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What has to be true before a clinic treats you

Our 20-Point Clinic Checklist

We cite this checklist all over the site, so here it is in full. Twenty things that have to be true before a practice can treat an Opus Smile patient - and that are re-checked while it is treating them.

Points
20
Areas
5
Checked
In person, then again
01 — 4 of the twenty

The clinicians

  1. 01
    Registration verified in person

    Every treating dentist's Turkish Ministry of Health registration is checked against the register, not taken from a website biography.

  2. 02
    Specialisation matched to the work

    An implantologist places implants and a prosthodontist plans the smile. One generalist doing everything is the commonest reason a case goes wrong.

  3. 03
    Named on your plan

    You are told which clinician is doing your treatment before you fly, not introduced to them in the chair.

  4. 04
    English without an interpreter

    The person explaining a consent form has to speak the language you are consenting in.

02 — 4 of the twenty

Imaging and planning

  1. 05
    CBCT on site

    Three-dimensional imaging in the building, not a referral across town, so bone is assessed before anything is promised.

  2. 06
    Intraoral scanning

    Digital impressions rather than trays of alginate - more comfortable, and far more accurate for full-arch work.

  3. 07
    Guided surgery where the case calls for it

    Available and used when the anatomy warrants it, rather than advertised and never opened.

  4. 08
    A written plan before treatment starts

    Itemised, in pounds, with the number of visits stated.

03 — 5 of the twenty

Sterilisation and safety

  1. 09
    Class B autoclaves

    The standard capable of sterilising hollow and wrapped instruments - the only one adequate for surgical dentistry.

  2. 10
    Cycle logs we can read

    Records kept, dated and produced on request during an audit.

  3. 11
    Single-use where single-use belongs

    Burs, needles, suction tips and gloves, without exception.

  4. 12
    Separate surgical suite

    Implant surgery does not happen in the room where a hygienist worked an hour earlier.

  5. 13
    Emergency drugs and oxygen in date

    Checked, and the team trained to use them.

04 — 4 of the twenty

Materials and the laboratory

  1. 14
    Named brands, never categories

    Straumann, NTA Swiss, E-max, zirconia - written on your plan. "Premium implant" is not a material.

  2. 15
    Traceability

    Batch and lot numbers recorded against your file, so a UK dentist can identify what is in your mouth years later.

  3. 16
    Laboratory standard

    We look at where the crowns are actually made, what the remake time is, and whether the technician ever sees the patient.

  4. 17
    No substitution

    What is quoted is what is fitted. A change requires your agreement in writing.

05 — 3 of the twenty

Afterwards

  1. 18
    Records released to you

    Scans, radiographs and the treatment plan, as files you keep.

  2. 19
    A guarantee that survives the flight home

    Terms in writing, honoured through us in the UK rather than requiring you to return.

  3. 20
    Reviewed on our own patients

    Everyone we send is asked afterwards, and the answers go back to the clinic. Where a standard slips we raise it; where it is not fixed, we stop sending people.

Being straight about it

What this is not

It is not an accreditation, and we do not pretend it is one. It is our own audit, done by us, in our own interest as much as yours - a clinic that produces bad outcomes costs us more than it costs itself.

If a point here matters to you and you want the evidence for your own clinic, ask. We would rather answer than be believed on trust.

Results Real smiles, real people Photographed in our studio before and after, with the treatment and the price beside each. See them all
The gentlest way to start

Tell us what you need. We will price it in writing.

One message and a coordinator replies with an indicative plan and price. Send a photograph of your smile if you have one - it makes the answer better, and it is never a call unless you ask for one.

Would rather talk it through? Book a free consultation, see every price first, or design your smile on your own photograph.