The Complete Guide to Hollywood Smile in Tunisia

This guide is about design rather than technique, and it is organised around your journey: deciding, designing, the trip, and the years that follow. If you want the treatment page itself — how the work is carried out, the stay and the aftercare — see Hollywood Smile Makeover in Tunisia. For budgeting, our plastic surgery prices in Tunisia page sets the figures in context, and the wider dental care in Tunisia section covers the neighbouring treatments. One design failure is more common than all the others combined: teeth that are too white, too long and too uniform. The shade section below addresses it directly, and our single most useful piece of advice is in there.

One thing distinguishes Tunisia: it is a French-speaking country. Not a clinic with French-speaking staff — a country where French is a working language across dentistry and daily life. On this treatment that matters more than on any other, because the entire result is what you asked for at the mock-up.

Part one — Deciding

1. What a Hollywood Smile actually is

Not a single procedure. It is a complete smile transformation, planned as a whole rather than tooth by tooth. The components vary by patient:

• Ceramic veneers on sound teeth needing shape, colour or alignment improvement.
• Crowns on teeth that are heavily filled, root-treated or substantially damaged — because a veneer has nothing sound to bond to on such a tooth.
• Gum contouring, where the gum line is uneven or sits too low. Frequently what completes the result.
• Whitening, of the teeth that are not being restored — and the section below explains why this is not optional.
• Occasionally alignment first, where the teeth are crowded enough that masking would remove too much tooth.

What makes it different from having veneers is scope and coordination. A veneer case treats the teeth that need treating. A Hollywood Smile treats the visible smile as a single design — which means deciding the proportions, the arch form, the gum line and the shade as one set of related decisions rather than a series of individual ones.

How many teeth is determined by your smile line — how many teeth show when you smile widely. Typically eight to ten on the upper arch, sometimes twelve. Frequently six to eight on the lower, where the lower teeth show — and the lower arch is the decision patients most often get wrong.

What it is not. It is not a way to avoid treating dental disease: decay and gum disease are treated first. It is not reversible, since teeth are prepared. And it is not a single standard result. The design should be built for your face, which is the whole subject of this page.

2. Is this the right treatment for you?

Worth working through honestly, because several alternatives remove less tooth.

Where a full transformation is appropriate

• Multiple teeth with several issues at once — discolouration that whitening cannot address, worn or chipped edges, poor shape, uneven gum line.
• Teeth already heavily restored, where crowns are needed regardless.
• Old restorations that no longer match — multiple crowns or veneers from previous decades, in different shades.
• Severe wear, where the teeth have shortened significantly.

Where less would achieve what you want

• Whitening alone. If your teeth are well shaped, well aligned, and your only concern is colour, whitening costs a fraction, removes nothing, and is entirely reversible. A number of patients who enquire about a Hollywood Smile need whitening.
• Gum contouring alone. Where your teeth are sound and the issue is that too little of them shows, a short gum contouring procedure can transform the smile without touching a tooth. This is more common than patients expect.
• Alignment alone. Where crowding is the issue and the teeth are otherwise good, clear aligners fix the position without removing anything.
• Whitening plus gum contouring. Together these two reversible, tooth-preserving treatments transform a substantial number of smiles, and we suggest them where they apply.
• A smaller number of veneers. Where only the front four or six are the problem — and the section below explains how the number is decided.

Our position. We will tell you where less would achieve what you want. That means a smaller case for us, and it is the right answer — because a patient who has ten teeth prepared when four needed treating has permanently lost tooth structure she did not need to lose. Ask directly: « Un blanchiment et un remodelage gingival suffiraient-ils dans mon cas ? »

3. The design decisions, and why they are yours

This is the heart of the page. Seven decisions determine what your smile looks like, and they should be made by you, with guidance, rather than to a default.

Decision one: how many teeth

Determined by your smile line — how many show when you smile widely, photographed and measured. Treating too few is the most common technical error: treat six and the seventh and eighth remain darker and differently shaped, and the transition is visible. Treating more than show is unnecessary tooth loss. Ask: « Combien de dents montrent vraiment quand je souris, et combien proposez-vous de traiter ? »

Decision two: length

How long the teeth are, and how much shows below your upper lip at rest. A small amount of upper tooth showing at rest looks youthful; too much looks artificial. Length also determines how the smile reads in profile, and it is the dimension patients most often want more of and later regret.

