How a Treatment Plan Is Prioritised
What sets the order is not preference but how fast the problem advances.
The clinical logic behind the order
Not every item in a plan carries the same weight. Some do not advance on their own and can wait; others grow week by week and return as a larger scope of treatment. The order reflects that difference. The first step is pain and active infection: an abscess, spreading swelling or severe pulpitis cannot wait, both for quality of life and because infection spreads. The second step is halting progression — cleaning and sealing active decay, scaling and pocket treatment in gum disease. Without these, everything that follows is built on unsound ground.
The typical order, stage by stage
- Resolving active infection, abscess and severe pain
- Assessing teeth that cannot be retained
- Stabilising the foundation with gum treatment and scaling
- Cleaning and sealing active decay
- Completing teeth that need root canal treatment
- Replacing missing teeth and re-establishing the bite
- Aesthetic work and a regular maintenance programme
Why aesthetic work is left to the end
Aesthetic treatments come later because their durability depends on what lies beneath. A crown or veneer placed at the margin of an inflamed gum soon looks mismatched, since the gum level changes once it is treated; unresolved decay or an uncorrected bite leads to early fracture or a problem advancing underneath. This order does not make aesthetics unimportant — it is the condition for a lasting result. It also has a practical consequence: when a plan must be staged, it is clear which item can wait. Preventive measures and regular reviews hold the situation steady in the meantime.
Getting Here, Booking and Emergencies from Cakirlar
Route, booking and emergency arrangements for patients from Cakirlar.
Getting here from Cakirlar
Çakırlar lies in the Konyaaltı district of Antalya; Konyaaltı is one of the central districts, about 8 kilometres from the clinic. We also see patients from neighbouring areas that share the route from Cakirlar, such as Akkuyu, Çitdibi, Gökdere, Kuruçay. You can ask for the location on WhatsApp when travelling from Cakirlar.
Appointments for Cakirlar
At this distance, splitting treatment into visits is no problem for patients from Çakırlar, and attending reviews is easy too. As with patients from Konyaalti generally, appointments for families from Cakirlar can be scheduled consecutively.
Emergencies from Cakirlar
Setting out from Çakırlar at night is quick; come without delay in an emergency, and calling as you leave means preparation is done in advance. For patients coming from Dental Clinic in Cakirlar, the clinic is open 24/7 and in an emergency the order is set by severity rather than arrival time. For spreading facial swelling, difficulty swallowing or breathing, or toothache with fever, go to the nearest emergency department.
How an Implant Fuses with Bone: Osseointegration
An implant is not simply a screw driven into bone; what matters is bone tissue growing directly onto the implant surface. Until that biological process completes, the implant cannot be loaded.
How the process works
In the first days a clot and inflammatory cells occupy the space around the implant. From the second week new bone formation begins and anchors into the micro-roughness of the implant surface. By the eighth week the connection is mature enough to carry chewing load, and maturation continues for months. The process is usually faster in the lower jaw, where the bone is denser.
What disrupts fusion
Most failures can be traced to one of these:
- Smoking — it directly suppresses wound healing and bone formation
- Early, uncontrolled loading and micromovement of the implant
- Overheating the bone during surgery
- Uncontrolled diabetes and certain bone medications
- Chronic infection remaining in the area
Why a tooth is not fitted immediately
While fusion is under way, force on the implant creates micromovement, which leads to fibrous tissue rather than bone and the implant becomes mobile. In some cases a temporary tooth is fitted on the first day — immediate loading — but only where the implant's initial stability is sufficient and the temporary is kept out of chewing. The decision rests on a value measured during surgery.

































































