Home whitening, clear aligners, bonding, veneers
Whitening and straightening
The things people ask about quietly: whitening done safely by a dentist, clear aligners to straighten teeth without braces, composite bonding to fix chips and gaps, and veneers when they are genuinely the right answer.
Cosmetic dentistry done well is invisible. The aim is teeth that look like yours, straighter and brighter, not a row of identical white tiles. We will tell you when the small option is the better one.
Whitening is by a dentist, which in the UK is the only legal way to get the concentration that works. We make custom trays from a digital scan, you wear them at night for two to three weeks with the gel, and the result lasts years with an occasional top-up. It is safe on healthy teeth and we check first; it is not suitable for crowns or fillings at the front, which we will say.
Clear aligners straighten crowded or spaced teeth with a series of nearly invisible trays, changed every week or two, over six to eighteen months, with a scan at the start that shows you the planned result before you commit. Composite bonding repairs chips, closes small gaps and reshapes edges in a single visit with no drilling. Veneers are for the cases where bonding will not do, and we are honest about which those are: they involve removing enamel and they are for life.
What is included
- Free cosmetic consultation with a scan
- Dentist-supervised home whitening
- Clear aligners with a preview of the result
- Composite bonding in one visit, no drilling
- Veneers only where they are the right answer
- Retainers included with aligners
What it costs
Home whitening £395 including trays and gel. Clear aligners from £2,400 including retainers. Composite bonding from £195 a tooth. Veneers from £795 a tooth. Free cosmetic consultation. There is no VAT on dental treatment and every fee is on the fees page, with the membership plan that spreads the routine cost. Nervous? Start on the nervous patients page.
Questions about cosmetic
Does whitening damage the teeth?
Not when it is done by a dentist at the legal concentration with custom trays. Some sensitivity during the two or three weeks is common and settles. Over-the-counter kits and beauty-salon whitening are either too weak to work or illegal and risky; we see the damage from the second kind.
Book a check-up, or join the plan.
A new patient examination is £75 with X-rays and photographs, or £18.50 a month on the membership plan with two hygienist visits a year and 10% off treatment. Nervous? Ask for James and start with a conversation.