Decision three: width and proportion

The ratio of width to length on the central incisors, and how the teeth step down in size toward the back. Get this wrong and teeth look either stubby or unnaturally narrow, regardless of how well made they are.

Decision four: shade

The single most regretted decision, addressed in full below.

Decision five: uniformity

How identical the teeth are to each other. Natural teeth are not identical. Slight differences in edge translucency, a canine a touch more saturated, minor variation in the incisal edges — this is what makes teeth read as teeth. Perfectly uniform teeth read as dentistry.

Decision six: the gum line

Where the gum margin sits, and whether it is level. Half the frame — and it is corrected before the restorations are made, not after.

Decision seven: the lower arch

Whether to treat it, and to what shade. This is the decision patients most often get wrong.

How these decisions get made: at the mock-up — worn in your own mouth, in daylight, before any tooth is touched. Not from a shade guide, not from a photograph, and not from a digital simulation alone.

4. Whitening first: not optional

Why. Ceramic cannot be whitened. Your restorations will be made to a chosen shade, and they will hold that shade permanently. Every natural tooth you do not restore will keep its own colour — and if that colour is darker than your new teeth, the difference will be visible and permanent.

What this means practically. Any tooth that shows and is not being restored must be whitened first, and the restoration shade is then chosen against the whitened result. This applies to your lower teeth, almost always, and to upper teeth beyond the ones being treated, where they show at all.

Why the sequence cannot be reversed. If you whiten after your restorations are made, your natural teeth become lighter than your ceramic — and the ceramic cannot be lightened to match. The only correction at that point is remaking the restorations.

Our practice. Whitening is done first and it is included. The shade is then selected against your whitened teeth, in daylight, with the ceramist present. This single step prevents one of the most common causes of dissatisfaction with a full smile transformation — and it costs a day.

5. Shade: the decision most often regretted

The most useful section on this page.

What goes wrong. Patients choose teeth that are too white. A shade that looks impressive under clinic lighting reads as artificial in daylight — particularly against the skin tone, lip colour and eye whites of an adult over forty. And it is permanent. Ceramic does not fade, does not stain, and cannot be adjusted.

Why it happens. Because the reference images are misleading. Photographs of celebrity smiles are lit, photographed and edited to a standard that does not exist in a restaurant or in daylight. And because a shade tab held against a tooth in a dental surgery looks different from twelve teeth in a face, outdoors.

Our advice, plainly:

• Choose one step less bright than your instinct.
• Assess the mock-up and the try-in outside, in natural daylight — not under the clinic light, where everything looks whiter.
• Photograph yourself and look at the photographs rather than only the mirror. We see ourselves differently in images.
• Look at your eye whites. A useful reference: teeth brighter than the whites of your eyes generally read as artificial.

Almost nobody regrets slightly less white. A substantial number regret the opposite — and it cannot be undone without remaking everything.

On very bright shades. We will make them if you want them, having shown you the mock-up and discussed it. What we will not do is make them without that conversation — because a patient who chooses a bright shade knowingly is satisfied, and one who was not warned is not.

6. The lower arch: the decision patients get wrong

Worth its own section, because it is genuinely the most common planning error.

The situation. A patient has ten upper teeth restored to a bright, even shade. Her lower teeth are untouched — their natural colour, natural shape, natural irregularity.

Why it shows. Because the lower teeth are visible. They show when you speak, when you laugh, and in almost every photograph taken from below or level. The contrast between a bright uniform upper arch and a natural lower one is immediately noticeable — and it is the single most common reason a technically good upper case looks wrong.

The three options:

• Whiten the lower teeth only. The most conservative and frequently sufficient — the lower teeth are lightened, and the upper shade is chosen to sit close to them rather than far above. This is what we recommend for most patients.
• Restore the lower front teeth as well. Typically six to eight, giving full control over shade and shape on both arches. More tooth removed, higher cost — and a more coordinated result where the lower teeth are also worn, chipped or crowded.
• Leave the lower arch entirely. Only appropriate where the lower teeth already sit close in shade to the planned upper result — which means the upper shade must be moderate.

