Petra Stoeveken

New Zealand

Hi my name is Petra Stoeveken, I am German but live in New Zealand since 5 years. As I knew that dental care in New Zealand is bad I got all my teeth done before we left Germany. But now bridges began to fall out and I needed implants. I had three conventional implants in New Zealand done – it was a huge and long process with full anesthesia – I haven’t asked for this but this is how they do it. Also in New Zealand you need to go to two dentists – one that does the implants and another one that does the crowns and abutments. Problems with these implants started straight away – I was in massive pain from day 1 and struggled with ongoing infections and peri-implantitis and needed a gum graft on two of my implants because the gum disappeared and it was very painful. Now I was in need of more implants – as a four teeth bridge fell out. Due to the bone loss and my bad experience I wasn’t suited for conventional implants anymore. I researched if there are other types of implants and found basal implants. After some research on Dr. Ihde’s work I came across Dr. Motiwala in India. I learnt that he was trained at one of Dr. Ihde’s clinics in Europe and that he also is a facial surgeon. It was a long process before I was able to come but the team was very helpful and supported me in every way and was always very quick to answer all of my questions. Even Dr. Motiwala spoke to me on the phone on a weekend to answer my questions. This sets the clinic apart from other clinics I had contacted with very slow response and not enough information for me. The treatment was very professional and I felt in safe hands all the time. Although I was a bit nervous because of my previous experience, I am really happy now that I came here. Dr. Motiwala is very exact and passionate in everything he does and tries to find the best solutions that work for you. I am very happy with the results and now one day after the zirconia crowns were fixed I don’t have any pain so this is very good. I will definitely come back when it’s time to get my other teeth done.