International Plus Adopts Multidisciplinary Panel Review as a Required Step Before Complex Dental Treatment Plans Are Issued

Istanbul, Turkey--(Newsfile Corp. - August 28, 2026) - International Plus today announced that complex dental cases at its Istanbul facility must now be reviewed by a multidisciplinary panel of specialists before a treatment plan is issued to the patient. Under the protocol, no full-mouth, full-arch or multi-stage plan proceeds on the assessment of a single clinician. The Istanbul-based health tourism group stated that the panel, which it refers to as its Diagnostic Council, brings surgical, prosthetic and endodontic specialists together to review the same diagnostic records before a written plan is produced.

Multidisciplinary review is a clinical governance method in which specialists from different fields examine the same case independently and agree a single plan. The approach is long established in oncology and reconstructive surgery, where treatment decisions cross specialty boundaries. It is applied less consistently in dentistry, where a full-mouth case is often planned by the clinician who will also carry it out. The distinction matters in complex dental treatment because surgical and prosthetic decisions are interdependent. Implant position determines what the final restoration can look like, and the intended restoration determines where implants should be placed. A plan produced from one perspective alone can commit a case to a compromise that only becomes apparent at the restorative stage, when the surgical phase is already complete.

Diagnostic records are captured on site, including 3D CBCT imaging, intraoral scanning and photographic documentation. The complete record set is then circulated to the panel rather than summarised. Each specialist assesses the case within their own field, covering bone volume and surgical access, restorative space and occlusion, and the condition of any teeth proposed for retention. The panel then agrees a single written plan, including the sequence of stages and any conditions that must be met before the next stage proceeds. Where the specialists disagree, the case is returned for further imaging or diagnostic testing rather than resolved by seniority. The agreed plan and the reasoning behind it are recorded in the patient file.

The protocol is overseen by Dr Eren Gulbahar, Chief Physician and Head of Cosmetic Dentistry at International Plus and a member of the American Dental Association, whose clinical profile is published at https://internationalplus.net/doctors/dr-eren-gulbahar/. The panel itself draws on the group's surgical, prosthetic and endodontic specialists, including maxillofacial surgeons holding doctoral qualifications.

Dr Gulbahar added that the protocol changes what patients receive. "The patient is given a plan that has already survived disagreement between specialists, and the record shows what was considered and what was ruled out."

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