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.
No pressure, no judgment, no lecture about flossing. You leave knowing exactly where you stand and what it 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 you preview it. The proposed design goes onto your own teeth so you can look in a mirror, take a photo, and sleep on it. Too long, too white, too much: say so and it changes. Nothing is permanent at this stage.
Step 03Step 03
Placed for the long run
Only what you already approved gets made permanent. Final restorations are placed with the precision required for decades of real function, 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.
You get the number before you commit.
Cosmetic dentistry pricing depends on how many teeth are involved and what condition they are in. Anyone quoting a figure before looking in your mouth is guessing, and quoting a suspiciously low one is usually the first move in a longer conversation.
Here it works in one direction: exam first, then an itemized written plan with real numbers, then your decision. There is no deposit required to find out what your case would take.
Deposit to get a quote
Finding out what it costs is free.
Pressure to decide same day
Take the written plan home. Get a second opinion if you want one.
Surprise additions
The plan you approve is the plan you pay for.
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 travelling 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.
Two to three visits
Across a few weeks for most cosmetic cases. 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?
Not if it is designed correctly. 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. If someone can spot it, it was done wrong.
How long does it take?
Most cosmetic cases finish within a few weeks across two or three visits, scheduled around your work. 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?
It depends on how many teeth are involved and what condition they are in, so any number quoted before an exam is a guess. After your exam and consult you get an itemized plan with real figures before you commit to anything. No deposit just to find out, no financing pitch, no surprise add-ons.
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 travelling 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.” Or answer the three questions and we will take it from there.
Step one takes about a minute.
Three questions about what bothers you and when you are thinking about it. Nothing gets stored on this site.