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Smile Makeovers in Edinburgh: Your Whole Smile, in One Plan
At a glance
Our smile makeovers in Comely Bank, Edinburgh, combine treatments such as Invisalign, whitening, bonding and porcelain veneers in one plan, designed by Dr Davinder Kalsi. You see the result first through smile design (from £250) and, if you like, a trial smile (from £250), and each fee is fixed in writing. Prices checked October 2026.
When more than one thing bothers you, Dr Davinder Kalsi plans it together at our Comely Bank practice: alignment, colour, shape and any missing teeth. You see the design on your own face, and can try it in your mouth, before any treatment begins.
How We Design It
Step 1
Photos and Scan
We take photographs, a short video and a 3D scan of your teeth, in about 45 minutes.
Step 2
Digital Smile Design
Your new smile is designed on your own face, with proportions that suit you rather than a template.
Step 3
Trial Smile
A temporary mock-up sits over your teeth. See it, speak in it, photograph it, change anything.
Step 4
Treatment, in Order
Straightening first, whitening next, shaping last. That sequence is what makes the result last.
Smile Makeovers: Six Real Cases
One needed only veneers. Another was a full mouth rehabilitation. Each was treated by one of our dentists. Slide to compare.
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Straightened first, then implants and veneers added.
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Failing restorations redone: new crowns, bridges and veneers.
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A makeover with veneers alone.
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Old work replaced, and darker teeth masked, with four veneers.
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Full mouth rehabilitation.
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Tired old restorations renewed and gaps filled, using crowns, bridges and veneers.
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Open the smile gallery (27 cases)Digital smile design
Your Smile, Drawn to Fit Your Face
A natural-looking result is decided at the planning stage. Tooth length. Tooth shape. Where each edge meets your lip. How the whole smile sits within your face. Alter one and the others shift with it.
At Comely Bank, Dr Davinder Kalsi works these out on screen, combining digital smile design with what he knows of dental aesthetics and facial proportion. We can test ideas with you in the chair, give you the reasons behind each recommendation and agree a considered plan first, before treatment starts.
A real smile design: new outlines for each upper tooth, drawn over the patient's own smile photo.
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See It on Your Own Face
Most people find it hard to say exactly what they would change. Imagining the outcome from words alone is harder. So we skip the guesswork. The proposed changes are drawn digitally onto your own photographs, and you can flick between tooth shapes and proportions on your face. You react, we adjust, and the design moves closer to what you have in mind.
Rebuilding worn edges, evening things out or a bolder change: the choice is simpler once it's on screen in front of you.
Digital preview only. This AI-generated image illustrates the changes proposed for this patient. It is not a treatment result. The real result is shaped by your clinical circumstances and by the treatment plan agreed with you.
Small Details, Natural Smiles
Teeth are judged against the face around them. Six things guide every design.
Facial Proportions
Your smile in relation to your face and features, not to a template.
Tooth Shape and Size
Each tooth's width-to-length balance, and how it sits beside its neighbours.
Lips and Smile Line
Do the tips of your upper teeth echo the curve of your lower lip in a smile?
Gum Levels
How evenly your gums frame each tooth.
Natural Character
Tiny irregularities of outline, texture and translucency, which stop a smile looking manufactured.
What You Want
Your say matters throughout. One patient wants a brighter, crisper smile; the next wants a change so quiet that friends can't say what's different. Trying both on the design shows which suits you.
Checking the design against the patient's full face, not just his teeth.
Where Clinical Judgement Comes In
Any smile design program can sketch a tooth. None can tell whether that tooth is right for you. That call comes from putting what you have asked for next to what our examination of your teeth and gums shows, and measuring both against the principles of smile design. Beyond looks, there is your bite to protect, your dental health to consider and the question of which treatment is right at all.
If we suggest changing a tooth, we'll tell you why, and show you where it fits in the plan we have built for you.
Everyone Working From One Design
When you approve a design, it becomes the reference everyone works from: you, our clinical team and the dental technicians making your restorations. The intended shapes and proportions are set down clearly, which keeps the whole treatment pointing the same way.
Sorting out the detail in advance makes for a more predictable approach. It also gives you breathing space: time for questions, for understanding the options and for feeling comfortable with the direction before you commit.
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Case study
Short, Worn Teeth, Redesigned
His upper teeth had worn down and looked short, and their biting edge ran at a slant across his smile instead of sitting level. Before treatment, the new length and shape of each tooth was drawn on his own smile, checked against a photo of his whole face and shown to him as a digital preview.
Starting pointWorn, short upper teeth with an uneven, sloping biting edge
PlanningDigital smile design on his photographs, checked on his full face
PreviewAn AI-generated digital preview to discuss before treatment
Not retouched. Individual results vary.
3Typical Plans and How Long They Take
No two plans are the same. Here are the three people ask us about most often.
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Align, whiten, bondFee set after design
Whiten and veneersFee set after design
Implants and veneersFee set after scan
Your Smile Makeover, Step by Step
Seven stages, though few people need all seven. Which ones you need, and in what order, is worked out from your oral health and your goals.
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Listening First
Start by telling us what you'd like to be different about your smile and, just as important, what you're happy with. After that comes a full check of your oral health, how your teeth are aligned and how they bite, and their colour. We also study your face (features, proportions, lips), because the smile has to belong to it.
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Records: Photos, Scans, X-Rays
Photographs, 3D scans on our iTero scanner and X-rays (only where clinically appropriate), depending on what you need. Together they capture your starting point, feed into the planning, and give us something to show you on screen as we explain our findings and your options.