How to decide. Look at yourself talking in a video, not smiling in a mirror. Most patients are surprised how much of their lower arch shows — and it is the assessment that makes this decision concrete. We record video at your assessment for exactly this reason.

The connection to shade. These two decisions are linked, and this is the important point. The brighter your upper shade, the more the lower arch must be addressed. A moderate upper shade may sit comfortably with whitened natural lower teeth; a very bright one will not. Choosing a bright shade means committing to the lower arch too — and that is worth knowing before you choose.

7. The mock-up: where the design becomes real

The step that determines whether you are delighted, and the one we will not proceed without.

What it is. Your proposed result, built in tooth-coloured resin directly over your own teeth. No preparation. Nothing removed. About an hour, and entirely removable.

What you do with it. Wear it out of the clinic. Look at it in daylight. Speak. Smile. Photograph yourself. Have lunch with it on. Show someone whose judgement you trust, if you want to. Then come back and say what you want changed — longer, shorter, less white, less uniform, more rounded at the corners, less gum showing. The mock-up is adjusted, and you look again.

Why it matters more here than anywhere. Because this is a full-face change, and no photograph, shade guide or digital simulation shows you how twelve teeth look on your own moving face. And because preparation is irreversible. The mock-up is your one opportunity to change your mind at no cost.

It also guides the preparation — the technical part that matters. The mock-up becomes the template. Preparation is done through it, so the dentist removes only the thickness needed in the exact position the final restoration will occupy. Without it, preparation is done to an estimate — which means removing more. This is how minimal preparation is actually achieved rather than merely claimed.

What to ask: « Ferez-vous un mock-up que je pourrai porter avant toute préparation ? » If the answer is anything other than a clear yes, that tells you something important. We do not prepare a tooth until you have seen and approved the mock-up.

8. Gum contouring: half the frame

Why it belongs in a smile design. Your gums frame your teeth, and the eye reads the frame. Where the gum line is uneven, the restorations will look uneven even if they are perfect. Where the gum sits low, the teeth look short — and lengthening them at the biting edge makes them too long overall. The length has to come from the gum end.

The sequence. Gum contouring first, then the restorations made to the corrected line. This order is not flexible. Restorations made to an uncorrected gum line, then contoured afterwards, leave the margin exposed.

What it involves. Reshaping the gum margin under local anaesthesia, with a soft tissue laser or fine instruments. Minutes per tooth. Where the bone sits too close to the new margin, a small amount is recontoured as well — crown lengthening — and this distinction determines whether the result is stable. Our gum contouring in Tunisia page covers it in full.

The timing consequence. A simple gingivectomy heals in two to four weeks, so restorations follow within the same trip. Crown lengthening takes around three months to settle, which means a second trip. Where that applies to you, we say so at the planning stage so you can arrange your travel — rather than discovering it on arrival.

Part two — Preparing

9. From first contact to confirmed dates

The online consultation. Send photographs, and they matter more here than for any other treatment. What to send:

• A full smile photograph, straight on, in natural daylight, unfiltered.
• A relaxed lip photograph, showing how much tooth shows at rest.
• A close-up of your upper teeth with lips retracted.
• A close-up of your lower teeth.
• A profile smile.
• And — the most useful of all — a short video of yourself talking and laughing, which shows how your smile actually moves and how much of your lower arch shows.

Plus a recent panoramic X-ray, which teeth have fillings, crowns or root treatment, whether you grind, any orthodontic history, and your medical history. And any reference images you like, with the caveat below. In French or in English, whichever you prefer.

What you receive. A plan naming how many teeth on each arch and why, veneers or crowns for each, whether gum contouring is indicated and whether it means a second trip, whether whitening or alignment should come first, the material, and the cost — itemised per tooth. Within 24 to 48 hours. And where less treatment would achieve what you want, the plan will say so. You can start with a free, personalised quote.

