Cosmetic Dental Surgery

[Chicken_Satay]

Has anybody had any cosmetic dental surgery done i.e. the type that's mainly geared to improving your smile?

If so, what did you get done and do you have any recommendations in terms of the type of work or even clinics?

My teeth are in fair condition but they are a little jagged looking and I'd ultimately like to improve my smile. It sounds ridiculously vain but I'm quite keen to get something done as part of my self-inflicted 2022 overhaul...

[Freshprince]

If they are fairly straight and not missing, I would go with whitening and composite bonding. Porcelin vaneers probably set you back £10k+ and composite vaneers £3-5k for top front teeth.

I got mine whitened (£500ish) and composite bonding (£350ish). Been about 4 years since I have had it done and the bonding is still looking as good, except slight chip i managed. Cost about £75-100 per tooth so will just get new bonding put on. Need to top whitening up but still look white. Whitening could be done cheaper at home by getting moulds made and by carbomide peroxide gel online for about £150-200ish but recommend going dentist however first time.

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[Chicken_Satay]

Freshprince said:

If they are fairly straight and not missing, I would go with whitening and composite bonding. Porcelin vaneers probably set you back £10k+ and composite vaneers £3-5k for top front teeth.

I got mine whitened (£500ish) and composite bonding (£350ish). Been about 4 years since I have had it done and the bonding is still looking as good, except slight chip i managed. Cost about £75-100 per tooth so will just get new bonding put on. Need to top whitening up but still look white. Whitening could be done cheaper at home by getting moulds made and by carbomide peroxide gel online for about £150-200ish but recommend going dentist however first time.

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That's interesting and a fair result i.e. doesn't look too unnatural. Some people's teeth look too white and just look utterly fake.

Were you tempted in any way to get the line of teeth sort of smoothened out at all or would that have been overkill?

[Freshprince]

Chicken_Satay said:

That's interesting and a fair result i.e. doesn't look too unnatural. Some people's teeth look too white and just look utterly fake.

Were you tempted in any way to get the line of teeth sort of smoothened out at all or would that have been overkill?

The whitening to my teeth took my teeth to the whitest natural shade which was A1 iirc.

No, my tooth aren’t the straightest but not noticeable and not worth the many months, thousands and having to wear a retainer to keep them straight after. This was only meant to be a temp low cost solution for me as was planning on getting composite vaneers (way less invasive than porcelain vaneers, like a false nail), but satisfied with this at 1/8th the cost.

Edited by Freshprince on Thursday 12th May 12:04

[AB]

I've not had any treatment myself but the majority of my clients are dentists. PM me if you want some recommendations on where to go, just let me know where you are based.

[cheeky_chops]

As freshprice found out, composite veneers are prone to chips as layered, if you grind even more so. Those layers also mean greater chance of staining.

Search for "bioclear" - its a whole method from design>polishing but the basics are the composite is heated to an exact temp to become flowable, its injected into sculpted templates which means it can be set monolithic - these steps all minimise chips/stains/gum issues etc. My OH has a MSc is restorative dentistry and when she found bioclear she had to go to the Seattle USA to learn it, since then shes never done a tradition layered composite in 8+ years. There are UK courses now so its now more common. Obv feel free to pm if you want more info

[Chicken_Satay]

cheeky_chops said:

As freshprice found out, composite veneers are prone to chips as layered, if you grind even more so. Those layers also mean greater chance of staining.

Search for "bioclear" - its a whole method from design>polishing but the basics are the composite is heated to an exact temp to become flowable, its injected into sculpted templates which means it can be set monolithic - these steps all minimise chips/stains/gum issues etc. My OH has a MSc is restorative dentistry and when she found bioclear she had to go to the Seattle USA to learn it, since then shes never done a tradition layered composite in 8+ years. There are UK courses now so its now more common. Obv feel free to pm if you want more info

Thanks. Are there any details that you can share here? Could be useful for the benefit of the other viewers at home.