Treatment Guides

We have put together information that helps before you start treatment.

Implants

Dental Implants: What to Know Before Your Consultation — From Diagnosis to Aftercare

What is helpful to know before an implant consultation: what a CT scan checks, why the order and timeline differ from person to person, Korean national health insurance conditions (age 65 or older, partially edentulous, two per lifetime), and side effects and aftercare.

2026.09.26 · Read more →

How to Check When You Are Worried About Overtreatment or Undertreatment

Criteria for checking for yourself whether a recommended dental treatment is excessive, or whether you might be missing treatment you really need — diagnostic evidence, alternatives and priorities.

2026.09.04 · Read more →

Implants

Implant Side Effects: What Are They and How Are They Checked? — Peri-implantitis, Screw Loosening, Nerve and Sinus

Why problems that can arise after an implant (peri-implantitis, screw loosening and prosthesis fracture, altered nerve sensation, maxillary sinus problems, early failure) occur, and what we check on CT before treatment.

2026.10.08 · Read more →

Dentures

Dentures: Types, How to Choose, Adjusting, Side Effects, Costs and Care at a Glance

A denture guide covering the difference between partial and complete dentures, how to choose between dentures and implants, the adjustment period, side effects such as looseness and stomatitis, Korean national health insurance conditions (age 65 or older, once every 7 years) and how to care for dentures, all in one article.

2026.10.12 · Read more →

Aesthetic prosthodontics

How Long Do Crowns and Bridges Last? Why Do They Come Off, Break or Decay Underneath?

A look at the lifespan of crowns and bridges through survival rates by material, why debonding, fracture, decay at the margin and gum recession occur, and what the director checks after fitting.

2026.10.08 · Read more →

How are the treatment guides different?

Articles at Joy Dental Clinic Bongcheon play three roles. The dental encyclopedia (Korean) briefly explains "what does this term mean," and the treatment pages explain "how is it treated" through the process and cost structure. The treatment guides sit in between — they cover what to check before you decide on treatment.

Before a major treatment, some questions remain even after an explanation: whether this treatment is really needed now, whether there are other options, and how far the base fee goes. We wrote these guides so you can read in advance what is hard to ask fully in the treatment room. If you read them before you come, we can go straight to those questions in your consultation while looking at your photos and CT together.

How to read them

When treatment has been recommended but you cannot decide — start with the overtreatment guide. It sets out what evidence to ask about.
When you are looking into implants or dentures for the first time — you can see the order of a first visit and what to bring.
When you want to know the cost — the guides do not cover amounts. Fees are published item by item on our non-covered fees page.

What is written here does not replace a diagnosis. The same symptom can lead in different directions depending on the condition of your mouth, so the right time to decide is after seeing and checking it directly. What we show you in a consultation is described in our first consultation guide.