Questions worth asking before you commit:

• « Ferez-vous un mock-up que je pourrai porter avant toute préparation ? » — the most important question.
• « Combien de dents montrent quand je souris, et combien proposez-vous de traiter ? »
• « Faut-il traiter l’arcade inférieure, ou un blanchiment suffit-il ? »
• « Un blanchiment et un remodelage gingival suffiraient-ils ? » — a clinic willing to suggest it is being straight with you.
• « Facette ou couronne pour chaque dent, et pourquoi ? »
• « Le remodelage gingival nécessite-t-il un deuxième voyage ? »
• « Le céramiste sera-t-il présent lors de l’essayage ? »
• « Combien de dent sera retirée ? »
• « Où votre praticien a-t-il été formé ? »

What to arrange at home before you travel. Have any decay or gum disease treated, or tell us and we will address it first. Bring photographs of yourself smiling from a time you liked, if you have them — genuinely useful. Bring a night guard if you have one. And think about the shade before you arrive: arriving having considered it makes the mock-up appointment more productive.

10. Reference images: useful, with one caveat

Why they help. A photograph of a smile you like communicates more than any description. Bring them. We encourage it.

The caveat. A smile sits in a face. Proportions that look beautiful on one face read differently on another, because lip shape, face width, gum line and skin tone all interact with them. And celebrity images are lit, photographed and edited to a standard that is not a realistic target.

What we do with them. Use them to understand what you like — the shape, the whiteness, the degree of uniformity — then build it into a mock-up on your own face. Then you look at it, and it either works on you or it does not. That is exactly what the mock-up is for, and it is why reference images are a starting point rather than a specification.

Part three — The trip

11. Your trip, day by day

Eight to ten days, and two trips where crown lengthening is part of the plan.

12. Materials: which for which tooth

E-max on sound teeth. Strong, excellent aesthetics, and suitable for thinner preparations. Our usual choice for ceramic veneers on sound anterior teeth.

Layered or multi-layer zirconia on compromised teeth. Where a tooth is heavily filled or root-treated and needs a crown. Strong, and with modern layering, aesthetically excellent. Multi-layer zirconia has graduated translucency built in and is our usual zirconia crown choice in the smile zone.

Feldspathic porcelain. The most aesthetic material available, hand-layered. Technique-sensitive and less suited to heavy bite forces — used selectively where appearance is the absolute priority and the bite is favourable.

Matching across materials. This is the point that matters in a mixed case. A smile with veneers on some teeth and crowns on others must look uniform — and different materials have different optical properties. Having one ceramist make the whole case, in one session, with all the restorations together, is what makes that work. A case split between materials and made in separate batches is where mismatches appear.

Part four — The years that follow

13. The first weeks

What is normal:

• Sensitivity to cold, common for days to weeks and settling as the bonds mature.
• Awareness of the new shape, fading within days.
• Speech adjustment where length or thickness changed — usually resolving within a week. Reading aloud accelerates it.
• Gum tenderness where contouring was performed, settling within one to two weeks.
• A period of getting used to seeing yourself, which patients rarely anticipate. A full smile change alters your face, and it takes a little time to feel like yours.

What is not normal: pain on biting, which usually means the bite needs adjusting; persistent sensitivity beyond a few weeks; a rough margin you can feel with your tongue. Contact us, in French or English. Most concerns are straightforward.

14. Protecting a full smile transformation

Your night guard. Where you grind, this is not optional. Bruxism is the single largest cause of ceramic fracture — and in a full case, a fracture means remaking a restoration and matching it to eleven others, which is considerably harder than making them together. It is made during your trip where indicated, and included.

Habits. No biting nails, pens, thread or packaging. Not opening things with your teeth. Caution with ice, hard nuts, olive stones and crusty bread. The front teeth are where you bite into things, and this is where the whole case is.

Sport. A mouthguard for contact sport, and it matters more now than before.

15. What changes over the years

Ceramic does not stain. Coffee, tea, red wine and tobacco do not discolour ceramic. The bonding margins can pick up staining over years, particularly in smokers — and professional cleaning addresses it.

