What a Hollywood smile actually is
A Hollywood smile is a full set of veneers — thin porcelain or composite shells bonded to the visible surface of your front teeth — usually 8 to 10 on the upper arch, sometimes matched below. Done well, it corrects colour, shape, small gaps and worn edges in one plan. Done badly, it looks like a row of bathroom tiles. The difference is design: at our clinic in Mar Elias, Beirut, every smile is designed digitally and mocked up on your own teeth first, so you approve the result before anything is manufactured.
What determines the cost of a Hollywood smile in Lebanon
You'll notice we don't publish prices. That's deliberate: the honest cost of a Hollywood smile depends entirely on your case, and any clinic quoting a flat number before examining you is either guessing or hiding extras. What actually moves the price:
| Factor | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Material | Composite is more affordable but lasts 4–7 years; porcelain is colour-stable for 10–15 years |
| Number of veneers | A full Hollywood smile is usually 8–10 upper teeth; some smiles need only 4–6 |
| Laboratory quality | The ceramist's skill is most of what separates a natural result from bathroom tiles |
| Condition of your teeth | Gum treatment, old fillings or bite correction needed first changes the plan |
What we promise instead of a number: after your examination you receive a written, itemised, per-tooth quotation — fixed before treatment starts, with nothing added later.
The process, visit by visit
- Consultation & design. Examination, photos, and digital smile design. We check gum health first — veneers on inflamed gums fail early.
- Mock-up. The designed smile is placed over your teeth in temporary material. You see it, speak with it, photograph it. Changes cost nothing at this stage.
- Preparation. Under local anaesthetic, a thin layer of enamel is shaped — often less than half a millimetre. Suitable cases can have minimal-prep or no-prep veneers.
- Fitting, 2–3 weeks later. The lab-made porcelain veneers are bonded, the bite is checked and polished.
- Review. A follow-up visit to confirm everything has settled — included, not extra.
Before & after, from this clinic
These are our patients, photographed in this clinic and published with their written consent — see more in the full case gallery.