Smile design in Tenbury Wells
What is a smile design?
A smile design is a single plan for changing how your teeth look, built from photographs, a digital scan and a detailed examination, and tested on a prototype you wear before anything is done. It brings together whatever your smile needs, which might be whitening, aligners, veneers or crowns, in the order that works.
The question most people have is the one that stops them enquiring: what will it actually look like? At Tenbury Dental Centre the answer is a clip-on aesthetic prototype, a model of the proposed teeth transferred to your mouth so you can see it in the mirror, change it, and approve it before any tooth is touched. In their words on the current site: you are in complete control.
Beautiful, natural results take time, care and a lot of attention to detail. Nature does not take short cuts, and neither do we.
Costed in your plan after the consultationTry the smile on before you buy it
From your photographs and scan, we design the ideal tooth shapes and proportions for your face and make a model of them, either waxed by hand or digitally printed. That model is transferred to your mouth as a thin plastic clip-on prototype.
You assess it in real time. Too long, too square, too white? We adjust it with you until it looks like your smile rather than a catalogue one. Only then is the plan written up with the scope, the timeline and the cost.
It is a guide rather than the finished article, but it removes most of the apprehension about the end result, because you have already seen it.
Smile design in five stages
Examination and history
A detailed look at your teeth, gums and bite, and a conversation about exactly what you would change and why.
Photographic survey
A series of high-quality digital photographs, repeated during and after treatment so every case is documented.
Aesthetic evaluation
Your photographs and models from a digital scan are measured against your face to work out the ideal proportions, shades and textures.
The prototype
A clip-on preview of the proposed smile, assessed and adjusted in your mouth until you are happy. Then the written plan and price.
Delivery
Treatment begins in the planned order. Shade, texture and form are checked at every step with the laboratory so the result looks like natural teeth.
How long the whole plan takes depends on what it includes. Straightening adds months; whitening and veneers add weeks. Your timeline comes with your plan.
The building blocks of a smile design
Most plans use two or three of these. The order matters, and the prototype decides which.
Teeth whitening
Usually first, because anything colour-matched afterwards is matched to the lighter shade.
About whiteningInvisalign
Moves teeth into the right position so less needs covering or reshaping later.
About InvisalignPorcelain veneers
Change shape, length and surface on the teeth that show when you smile.
About veneersCrowns
Rebuild teeth that are too worn or broken for a veneer, matched to the rest of the plan.
About crownsDental implants
Replace a missing tooth so the smile is complete rather than worked around.
About implantsGum health
Healthy, even gums frame the result. Hygiene treatment comes before cosmetic work, not after.
A smile design makes sense if
You would change more than one thing: colour and shape, or position and a chipped tooth
You have been quoted for treatment elsewhere without being shown what you would get
You have old crowns or veneers that no longer match and want them replaced as a set
Your front teeth are worn, uneven or different lengths
You want the end result decided before any irreversible treatment
You want one plan, one price and one timeline rather than piecemeal visits
If one treatment would do, we will tell you. A smile design is for smiles that need a plan, not a reason to sell more treatment.
Patients on their new smiles
Real reviews from Tenbury Dental Centre patients, quoted as they wrote them.
★★★★★
The staff were lovely and welcoming, which immediately made me feel at ease and Vish truly is a magician. We agreed on a plan of action and now just over two months later I have four new crowns that look and feel like the real thing and am on the way to having a full set of white teeth for the first time in almost 50 years. Just can’t stop smiling!
David PearsonGoogle review★★★★★
Fantastic dentist, thank you Vish, repaired my broken tooth, no pain or discomfort, I also now have 4 new beautiful crowns too, he has made an amazing job of giving me my fabulous smile back! Thank you Vish!
Lulu CoxGoogle review★★★★★
Good experience and a great result for recent cosmetic work. The process was explained fully and concerns discussed by the friendly and professional team! Highly recommend!
Penny SouthwoodGoogle review
What is a smile design?
A smile design is one plan for everything you want to change about your smile, built from photographs, a digital scan and a detailed examination. The centrepiece is a clip-on prototype of the proposed teeth that you try in your own mouth, adjust and approve before any treatment starts.
Can I see the result before I commit to treatment?
Yes. That is the point of the prototype. A model of the proposed smile is transferred to your mouth as a thin clip-on preview, and you look at it in the mirror and change it with us until it looks right. Nothing irreversible happens until you have approved it.
What treatments can a smile design include?
Whitening, Invisalign, porcelain veneers, crowns, implants for a missing tooth, and gum treatment where the gums need to be healthier before cosmetic work. Most plans use two or three. The prototype and your dentist decide which, and in what order.
Will my new smile look natural?
That is what the aesthetic evaluation is for. Tooth shapes, lengths and shade are measured against your face rather than taken from a template, and you adjust the prototype until it looks like you. We also check shade, texture and form with the laboratory at every stage.
Do I have to have everything done at once?
No. A plan can be staged over months, and the order is designed so each step helps the next: straightening before veneers, whitening before anything colour-matched. Your written plan shows the sequence, the timeline and the cost of each part.
How much does a smile design cost?
It depends entirely on what the plan includes, so the cost is presented with your timeline at the consultation, in writing, once the prototype has settled what you want. Whitening (£495) and Invisalign (£2,900 to £4,600) are on our fee list; veneers and crowns are quoted per tooth. For treatment over £500 there is an interest-free option over 12 months, subject to status.
Book a smile design consultation
Bring the things you dislike about your smile and we will show you, on a prototype, what could change. You decide from there.
Costed in your plan after the consultation. Treatment is subject to a consultation and clinical assessment. Every mouth is different, so what is right for you is something we work out together at your consultation. Individual results vary. Or get in touch here.
Wafer-thin hand-made porcelain shells, 0.3 to 1.0mm, bonded to the front of a tooth to fix gaps, chips, wear or shape. A prototype to approve first.
Dentist-led home whitening with custom-fitted trays, £495. Gels chosen to limit sensitivity, top-ups at a reduced rate. Over 18s only, after an examination.