Porcelain veneers in Maida Vale

We design the smile digitally, then trial it in your mouth so you can see the shape and length before a single tooth is prepared. Only when you are happy does anything become permanent. The veneers themselves are handmade Emax porcelain, from £600 a tooth, usually ready in two to three weeks.

Porcelain veneers at Maida Vale: the local details

• The design appointment, the trial smile and the fit all happen at 142 Shirland Road — there is no travelling to a separate cosmetic centre.
• Eight minutes from Maida Vale station, with the 6, 187 and 414 stopping on Shirland Road.
• Late appointments until 8pm suit the two-week gap between preparation and fit, when you are wearing temporaries.
• We see veneer patients from Little Venice, St John’s Wood, Notting Hill and Paddington who want Harley Street work without the Harley Street mark-up.

What veneers are

A veneer is a wafer-thin shell of porcelain, made in a laboratory to our design, bonded to the front of a tooth. We use Emax lithium disilicate, which is both very strong and beautifully translucent, so the finished tooth has the depth and light of a natural one rather than a flat white look.

Veneers suit teeth that are too dark to whiten, heavily worn, chipped, misshapen or slightly crooked where the patient does not want orthodontics. A full set across the front teeth is a complete smile makeover; a single veneer can rescue one tooth that lets the rest down.

Our approach: minimal, planned, previewed

We design your smile digitally and, where helpful, show you a trial version in your mouth before any tooth is prepared. Preparation removes only a very thin layer of enamel, often less than half a millimetre, and we choose bonding over veneers wherever it can achieve the same result. Honest advice comes first.

The trial smile matters more than any photograph of somebody else. It is built onto your own teeth, in your own face, so you can look at the length and shape in daylight and ask for them shorter, squarer or softer while changing anything still costs nothing.

What to expect

Read the full guide to porcelain veneers at Shirland Dental, including every question we are asked.