The Complete Guide to Hollywood Smile in Turkey

This guide complements our Hollywood Smile in Turkey procedure page: it walks you through exactly how the treatment works, what your options are, and how to get a result that looks like your own teeth at their best. It sits within our dental care in Turkey section, inside the wider aesthetic surgery in Turkey hub. At any point you can consult our pricing in Turkey page for how costs are built and compared.

1. What a Hollywood Smile Involves

The result you are aiming for

An even, well-proportioned smile in a shade that suits your face, with teeth that look convincingly like your own. The name comes from the film industry, but the best work is the kind nobody identifies as work.

How it is achieved

Through a combination chosen for your teeth:

• Porcelain veneers — thin shells bonded to the front of the teeth. The most conservative option, ideal for teeth that are structurally sound but discoloured, chipped, worn or slightly irregular.
• Porcelain crowns — full-coverage restorations, used where a tooth is already heavily filled, root-treated or significantly broken. They restore both appearance and strength.
• Composite bonding — tooth-coloured material added directly, in a single appointment. Excellent for small chips, minor gaps and shape refinement.
• Whitening — chemical lightening of natural teeth, often combined with the above so that untreated teeth match.
• Gum contouring — reshaping the gum line, which can transform a smile without touching a tooth.

Most cases use two or three of these together. Your plan is built around what your teeth actually need.

How many teeth?

Usually the teeth that show. For most people that means eight to ten upper teeth, sometimes a few lower ones if they are visible when you speak. Some patients want a fuller transformation and choose to include more. Others need only four or six. Your smile photographs at assessment show exactly which teeth are on display, and the plan follows from that.

How long does it last?

Porcelain restorations typically last ten to twenty years, often longer with good care. Composite bonding lasts five to eight years and is easily refreshed.

2. Veneers or Crowns: What Determines the Choice

Both produce excellent results. The difference is how much of the tooth is involved, and the right answer depends on the condition of each individual tooth.

When a veneer is the choice

On a tooth that is structurally sound — good enamel, no large fillings, not root-treated. A veneer preserves the back and biting surfaces of the tooth entirely, and preparation involves removing only a thin layer of enamel from the front. This is the more conservative option and, where the tooth allows it, generally the preferred one.

When a crown is the choice

On a tooth that is already extensively filled, root-treated, significantly broken, or discoloured from within. In these situations a crown does something a veneer cannot: it holds the remaining tooth together and restores strength as well as appearance. A crown involves preparing the tooth on all sides, which is why it is reserved for teeth that need that level of coverage.

How the decision is made

Tooth by tooth, from the clinical examination and radiographs. A typical anterior case might involve veneers on six teeth and crowns on two that already carry large old fillings. Your treatment plan specifies which is which, and why, and the itemised report you take home records it for your Canadian dentist. Ask for this — it is standard practice at Aylan Clinic and it is worth having.

Why this matters for your result

Because matching the restoration to the tooth is what produces both a natural appearance and a long-lasting one. A clinic that plans tooth by tooth is designing for your mouth rather than applying a template.

3. Your Other Options, and When They Are Enough

Some patients arrive expecting a full makeover and leave delighted with something simpler. It is worth knowing what is available.

Whitening alone

If your teeth are well-shaped and reasonably aligned but have yellowed, professional whitening may achieve most of what you want. It is quick, inexpensive, and removes nothing from the tooth. Many patients start here and find they need less porcelain than they expected — or none.

Composite bonding

For chips, small gaps and minor shape corrections, bonding is fast, affordable and easily adjusted later. It can be combined with whitening for a substantial improvement at modest cost.

Orthodontics

If crowding or spacing is your main concern, moving the teeth addresses the cause directly and leaves them intact. Clear aligners take months rather than days, but for the right patient the result is excellent and the teeth are untouched.

Gum contouring

Short-looking teeth or an uneven gum line often respond to gum reshaping alone. It is a small procedure with a disproportionate effect, and it is sometimes the only thing needed.

