Why there is no single price
A Hollywood smile is a description of a result, not a fixed package, so a single price would be wrong for almost everyone reading it.
Two people can walk in with the same request and need completely different work. One has even, healthy teeth that are the wrong colour, and might need nothing more than whitening. The other has crooked teeth, receding gums and two old crowns that no longer match, and needs three stages before any porcelain is made.
This page sets out what moves the number, so that when you are given a quote you can tell what you are paying for and compare it with another one honestly.
What changes the cost
How many teeth. The single biggest factor, and the one most often left vague in a quote. Six teeth and ten teeth are very different totals. Ask which teeth are included before you compare two prices.
Veneers or crowns. A crown costs more than a veneer and takes far more tooth away. Some quotes described as a Hollywood smile are for crowns, because crowns are quicker to plan on damaged teeth. The difference between the two is worth understanding before you agree.
Which porcelain, and which laboratory. This is most of the cost you cannot see. The same dentist working with two laboratories produces visibly different results, and the better technician charges more. Layered porcelain by hand costs more than a milled block and looks better on front teeth.
Whether anything comes first. Gum treatment, decay, or moving the teeth. None of these is optional and all of them add both cost and months. Skipping them is what produces work that looks wrong within a year.
One tooth or a set. Counterintuitively, a single veneer matched to the natural teeth beside it costs more per tooth than eight made to match each other. It is the hardest shade work there is.
What you get from us
A written plan after the examination, listing every stage and what it costs, with anything uncertain flagged as uncertain. If the plan turns out to be wrong, we tell you before doing the work rather than after.
If the cost is the obstacle
Say so, plainly. It changes the conversation in a useful direction rather than an awkward one.
Treatment can usually be sequenced across a longer period. Fewer teeth is a real option and often looks better than more. And in a fair number of cases whitening alone gets most of the way to what the person actually wanted, at a fraction of the price and without removing anything that cannot be replaced.