Smile Makeovers in Beverly Hills
Cosmetic Dentistry Planned as One Result
Several treatments planned as one result rather than booked one at a time. Designed digitally against your own face, previewed before anything is prepared, and sequenced so each stage supports the next.
What Is a Smile Makeover?
A smile makeover is a plan rather than a procedure. It combines whatever treatments your case actually needs, which might be whitening, veneers, bonding, alignment, gum contouring or replacing a missing tooth, and sequences them so they work together. The difference from booking those treatments separately is the order and the design. Whitening has to come before any porcelain is made, so the shade can be matched to it. Gum contouring has to settle before veneers are designed to that gum line. Alignment often comes before restorations, because straightening a tooth preserves more of it than masking it does. Treatments done in the wrong order produce a result that has to be redone, and that is the most common reason cosmetic work disappoints.
WHAT A SMILE MAKEOVER CAN INCLUDE
Your plan uses only what your case calls for. These are the components we draw from, and what each one is genuinely suited to.
Professional Whitening
Lifts surface and age-related staining on natural teeth. Where whitening alone achieves what you want, that is the plan, and it is the most conservative option on this list. Where porcelain is involved, whitening comes first so the restorations can be matched to your final shade.
Porcelain Veneers
Thin ceramic shells that change colour, shape, proportion and minor alignment together. Preparation removes a thin layer of enamel that does not grow back, which is why the design is agreed and previewed before anything is prepared.
Dental Bonding
Composite shaped directly onto the tooth in one visit, with minimal or no enamel removal. It repairs chips, closes small gaps and reshapes edges. Less durable than porcelain and considerably more conservative, which makes it the right choice in many cases.
Clear Aligners
Where teeth are crowded, spaced or rotated, moving them into position usually gives a better result than masking them, and it preserves more tooth. Alignment is often the first stage of a makeover rather than an alternative to it.
Gum Contouring
The gum line frames the teeth, and an uneven one makes a smile look uneven even when the teeth themselves are fine. Reshaped with a soft tissue laser and allowed to settle before any restorations are designed to it.
Tooth-Coloured Restorations
Old metal fillings and worn or discoloured restorations replaced with materials that match your teeth. Often the least discussed part of a makeover and frequently the most visible when you laugh.
Replacing a Missing Tooth
A gap changes the whole smile, and the teeth around it drift over time. Where a tooth is missing, replacing it is part of the plan rather than something to address afterwards.
Crowns and Onlays
Where a tooth is damaged rather than just discoloured, it needs restoring properly before it is made to look right. Onlays are used in preference to full crowns wherever the tooth allows, since they conserve more of your own structure.
Night Guard Protection
Grinding is the most common reason cosmetic work fails early. Where it is present, a night guard is built into the plan from the start rather than added after something chips.
THE SMILE MAKEOVER PROCESS
Two stages. Everything irreversible happens after you have seen and approved the design, not before.
CONSULTATION, RECORDS & DESIGN
A conversation about what you want to change, a full assessment of your teeth, gums and bite, photographs and a digital scan. Gum health and bite stability come first, since cosmetic work placed over either problem will not hold. The proposed result is then designed against your facial proportions, your lip line and your smile line, and shown to you. Where appropriate, a trial version is placed over your teeth so you can see the shape and length in your own mouth. Changes at this stage cost nothing but time.
SEQUENCED TREATMENT & FINAL RESULT
Treatment follows the agreed plan in the order the result requires: alignment or gum work first where needed, then whitening, then any restorative and porcelain work matched to the new shade. You are shown the result at each stage rather than at the end. A review appointment follows once the tissue has settled, and a night guard is made where grinding is a factor.
WHY PATIENTS CHOOSE US FOR SMILE MAKEOVERS
Dr. Shir designs the whole result before preparing anything, and will recommend the most conservative route that achieves what you want.
Designed Before Prepared
You see the intended result in your own mouth before any enamel is touched. Feedback is expected at that stage, not after the porcelain has been made.
Sequenced Properly
Whitening before porcelain, gum work before veneers, alignment before restorations. The order is what stops a makeover having to be redone.
Conservative by Default
We remove what the design requires and no more. Where bonding, whitening or alignment achieves your goal with less enamel removed, that is the recommendation.
One Dentist, One Plan
More than thirty years of restorative and aesthetic practice, with every stage handled here. Nothing is referred out and nothing is lost between two providers.
Designed Before Prepared
You see the intended result in your own mouth before any enamel is touched. Feedback is expected at that stage, not after the porcelain has been made.
Sequenced Properly
Whitening before porcelain, gum work before veneers, alignment before restorations. The order is what stops a makeover having to be redone.
Conservative by Default
We remove what the design requires and no more. Where bonding, whitening or alignment achieves your goal with less enamel removed, that is the recommendation.
One Dentist, One Plan
More than thirty years of restorative and aesthetic practice, with every stage handled here. Nothing is referred out and nothing is lost between two providers.
SEE YOUR SMILE DESIGNED BEFORE TREATMENT BEGINS
At your consultation Dr. Shir will assess your teeth, gums and bite, talk through what you want to change and what is realistic, and design the proposed result against your own face. You will see it before agreeing to anything, and you leave with a written plan covering the sequence, the timeline and the cost. No pressure to start.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SMILE MAKEOVERS
The questions patients ask most often before starting treatment.
How long does a smile makeover take?
It depends entirely on what your plan includes. A makeover built around whitening and bonding can be finished in two or three weeks. One involving veneers usually runs four to six weeks. If alignment is part of the plan, that stage alone takes several months and everything else follows it. Your written plan gives the timeline for your specific case before you commit.
How much does a smile makeover cost?
There is no standard figure, because no two plans contain the same treatments. Rather than quote a range, we price your actual plan after the consultation and give it to you in writing, covering every stage so there is nothing to work out later. Financing is available to spread the cost across monthly payments, and plans can be staged over time where that suits you better.
Will my smile still look like mine?
That is the goal, and it is a design decision rather than a technical one. Results look artificial when teeth are too uniform, too bright for the face, too long or too flat, or set against a gum line that does not match. All of that is decided before anything is made, which is exactly why you see and approve the design first.
Do I need every treatment on the list?
No, and most patients do not. A makeover uses what your case requires. For some people that is whitening and two bonded teeth. For others it is a fuller plan across the whole smile. Dr. Shir will tell you where a smaller intervention gets you what you want, and that conversation happens at the consultation rather than after treatment has started.