to clear this," but he said, "you'll have "to have the root canal." so that day, i booked the root canal. how long did that pain and discomfort last? cos there's people watching, probably wondering, "ok, so i'll be in discomfort maybe "for a couple of days." what was your experience like? oh, i'm still in pain. yeah, like, iwould still have niggles. and it's been six months. i've only recently discovered that i have a full set of crowns in my mouth. these were sold to me as veneers and i've a full set of crowns. only a couple of months ago, you realised you had... one month ago. one month ago, you realised you had a... a full set of crowns. so, for over ten years, you thought you had veneers? yes, and everyone walking around tralee with their turkey teeth thinks they have veneers! do you know the difference between crowns and veneers? i do now. tell me what you know. there is so much filing down — that's why i have crowns. with the veneers, there's minimalfiling. having a crown is taking away 60 to 70% of healthy tooth tissue. that's a lot of healthy tooth tissue, and that puts you at a higher risk of having the nerves in the teeth dying, a higher risk of having a root canal. if a veneer fails, the chance and the risk of that is a lot lower because you've preserved so much more healthy tooth. would knowing that have changed your decision? yep. yeah, definitely. um... i could feel myself get, like, welling up. yes, because am i going to have teeth? yeah. how long are they going to last? like, i've kind of resigned myself to the fact that i am going to have dentures. yeah, i'm going to have dentures. all we'll say, lisa, is you don't know that — just yet — you don't. i don't, but... you know, there's so much, like, my teeth are gone. you know, they're filed down so much, and, like, if they'd just given me that information while i was there — i never knew that — i thought once they put the teeth into your mouth, that was it, you were never going to have any problems. they never said, you know, that your teeth can die, that you can get — they never said anything. they never told me anything. not 11 years ago, and not in september �*21. getting a full mouth of crowns, like tilly and lisa, is a big decision, and it clearly can have long—term consequences. i'm very curious, because the people we've spoken to have said they've been given their definitive treatment plans byjust sending pictures of their teeth, via instagram dm, so they haven't really had any conversation with a dentist or anything. they've just simply sent pictures of their teeth. so, i'm curious to put this to the test myself. so, what i've decided to do is take a few pictures of my teeth, and i'm going to send them to a few dental clinics in turkey. we sent the same message, with exactly the same pictures of my teeth, to 150 cosmetic dental clinics in turkey, and for comparison, 50 cosmetic dental clinics here in the uk. and. . .sent. social media is notjust being used to contact clinics. it's also where people are getting their inspiration. and i can't ignore some of the best—known turkey teeth in the country — jack fincham. i absolutely love my pearly whites. i went all the way to turkey to get these. i come back with a winning smile and a nice little holiday. the weekjack appeared on love island, google searches for turkey teeth spiked massively. while i was there, this is now the first time that one cracked. while you were in the villa? yeah. so you know the water bottles, right? and this is honestly god's truth, i banged it on the tooth and itjust — a little hairline crack up the middle of it. this was only about a week in! jack, can i have a look at the pictures that you have from turkey? listen to the drills. wow! they've taken away a lot of healthy tooth structure. so, can you see how tiny those stumps are? they are small. yeah. did they tell you this is going to put you at a higher risk of having things like root canals, higher risk of having your teeth taken out? you know, they mentioned all this stuff and itjust didn't put me off and, again, it was for cosmetic purposes, so it's probably a little bit being a bit vain. since jack had his teeth done in turkey, he now knows there are other ways to get the same look, like composite bonding, which rarely requires shaving down your natural teeth. so, my little brother's got his teeth done, but he's just got composites, and he got them done in england. honestly, like, i'm really happy with my teeth, i love my teeth, but going back, if someone said, "would you have composite bonding or get the crowns done?" yeah, i'lljust have the composites. do you feel comfortable with people going to turkey to have similar treatment to you, when you know that maybe, deep down, if you had to go five years back, you would have chosen composite bonding? the reason i say that i'd go for composite bonding now is because it looks exactly the same, it's a lot less invasive and it's quicker. but if you asked me, am i happy with my teeth? yeah, i'm really happy with them. so i think it's fine that i've influenced people to go out there. as long as they're going to, obviously, a credible place, i'd definitely say do a bit more research, don'tjust dive into it. but, yeah, ijust think there's nothing wrong with it. one sec... jack said it himself — he might have chosen a less invasive procedure, if he knew about it. so, are clinics telling patients all the options? it's been a few weeks since i sent off those pictures of my teeth to over 150 dental clinics in turkey and over 50 clinics here in the uk. today, the producers have told me we finally have the results of this experiment, and i'm super excited to hear what they are. but i wonder — what would a uk cosmetic dentist suggest for me to get the turkey teeth look? i'm getting a consultation from dr manrina rhode. treatment plan—wise, we're not drilling any of your teeth, you're 26 years old, i don't want to touch them. it's already a beautiful smile. it's small changes that we can make to really get you perfect. it's going to look great. so, they call me the veneer queen, and you know how much i love veneers. but for you, trishala, no veneers. and crowns? definitely no crowns! 0k. we reached out to around 150 dental clinics in turkey. i know. wow! and 50 clinics here. 0k. oh, what?! yeah! i know. lots. 0k. we've been very busy. yeah! we've sent them pictures of my teeth... 