You cannot whiten afterwards. Your restorations hold their shade permanently. If you whiten your remaining natural teeth in five years, a mismatch appears — which is why whitening comes first and why the sequence cannot be reversed.

Gum recession. Over years, gums recede — normal ageing, accelerated by aggressive brushing, smoking and gum disease. Where it exposes a restoration margin, a visible line appears. The main long-term aesthetic consideration, and it is why gentle brushing with a soft brush matters more now than before.

Replacement. Restorations are eventually replaced. Published longevity is good, and many well-made cases function well beyond ten years. Some additional tooth is lost at each replacement — which is precisely why minimal preparation now matters, and why we prepare through the mock-up. A patient having a full transformation in her thirties is committing to a lifetime of restoration, and she is entitled to know that before starting.

16. Your Canadian follow-up

What is required. A check-up and professional cleaning every six months, and radiographs periodically to check the margins. Ordinary dental care, and no more than you would need anyway.

What to tell your hygienist. That you have ceramic restorations across your smile. Conventional ultrasonic scalers and abrasive prophylaxis pastes can scratch ceramic and damage margins; appropriate instruments and polishing pastes exist. And if any restoration is ever adjusted, it must be repolished. One sentence at the start of the appointment.

Why the shade record matters. Because if a single restoration ever needs remaking, it must match eleven others. Your treatment report records the material and shade for each tooth — and without it, a replacement is guesswork. Keep it. Photograph it. Give a copy to your dentist.

The conversation before you travel: « J’aurai un ensemble de restaurations céramiques posé à l’étranger. Je reviendrai avec un compte rendu précisant le matériau et la teinte de chaque dent. Pourriez-vous assurer le suivi habituel ? » Most dentists say yes without hesitation.

Canadian insurance. Cosmetic restorations are generally not covered. Crowns on teeth that genuinely required them for structural reasons may be — and our itemised invoicing distinguishes restorative from cosmetic work, in French or English. Ask your insurer in writing and request pre-determination.

Part five — Practical matters

17. Canadian patients: travelling to Tunisia from your region

Aylan Clinic works with patients from every province and territory in Canada. Wherever you live, the process begins the same way: a free consultation from your photographs — and ideally a short video, in French or English.

Montreal and the surrounding region

Montreal is our largest Canadian source for Tunisia. Connections from Trudeau to Tunis typically route through Paris, Frankfurt or Istanbul. Patients from Laval, Longueuil and Brossard are all within easy reach of the airport. Where crown lengthening means two trips, Montreal patients find the second straightforward to arrange.

Quebec City and across the province

From Quebec City and the Capitale-Nationale region including Lévis, most patients connect through Montreal — as do patients from Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Saint-Jérôme, all within driving distance of Trudeau. Gatineau patients depart from Ottawa or drive to Montreal. From Saguenay, a domestic connection through Montreal is the norm.

On this treatment the francophone advantage is at its greatest of any in our production. The mock-up appointment is you describing, precisely, what you want your face to look like — a fraction shorter, less uniform, the canines with a slight point, not quite so white, a touch less gum showing. These are precise requests in vocabulary most people can only use fluently in their own language — and the result is literally what you asked for.

Acadia and New Brunswick

We work with patients from Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John. Moncton and the surrounding Acadian communities are served in French throughout. Most connect through Montreal.

Francophone Ontario

Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie all have substantial francophone populations, served in French from first contact onward. Ottawa patients typically connect through Montreal.

Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario

Toronto patients connect through European hubs, with Paris and Frankfurt the most common routes to Tunis. Across the wider Greater Toronto Area we work with patients from Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Oshawa. Along the lake: Hamilton, Burlington, Oakville, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. In southwestern Ontario: London, the Waterloo region — Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge — plus Guelph, Windsor and Barrie. Kingston patients generally drive to Toronto or Montreal.

Vancouver and British Columbia

Vancouver patients face the longest journey — typically two connections. We schedule assessment for the day after arrival, and the mock-up on a later day, so that you are rested when you make the decision that determines everything. Across the Lower Mainland: Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond. From Victoria and Nanaimo, patients cross by ferry or short flight. Kelowna, Abbotsford and Kamloops patients connect through Vancouver or Calgary. Where crown lengthening would mean two trips, we tell you at the planning stage — so you can weigh whether a gingivectomy-only approach, completed in one visit, would serve you adequately.