A combined approach

Frequently the most elegant answer: whiten, contour the gums, bond two teeth, and veneer four. Less intervention, natural result. At assessment we will tell you honestly which of these would work for you. If a simpler option gets you where you want to be, that is the one we will recommend.

4. Why Canadians Choose Turkey for This

The in-house laboratory advantage

This is the practical reason a full smile makeover can be completed in one trip. In Canada, each stage — mock-up, preparation, fabrication, try-in, fitting — involves sending work to an external laboratory and waiting. At Aylan Clinic the laboratory is on site. Your ceramist can see your face, adjust in real time, and make changes the same day. For aesthetic work, that direct contact between technician and patient produces better results than any amount of written instruction.

Insurance in Canada

Cosmetic dental work is generally not covered by Canadian dental plans, so this is a private expense either way. Where a tooth genuinely requires a crown for structural reasons, that portion may be claimable — your itemised invoice separates clinical from cosmetic work, which makes any claim straightforward. Ask your insurer in advance whether they reimburse treatment received abroad and at what rate.

5. Materials, and What Each Does Best

Feldspathic porcelain

Hand-built layer by layer by a ceramist. The thinnest and most translucent option, with exceptional optical realism, and it permits the most conservative preparation. Best for: anterior veneers where appearance is paramount.

Lithium disilicate

Pressed ceramic combining strength with excellent translucency. Well documented over many years and the most widely used material for front teeth today. Best for: most anterior veneers and crowns. A dependable default.

Zirconia

The strongest option, particularly in monolithic form. Layered zirconia offers better translucency for visible teeth. Best for: posterior teeth, patients with heavy bite forces, and full-arch cases.

Composite

Applied directly, minimally invasive, repairable and adjustable. Best for: minor corrections and refinement.

Which will be used for me?

Often more than one — highly translucent material at the front, stronger material further back. Your plan specifies the material per tooth, and your ceramist will explain the reasoning.

6. Assessment: Building the Plan

What happens at your assessment

A full clinical examination of every tooth and the gums, radiographs, a set of standardised photographs, and an analysis of how your teeth meet. We look at the health of each tooth, the condition of any existing fillings, gum health, and your bite pattern. Any decay or gum inflammation is treated first, so that your new restorations sit on a healthy foundation and last as long as they should.

The bite matters more than people expect

Changing the shape and length of your front teeth changes how they meet. Assessing this beforehand is what prevents a beautiful result from feeling wrong when you bite, and it is what keeps the porcelain intact over years. If you grind your teeth, tell us. It influences material selection and design, and a night guard becomes part of the plan.

Photographs are part of the design

Your smile photographs show precisely which teeth are visible at rest, when speaking and when smiling fully. This is how the number of teeth in the plan is determined — objectively, from your own smile rather than from a standard package.

7. Smile Design: The Proportions Behind a Natural Result

A smile that looks right is not an accident. There are relationships between teeth, lips and face that the eye recognises as correct without being able to name them, and reproducing them is what separates convincing work from obvious work. Here is what your clinician and ceramist are actually working with.

The smile line

The curve formed by the edges of your upper teeth should follow the curve of your lower lip. When it does, the smile looks harmonious; when it runs flat across, the smile reads as artificial immediately. This is one of the first things established in your design, and it is why the mock-up is assessed with you smiling rather than at rest.

Tooth proportions

A natural upper front tooth is slightly taller than it is wide, in a proportion the eye finds pleasing. Teeth that are too square look heavy; teeth that are too narrow look small and aged. Your two central incisors are the anchor. Everything else is proportioned in relation to them, with each tooth toward the back appearing slightly narrower as it turns away from view.

The midline

The line between your two central incisors should align with the centre of your face. A midline that is visibly off centre is one of the few things people consciously notice. Where your existing midline is slightly off, it can often be corrected in the design — one of the quiet advantages of treating the front teeth as a group.

