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Hans is a mechanical engineer from southern Germany. He had lost four posterior teeth over the past decade to a combination of failed root canals and a fractured molar, and his German prosthodontist had recommended four implants and a fixed bridge in the lower arch. The quoted price was high, the waiting list was long, and — Hans being Hans — he wanted to compare protocols, not just prices.
Navident published the exact equipment list and protocol on the consultation page: CBCT (cone-beam computed tomography) for the surgical planning, intraoral scanning instead of impressions, digital implant planning software for placement, and a 3D-printed surgical guide so the implant positions on the day matched the plan to within tenths of a millimetre. For Hans, that level of traceability was decisive.
Dr. Hoxha shared the full planning file before Hans booked the flight. The bone volume in the lower arch was sufficient for four standard-diameter implants without grafting, and the planned positions were optimised for the prosthetic outcome rather than the surgical convenience — exactly the order an engineer would expect.
The first trip lasted seven days. The CBCT scan was retaken on arrival to verify nothing had changed, the guide was printed in-house overnight, and the four implants were placed the following morning under local anaesthetic. Total chair time was just over two hours. Hans walked out the same day with a temporary fixed prosthesis, took anti-inflammatories for forty-eight hours, and was back to a normal diet by the end of the week.
Hans had built a full holiday around the trip: dinners on Blloku's pedestrian streets, a cable-car ride up to Dajti Mountain, a day trip to the coastal town of Durrës, and an afternoon at the Bunk'Art museum. None of it required taking time off the treatment — he was at the clinic on three of the seven days, total.
Four months later he returned for the five-day delivery visit. The final screw-retained zirconia bridge was fitted in two appointments, with the occlusion verified across the next two days. Hans saved over 50% on the German quote, including both trips and accommodation, and the final torque check and X-ray report were shared with his prosthodontist back home for his routine follow-up.
"The protocol was identical to a top European clinic," he said on his way out, "but the experience around it was much better than I expected."