Alberta

Calgary and Edmonton both offer European connections onward to Tunis. Red Deer and Lethbridge patients generally drive to Calgary.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Winnipeg patients connect through Toronto or Montreal. The francophone community of Saint-Boniface is served in French. From Saskatoon and Regina, journeys involve a domestic connection followed by two further flights.

Atlantic Canada

Halifax patients typically route through Montreal or Toronto. From Charlottetown and St. John’s, journeys involve two or three connections.

Northern Canada

We work with patients from Whitehorse in Yukon, and from communities across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For northern patients we plan to complete everything in one trip wherever possible — which frequently means choosing a gingivectomy approach rather than crown lengthening where both are clinically reasonable. We are explicit about that trade-off at the planning stage. And we do not compress the mock-up stage: it is the appointment that determines the result, and travel fatigue is not a good state in which to approve a new smile.

How we handle the logistics

Whichever city you are travelling from, your coordinator arranges airport transfers at both ends in Tunisia, confirms your hotel before you depart, and builds your schedule around your arrival time.

Five recommendations. Send a short video of yourself talking — it shows what photographs cannot. Bring photographs of yourself smiling from a time you liked. Take your time at the mock-up. Assess the shade outside, in daylight. And think about the lower arch before you arrive.

18. What your package includes

• Free consultation in French or English, with a plan and quote itemised per tooth, including whether less treatment would achieve what you want
• Full on-site assessment: clinical examination, radiographs, periodontal assessment
• Photographic and video smile analysis, including lower arch display
• Treatment of decay or gum disease before any cosmetic work
• Whitening of the lower arch and any untreated upper teeth
• Gum contouring where it forms part of your plan
• A wearable mock-up, adjusted until you approve it — before any preparation
• Preparation through the mock-up, for minimal and precise removal
• Veneers or crowns per tooth, as your teeth require
• Shade selection with the ceramist present, in daylight
• Temporary restorations made from your approved mock-up
• All restorations made in our on-site laboratory, in one session
• Try-in before bonding — placed unbonded, still adjustable
• Careful bonding and cementation, tooth by tooth
• Bite check and adjustment, with a final check after a day of use
• Night guard where indicated
• Care instruction
• Written care guidance in French or English, including what to tell your hygienist
• Treatment report naming the material and shade for each tooth
• Guidance for your Canadian dentist
• Itemised invoicing distinguishing restorative from cosmetic work
• Hotel accommodation, full board
• A companion at no extra cost, accommodated and fed in the same room
• Airport–clinic–hotel transfers
• A personal coordinator from arrival to departure
• French-speaking care throughout, with English available on request

The clinical team:

19. Results by patient profile

The classic transformation. A patient in her fifties with worn, discoloured upper teeth, several heavily filled, and an uneven gum line. Gum contouring first, then ten upper restorations — veneers on the sound teeth, crowns on the filled ones, all matched by one ceramist. Her lower teeth were whitened, and the upper shade chosen to sit close to them. She spent two hours outside with the mock-up and came back asking for them shorter and less uniform.

Where we recommended far less. A patient enquiring about a full Hollywood Smile, with sound, well-aligned teeth, a low gum line and mild discolouration. We recommended gum contouring plus whitening. A short gum procedure and a whitening course transformed her smile without a single tooth being prepared. A fraction of the treatment, and the right answer — and she has since sent us two family members.

The lower arch decision. A patient who wanted a bright upper result. Her video showed a substantial amount of lower arch when she spoke. We explained the connection: a bright upper shade would require addressing the lower arch too. She chose a moderate upper shade with whitened lower teeth — the more conservative route, and the one that looks natural in her photographs.

Where the mock-up changed the plan. A patient who arrived certain she wanted long, bright, uniform teeth, with reference photographs. The mock-up showed her what that looked like on her own face. She came back asking for them two shades less bright and noticeably less uniform. The final result is what she wanted rather than what she had imagined — and she would not have known the difference without wearing it.

