You see it before it's permanent.
Nobody should have to commit to a smile they have not looked at. Here is exactly how it works, from the first call to the day it is finished.
Step 01Step 01
The comprehensive exam
Your first visit is a comprehensive exam: photographs, x-rays, and a proper look at the teeth, the bite and the gums. Then a real conversation about what bothers you, in your own words, and what you actually want it to look like.
The new patient exam starts at $99. You leave knowing exactly where you stand and what the work would cost.
Step 02Step 02
Wear it before you buy it
We review the records together and design the smile in the context of your face: structure, symmetry, skin tone, lip dynamics, and how you look when you are actually talking rather than posing.
Then an impression goes to the lab and they work the design up properly. It comes back and we pick it apart together, before a single tooth has been drilled. Too long, too white, too square: say so and it changes.
Depending on the case, that design can sometimes be made as a try-on smile you actually wear, so you can look in a mirror, take a photo, and sleep on it. This stage starts at about $500, and it is the reason nobody here finds out what their smile looks like on the day it becomes permanent.
Step 03Step 03
Placed for the long run
Only what you already approved gets made permanent. Final restorations are placed with the precision long-term function demands, and longevity drives every decision along the way.
If a technique cannot age well, it never makes the plan in the first place. That is the whole standard.
The order it happens in.
Cosmetic work has a sequence, and most of what goes wrong is a case done out of order. Whitening after the porcelain is made. Covering teeth that should have been moved. Here is the whole run.
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Exam
The comprehensive exam
Photographs, x-rays, and a proper look at the teeth, the bite and the gums. Then the conversation about what actually bothers you.
Starts at $99. You leave with a written plan. -
Records
Impressions for the mockup
An impression and scans go to the laboratory so the design can be worked up properly rather than sketched.
Same visit wherever the schedule allows -
Foundation
Gums and alignment, if they need it if needed
Active gum disease gets treated before anything cosmetic goes near it. Healthy teeth that simply sit wrong get moved with aligners, referred to the orthodontist at Summer Dental, which often means far less porcelain afterwards.
Only when your case calls for it -
Whitening
Your own teeth set the shade
Porcelain never lightens once it is made, so the natural teeth get taken to the color you want first. The veneers are then matched to that.
Then about two weeks for the shade to settle -
Mockup
The try-on smile
The lab design comes back and you pick it apart with him. Too long, too white, too square: say so and it changes. Where the case allows, it is made so you can wear it, look in a mirror and sleep on it.
Starts at about $500. Not a single tooth has been drilled yet. -
Preparation
Only what you approved
The teeth are prepared to the design you already signed off, and you leave in temporaries that look like the mockup.
After you approve it, never before -
Delivery
The porcelain goes on
The finished veneers are bonded and the bite is adjusted properly, which is one of the biggest factors in how long they last.
About two weeks after preparation
Not every case runs every stage, and the spacing moves around your life and your travel. The order does not move.
You get the number before you commit.
Cosmetic dentistry pricing depends on how many teeth are involved and what condition they are in. Any number quoted before an exam is a guess, which is why the figure here comes in writing after one.
Here it works in one direction: exam first, then an itemized written plan with real numbers, then your decision. The two stages before any tooth is touched have published starting fees, so you can see what it costs to find out.
The new patient exam
Photographs, x-rays and a proper look, then the conversation about what you actually want.
The mockup
Impression, lab work, and a design you get to pick apart. Still before a single tooth is prepared.
The written plan
It leaves with you. Get a second opinion if you want one.
What you approved
The written plan is the price, and you approve any change before it happens.
Flying in for this.
Plenty of people who have this done in Las Vegas do not live in Las Vegas. The steps do not change. The spacing between them does.
The sequence is the same wherever you are coming from: a comprehensive exam with x-rays and photographs, then a preview you wear and approve, then placement. What has to be worked out is how those visits sit against your flights, and that is a conversation rather than a package.
The one thing not worth doing is compressing the preview out of the schedule to save a trip. Seeing the design on your own teeth before it is permanent is the entire safeguard, and it is the first thing a rushed plan quietly drops.
The office is in Summerlin, on the west side of the valley, at 10965 Lavender Hill Dr, Suite 120. Say on the phone that you are traveling in. The visits get sequenced around that before anything is booked, and if the honest answer is that your case needs more time on the ground than you have, you will be told that rather than squeezed in.
A few weeks
For most cosmetic cases, with the appointments grouped around your flights. Larger reconstructions are staged deliberately over months.
The preview stays in
However the trips are arranged, you approve the design before anything becomes permanent.
Questions everyone asks.
Will people be able to tell?
The goal is work people do not notice. The reason bad cosmetic work is obvious is uniformity: every tooth the same width, the same flat white, no translucency at the edge. Real enamel is none of those things. Yours is shaped and shaded against your own face, and the design process here is built to avoid exactly those tells.
How long does it take?
Most cosmetic cases finish within a few weeks, scheduled around your work. How many appointments that takes depends on what your case involves, so you get a real timeline at the consult instead of a number off a web page. Larger reconstructions are staged deliberately over months, because rushing permanent work is how it fails early.
Does it hurt?
Treatment is done with proper anesthesia and an unhurried approach. Most patients say it was far easier than they expected. “Gentle” is the word that shows up most in reviews.
What does it cost?
The treatment itself depends on how many teeth are involved and what condition they are in, so any number quoted before an exam is a guess. The two stages before it have published starting figures: the exam starts at $99 and the mockup at about $500. Every published number on this site is a starting point rather than a quote. After the exam you get an itemized plan with real figures before you commit to anything. As of this writing there is no deposit on top, and you approve the itemized plan before anything is scheduled.
What if I don't like the design?
Then it changes, before anything is permanent. That is the entire reason the preview stage exists. Too long, too white, too square: say so and it gets adjusted. You approve the look on your own face first.
I'm flying in. Can it be done in fewer trips?
Sometimes, and it depends entirely on the case. Visits can often be grouped more tightly for someone traveling in, but the preview stage does not get removed to save a flight. Approving the design on your own teeth before it is permanent is the safeguard the whole process is built around. Say on the phone that you are coming from out of town and the sequence gets planned around your travel before anything is booked.
How do I book?
Consultations are coordinated through Summer Dental & Orthodontics in Las Vegas. Call (702) 852-2829 and say: “I'd like a cosmetic consultation with Dr. Peter Bonifatto.” The contact page has the hours and the address.
Step one is a phone call.
Ask for Dr. Bonifatto by name. Everything after that happens in person, starting with the exam.