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Your Options, Costed
We set out the treatments that could get you there, each with its benefits, risks and alternatives, including doing nothing where that is a reasonable choice. Everything goes into a personalised written plan: the costs, the expected timescale, how many appointments, and what care follows. Take the time you need for questions before deciding anything.
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Designing It with You
Where appropriate, we mock up the proposed changes with digital smile design before treatment begins. It's shaped by your face and lips, by how your teeth are proportioned, and by your own taste. Seeing the preview, you can tell us what works and what doesn't; once agreed, the design is the reference our clinicians and the dental technicians share. Expect small refinements along the way. Think of the design as a compass bearing rather than a guaranteed destination.
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Health Before Cosmetics
Cosmetic and restorative work waits until your mouth is healthy. If there is gum disease, decay or another problem, we treat that first, because everything we do afterwards depends on it. You'll also get practical advice on caring for your teeth and gums, now and once treatment has finished.
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Position and Bite
Some people need teeth moved or the bite adjusted, often with orthodontic treatment; plenty don't. If you do, it is built into the sequence, with the smile design showing where each tooth should end up before anything is restored.
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Shade, Then Restorations
We check your shade and talk about whitening if it is appropriate. Where teeth need restoring, that could mean composite bonding, veneers or crowns; gaps from missing teeth might be filled with implants or bridges. The smile design steers the shape and proportions of this work, and it's what the dental technician works from. If it suits your case, you can wear a mock-up or temporary restorations first and judge the look for yourself before anything final is made.
Smile Design Consultation
A ninety-minute appointment covering photographs, a 3D scan and your digital smile design. Smile design is from £250, and a trial smile, if you'd like one, from £250.
A smile design built around your own face
A written plan with the sequence and a fixed fee
The option of a trial smile before you decide
What It Can Include
Your plan includes only the treatments you need, sequenced so the results last.
Invisalign
Aligns crowded or gappy teeth at the start, so less of your natural tooth has to be altered afterwards.
Whitening
Brightens your natural teeth first, so any new work is matched to the lighter shade.
Composite Bonding
Rebuilds worn edges and fills small gaps over one or two visits, with minimal or no drilling.
Porcelain Veneers
Alter shape and colour where teeth are heavily filled, or where bonding wouldn't hold up.
Ceramic Crowns
Restore heavily filled or broken teeth so they match the rest of the new smile.
Dental Implants
Fill gaps left by missing teeth, planned at the outset so the new smile is whole.
Why the order matters. When teeth are straightened first, bonding or veneers can be thinner, and sometimes aren't needed. Whitening is done before bonding and veneers, since they are matched to your teeth and won't change colour afterwards.
Who It's For
A smile makeover is right for you when more than one aspect of your smile bothers you.
Crooked or Stained Teeth
Aligned first and whitened afterwards, so it all matches.
Worn or Chipped Teeth
Restored with veneers or bonding, frequently after years of grinding.
Gaps and Uneven Edges
Levelled and closed within a single design.
Mismatched Dental Work
Older crowns, veneers or fillings replaced to match the new shade.
Missing Teeth
Implants planned with the cosmetic treatment right from the outset.
A Smile That Isn't You
Proportions shaped to suit your lips, face and features.
Smile Makeovers in Edinburgh
Comely Bank Dental is at 3 Comely Bank Road, a few minutes' walk from Stockbridge and close to Inverleith, Fettes, Learmonth and the New Town. Lothian Buses 24 and 29 both stop on Comely Bank, and from the New Town, Edinburgh's West End and Dean Village it's a 15 to 20 minute walk; if you drive, there's on-street parking on and around Comely Bank Road. People also come from further west, from Davidson's Mains and East Craigs.
Your smile design consultation is a ninety-minute appointment here, covering photographs, a 3D scan and your digital smile design. We're open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with later appointments by arrangement. How to find us.
Questions
What it involves, how effective it is and what you'll pay.
Where can I get cosmetic dentistry in Edinburgh?–
At Comely Bank Dental in north Edinburgh, you can have composite bonding, porcelain or composite veneers, whitening, Invisalign, a smile makeover or facial aesthetics. We plan cosmetic treatment digitally, and you try veneers and smile makeovers in your mouth as a trial smile before going ahead. Bonding and Invisalign consultations are free.
How effective are smile makeovers?+
Very effective, when the whole smile is planned together. Working in order (straightening, whitening, then bonding or veneers) alters less of your natural tooth and keeps everything matching. You also wear a trial of the new smile before any treatment, so the likely result is clear up front. Its lifespan comes down to the materials used and how you care for it.
How much does a smile makeover cost?+
That depends on the combination of treatments. At Comely Bank Dental, six teeth of composite bonding with whitening costs £2,250, and porcelain veneers start at £800 per tooth. After your consultation, we confirm a fixed fee for your plan in writing.2
How long does a smile makeover take?+
That varies with the treatment. Whitening and bonding together can be completed in a few weeks, while a plan that begins with clear aligners normally runs for several months, and one involving implants builds in healing time. Before you begin, your written plan shows the sequence and timescale.
Who plans smile makeovers at Comely Bank Dental?+
Dr Davinder Kalsi, whose interests include digital smile design and porcelain veneers. He designs the smile on your own photographs and scan, and you see it as a trial smile before any tooth is changed.
Guides
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Start with Your Smile Design
Let's talk about your smile: the parts you'd change and the parts you'd keep. We'll assess it, walk you through the options and give you a frank idea of what may be achievable for you. Book a smile design consultation, or send us a question on WhatsApp first.