A mixed-material case. A patient with four sound front teeth and six heavily restored ones. E-max veneers on the sound teeth, multi-layer zirconia crowns on the others — all made together, by one ceramist, in one session. Matching across materials is what makes a mixed case work, and making them separately is where mismatches appear.

Where crown lengthening meant two trips. A patient whose gum line needed bone recontouring rather than simple trimming. We explained at the planning stage that the restorations would follow around three months later. She chose to proceed over two trips rather than accept a compromised gum line — and knowing beforehand is what made that a decision rather than a disappointment.

A patient from Québec. A patient who chose Tunisia so the mock-up conversation could happen in French. Her comment was about specificity. She asked for the central incisors a fraction longer than the laterals, for the canines to keep a slight point, for one tooth to be very slightly rotated, and for the whole set to be “moins parfait”. « Je n’aurais jamais pu demander ça autrement. »

20. Practical points to know

What to expect:

• Whitening first, then gum contouring where needed.
• A wearable mock-up you approve before anything is prepared.
• Preparation through the mock-up, under local anaesthesia.
• Temporary restorations made from your approved mock-up.
• A try-in before bonding, where everything is still adjustable.
• Sensitivity for days to weeks, settling as bonds mature.
• A period of getting used to your new face, which is normal.

Recognised points. The component treatments are all well established, with good published longevity when properly planned and maintained. Your dentist will discuss the considerations relevant to you. The main ones: debonding of a veneer, usually re-bonded if undamaged; fracture or chipping, most commonly from grinding or trauma — and in a full case, matching a remade restoration to the others is harder than making them together; post-operative sensitivity, common and usually temporary; nerve inflammation in a prepared tooth requiring root canal treatment — uncommon, and more likely where substantial preparation was needed; marginal staining or leakage over years; gum recession exposing margins — the main long-term aesthetic consideration; shade mismatch if you whiten natural teeth afterwards, which is why whitening comes first; decay at a crown margin, invisible clinically and detected on radiographs; and eventual replacement, with some further tooth lost each time.

Three things within your control: taking the mock-up seriously — the single largest determinant of satisfaction; wearing your night guard if you grind; gentle brushing and six-monthly cleaning, with your hygienist knowing you have ceramic.

Who this suits. Adults with multiple teeth needing treatment, healthy or treatable gums, realistic expectations, and an understanding that this is a lifetime commitment to restoration.

Who this does not suit. Patients whose concerns would be met by whitening, gum contouring or alignment — and we will tell you.

21. Price: how it is built and how to compare it

Why we quote per case. Because the number of teeth, the mix of veneers and crowns, whether gum contouring is needed, and whether the lower arch is treated all vary. Your quote is built from your photographs and video, itemised per tooth, and fixed once you approve it.

What determines your price — six factors:

• How many teeth, on each arch.
• The mix of veneers and crowns, which follows from the condition of each tooth.
• The materials.
• Whether gum contouring is included, and whether gingivectomy or crown lengthening.
• Whether preliminary treatment is needed — whitening is included; root canal treatment or periodontal treatment may be additional.
• Whether crown lengthening means a second trip.

What is included in your quote. Everything in the package list above, including the smile analysis with video, whitening, gum contouring where planned, the mock-up and its adjustments, preparation through the mock-up, shade selection with the ceramist, temporary restorations, all restorations made together in our on-site laboratory, the try-in before bonding, bonding, bite adjustment and a final check, night guard where indicated, treatment report with material and shade per tooth, guidance for your Canadian dentist, itemised invoicing, hotel with full board, transfers, and your coordinator. A companion is accommodated and fed at no additional cost.

What sits outside it. Flights, travel insurance, your six-monthly maintenance in Canada, and eventual replacement after many years.

How to compare quotes properly — six checks, and Hollywood Smile quotes are among the least comparable in dentistry:

Why the lowest quote is rarely the best value. On a full smile transformation, you are paying for design and for the ceramist. The mock-up, the try-in, the video analysis, and a ceramist who sees your face and makes the whole case together are what produce a result that looks like teeth rather than like dentistry. Those are precisely the steps most easily omitted to reduce a price — and on an irreversible full-arch treatment, that is a poor trade.

