The Dental Association of Malta (DAM) said it is “concerned” about the increasing number of patients returning to the island with complications following cosmetic treatments in Turkey. On Sunday, Times of Malta reported that a growing number of patients has been dealing with serious complications, at times even resulting in hospitalisation, following botched surgeries in Turkey. Dentists said they have treated patients in their 20s with irreversible damage to their teeth and warned shoddy work abroad could result in long-term damage. The DAM said it is concerned about the number of patients “returning home with a lot of complications after receiving invasive treatment in Turkey”. “Patients have complained of several issues including pain, infections, loss of teeth, problems with chewing and chronic facial pain arising from a damage to the jaw joints,” the association’s executive committee said. “We are especially concerned about the rampant over-treatment being carried out and the misinformation on social media platforms.” It said it was also noticing “an ever-increasing trend on social media” where patients, as young as 19, are being lured into having permanent irreversible...