Cosmetic Dentist in Lanark: Preview your smile, then decide.

At Lanark Smile Studios on 72 High Street, cosmetic treatment covers composite bonding, veneers in porcelain or composite, Invisalign, home whitening, complete smile makeovers and facial aesthetics. The dentist planning your treatment maps every change out on screen before it happens, and larger cases include a trial smile so you can preview the look. Your first consultation is free, and patients join us from Carluke, Carstairs, Biggar, New Lanark and across Clydesdale. Treatments and fees are listed on our cosmetic dentistry page.

One tooth costs £395. Our four-tooth package is £1,550, and it includes home whitening, a final polish and a review visit. ¹ Packages for six, eight and ten teeth are £2,350, £3,150 and £3,950. When you compare quotes, check that whitening, polishing and a review are part of the price, because many headline per-tooth figures leave them out.

Porcelain veneers at Lanark Smile Studios start at £695 per tooth, and each composite veneer is £395. ¹ Those figures already include the digital smile design and the trial smile, so seeing your result in advance adds nothing to the bill. A typical case is six to ten veneers, enough to cover the teeth that show when you smile widely. After a free consultation we give you a written quote that won't change.

The starting point is £2,350, which covers whitening and composite bonding on six teeth; the total grows with the work your smile needs. ¹ Straightening with Invisalign beforehand, or porcelain veneers (from £695 a tooth) on some teeth, will change the price. Following a free consultation, you'll get a single fixed fee in writing.

It's a trade between lifespan, cost and how much tooth you're willing to change. Porcelain, from £695 a tooth, is crafted in a dental laboratory, holds its colour and often lasts ten years or more, though the enamel usually needs thinning slightly to fit it. Composite, at £395 a tooth, is sculpted straight onto your teeth with little or no drilling; it costs less but can stain and needs renewing every few years. Our porcelain versus composite veneers guide weighs up both.

Whitening gel contains peroxide, which travels into the enamel and breaks apart the stain molecules responsible for darker teeth, so the colour lifts from inside. With Boutique home whitening, we take a scan, have thin trays made to fit your teeth alone and prescribe the gel; you then wear the trays at home each day for two to three weeks. We keep an eye on your shade and comfort as you go. Crowns, veneers and white fillings stay the colour they are, so we plan around any you already have.

They succeed when the finished smile is designed as a whole before treatment begins, instead of tackling teeth one by one. Sequence is important. Teeth are straightened first, whitened next, and only then bonded or veneered, which keeps more of your natural tooth and lets every shade match. A trial smile shows you the likely outcome in your own mouth while everything can still be changed. How long the result lasts depends on the materials chosen, habits such as grinding, smoking and coffee, and regular hygiene visits, and outcomes differ from one person to the next.