Canadian insurance. Cosmetic work is generally not covered. Crowns placed on teeth that genuinely required them structurally may be — and our itemised invoicing distinguishes the two. Ask your insurer in writing and request pre-determination.

Payment. A deposit confirms your dates. The balance is settled on site, under terms set out in full when you approve your plan. There are no additional charges once accepted — and where the assessment shows preliminary treatment is needed, we discuss the revised plan and cost before proceeding.

Getting your figure. Send a full smile photograph in natural daylight, a relaxed lip photograph, close-ups of your upper and lower teeth, a profile smile, and a short video of yourself talking and laughing — all unfiltered. Plus a recent panoramic X-ray, which teeth have fillings, crowns or root treatment, whether you grind, any orthodontic history, and your medical history. And any reference images you like. You will receive a plan and quote within 24 to 48 hours, itemised per tooth, in French or English — including whether less treatment would achieve what you want.

22. Glossary

23. How Canadians search for this

• “Hollywood Smile Tunisia cost” — the most common search. Ask how many teeth, on which arches, and whether a mock-up is included.
• “Hollywood Smile Tunisie” — how most Quebec patients search, and the reason this page exists in both languages.
• “How many teeth for a Hollywood Smile” — determined by your smile line, typically eight to ten upper, and the lower arch is a separate decision.
• “Hollywood Smile too white” — the most common regret, and it is permanent. Choose one step less bright and assess in daylight.
• “Do I need to do my bottom teeth” — whiten them at minimum. A bright upper arch against natural lower teeth is the most common reason a good case looks wrong.
• “Hollywood Smile veneers or crowns” — both, per tooth. Veneers on sound teeth, crowns on compromised ones.
• “Smile makeover mock-up” — the step that determines your result, and the one to insist on.
• “How much tooth is removed for a Hollywood Smile” — minimal, if prepared through the mock-up. More if prepared to an estimate.
• “Hollywood Smile before and after” — look for daylight photographs, and at the lower arch in them.
• “Can you whiten a Hollywood Smile” — no. Whiten before, never after.
• “Hollywood Smile gum contouring” — frequently what completes the result, and it comes first.
• “Hollywood Smile how long does it last” — good longevity, and restorations are eventually replaced, with some tooth lost each time.
• “French speaking dentist abroad” — Tunisia’s distinguishing feature.

In summary

A Hollywood Smile at Aylan Clinic Tunisia is a design rather than a procedure — and it is built around a wearable mock-up you approve before any tooth is prepared, whitening of your untreated teeth first so no permanent mismatch appears, gum contouring before the restorations, and the whole case made together by one ceramist on site so it matches across materials. And it takes place in a French-speaking country, which on this treatment matters more than on any other — because the result is literally what you asked for at the mock-up, and that is a conversation about your own face. With accommodation, full board and a companion at no extra cost, for up to 60% less than Canadian private prices, in a single trip of eight to ten days.

Five things that determine whether you are delighted:

• Insist on a wearable mock-up before any preparation. It is your one opportunity to change your mind at no cost — and preparation is irreversible.
• Choose one shade less bright than your instinct, and assess it outside in daylight. Too white is the most common regret and it is permanent.
• Decide about the lower arch deliberately. At minimum whiten it — and the brighter your upper shade, the more the lower arch must be addressed.
• Ask whether less would achieve what you want. Whitening and gum contouring together transform a substantial number of smiles without preparing a single tooth.
• Send a short video of yourself talking. It shows how your smile moves and how much lower arch you display — which photographs cannot.

Send your photographs and video and you will have a plan within 24 to 48 hours — in French or in English. To go further, read the treatment page for Hollywood Smile Makeover in Tunisia, compare plastic surgery prices in Tunisia, explore the wider dental care in Tunisia section, or request a free, personalised quote.

Related guides

• Ceramic Veneers in Tunisia
• Zirconia Crowns in Tunisia
• Gum Contouring in Tunisia
• Teeth Whitening in Tunisia
• Lumineers in Tunisia
• Invisalign in Tunisia