0k. ..and ijust took myself with my iphone. 0k. so you don't even — you haven't seen them? i haven't seen them. 0k. this is the big reveal. and obviously, afterjust hearing your very minimally invasive and conservative treatment plan, i'm really curious to see... yeah, me too. maybe all 200 clinics have said the same thing. 120 turkish clinics responded to us, and so did 3a from the uk, and some of the responses from the turkish clinics blew me away. so, the first one... 0k. ..it says, "our doctors suggest to change all your teeth, "28 zirconium crowns." oh, my god, that makes me want to cry! and zirconium! are you guys joking? a whole new...a whole new set of teeth. it's so shocking. it sounds like i'm overreacting, but i'm feeling really like...wow! 28 zirconium crowns! for anyone to suggest that for you... and if you weren't a dentist and you didn't know better... let's see the next one. "we just need you for two days." wow! it takes five weeks! it takes five weeks for veneer... really? yeah. five weeks... five appointments over five weeks. i can't even read this one. "crowns...| think you need it." you need it?! that isjust...how rude! you don't need it! how rude! you really don't need it! ok, the next one. "we have four dentists who are experts in their fields. "they say your teeth are fine and you shouldn't have anything done. "it would be a wrong intervention." so the fact — this is what i'm saying — it's not dentists in turkey. we've just gone from "crowns, i think you need it" to "it would be a wrong intervention." yeah, that's nice. i've just skimmed this page... yeah. i'm not looking, �*cause i'm waiting for you to say it... 0k. 70 of the 120 turkish clinics that responded to our message offered a treatment plan that involved me getting crowns and veneers. wow. you're more likely to be offered crowns and veneers than not. if i was... i know we did this as an experiment, but if i was genuinely insecure about something and i... and a practitioner or clinic told me, "you need this to make that better," i wouldn't think twice, because you trust these people. how many uk clinics do you think responded with me needing crowns or veneers? mmm...20%? none. none — ah! wow! i do understand why lots of different people travel abroad for cosmetic dentistry. it's more expensive here in the uk. just look at jack. he's really happy with his results. tilly gained so much confidence. but my heart breaks for lisa, who says she wasn't informed of the risks, and now that decision affects her everyday life, and she regrets it heavily. and that's what has always worried me about this trend. before you make any major decision about your teeth, know all the risks, know what treatments you're getting, and once you get it done, know there is no going back. hi, guys. yeah, so i got hundreds of messages, yeah, asking me, howam i, and guys, i'm pretty much the same, and, yeah, just... ..just kind of getting through each day, just hoping today is not going to be a day of pain and, yeah, i do take painkillers every day. hello. after that exceptional heat to start the week, for many of you, it was significantly cooler on wednesday compared with tuesday. tuesday, of course, we saw temperatures approach around a0 celsius in a number of spots. for some, it was actually 10—17 degrees cooler, but to put it into a bit of perspective, those temperatures still well above where we should be for ajuly afternoon. the exceptional heat had pushed a bit further eastwards, record—breaking heat in denmark. all that heat over the next couple of days pushes its way southwards and eastwards, and then into the weekend, we start to see it build once more in across parts of the uk. not, though, at the levels we've seen this week. as for thursday, as we start the day, it's going to be a largely dry day for many. there will be some rain around, and it's a bit cooler still compared with what we've experienced on wednesday. now, the drier weather comes courtesy of an area of high pressure trying to push in from the west. we've still got the legacy of a front sitting across eastern areas. we saw a lot of humid air, temperatures still sitting in the mid if not high teens for one or two first thing thursday morning. fresher conditions in the west, but this is where we'll start with the best of the sunshine. northern ireland, wales, southwest england having a pretty decent day, just one or two showers around. sunny spells across scotland, a few showers for the mainland, but for the bulk of england, away from the southwest, lots of cloud, some outbreaks of rain and drizzle here and there, many will be dry. around the coast, it may be quite sunny. sunny too towards the channel islands, but a bit of a breeze blowing down through the likes of east anglia, and here, temperatures dropping back to normal. still a little bit above normal across the south, 211—25 celsius. now, into thursday evening and through into friday, we'll start to see that cloud sit in place, but then a few more showers push their way northwards, the winds shifting direction slightly. it does mean temperatures still won't drop a huge amount, a cooler day — a cooler night — i should say, across eastern parts of the country, but still with temperatures in the mid—teens across the south. so, for friday, showers at a greater chance of seeing, particularly heavy ones across parts of wales, the midlands, maybe rumbling up into northern england, could see some flashes of lightning, rumbles of thunder as well. some through the english channel, which could get close to the south coast and affect the channel islands for a time. only a few showers for scotland and northern ireland. all of us will see temperatures closer to thejuly norm, for one or two, a little bit below. as i said, heat builds back in this weekend, there will be rain at times in the north and west, still very little rain towards the south and east, and temperatures in the high 20s by sunday. in the country — jack fincham. welcome to bbc news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: as wildfires continue to rage — president biden pledges to make the biggest ever investment to combat climate change. i will do everything in my power to clean our air and water, protect our people's health, to win the clean energy future. despite winning a confidence vote — is mario draghi 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