Incisal embrasures

The small triangular spaces between the tips of adjacent teeth. In natural teeth these open progressively toward the back of the mouth, and they are more pronounced in younger patients, becoming shallower with wear over time. Reproducing them is subtle work, and their absence is one reason some restorative work looks like a solid block rather than individual teeth.

Buccal corridor

The space visible between your back teeth and the corner of your mouth when you smile widely. A little is natural and creates depth. Too much makes the smile look narrow; too little makes it look artificially full, and is a common giveaway of over-wide restorations.

Tooth display at rest

How much tooth shows when your lips are relaxed. This varies naturally with age and lip length, and it is one of the design decisions that most affects whether you look like yourself. Too much display looks startling; too little looks aged.

Gum symmetry

The gum line should be roughly level between the two central incisors and between the two canines, with the teeth in between sitting slightly lower. Where this is uneven, contouring at the start of treatment levels it — a small intervention that makes a substantial difference to the finished result.

Character and asymmetry

This is where natural and artificial genuinely part company. Real teeth have minor irregularities: a slight rotation, a subtly different edge, a canine a touch more prominent. Perfect symmetry does not occur in nature and the eye knows it. Our ceramists build a degree of character in as standard. If you prefer a more uniform look, say so — some patients want it, and it is your smile.

Age-appropriate design

The same set of teeth that looks wonderful on a patient of thirty looks incongruous on a patient of sixty-five. Design should account for lip mobility, existing wear patterns, and skin and eye colour. This is one reason we ask for photographs of you smiling naturally rather than posed, and why an old photograph of your own smile is more useful to us than any catalogue.

8. The Ceramist’s Work

For anterior cases, the difference between a good result and an excellent one is usually the technician rather than the dentist. It is worth understanding what happens between your preparation appointment and your try-in.

Layering

A hand-built porcelain restoration is constructed in successive layers, each fired in a furnace. A more opaque core provides the base shade. Progressively more translucent layers build the body of the tooth. A final translucent layer at the incisal edge reproduces the way light passes through the tip of a natural tooth. That translucency at the edge is the single detail most responsible for a restoration looking alive rather than flat. It cannot be painted on afterwards; it has to be built.

Internal characterisation

Natural teeth contain subtle internal features: faint white flecks, small areas of greater translucency, delicate vertical lines. A ceramist can introduce these between layers so they sit inside the porcelain rather than on its surface, where they would wear away. For a patient who wants a result nobody identifies as restorative work, this is where it comes from.

Surface texture

Natural enamel is not glass-smooth. It carries fine horizontal lines and subtle vertical ridges that catch light. A polished, featureless surface reflects light uniformly, which is part of why some restorations look conspicuously artificial in photographs. Texture is added by hand at the final stage and matched to your remaining natural teeth.

Why direct contact matters

A ceramist working from written notes and a shade number is guessing at things that are difficult to write down: how your teeth catch the light, the character of your remaining teeth, how your smile moves. At Aylan Clinic the laboratory is on site, which means your ceramist can see you, look at your face in natural light, and adjust in person. For anterior work this is the practical advantage of the single-trip model, and it is difficult to replicate when laboratory work is sent away and returned by courier.

Shade taking

Best done early in an appointment, before the teeth dehydrate — teeth lighten noticeably when they have been dry for a while, which is a common source of shade error. Ideally assessed in natural daylight, with your existing teeth moist, and cross-checked with photographs. Where your remaining natural teeth are the reference, this step determines whether the match is convincing.

9. The Mock-Up: Seeing Your Smile Before Anything Is Prepared

What it is

A physical trial version of your new smile, made in resin and placed over your existing teeth. You wear it, look at it, and live with it for a short while.

Why it changes everything

It converts an abstract discussion into something you can see on your own face. Length, width, shape, how much tooth shows when you smile — all become concrete. Nothing is prepared until you have approved it. If you want the teeth shorter, less square, less bright or more characterful, that is decided here, and changes at this stage are straightforward.

How to use it well

Look at it in natural daylight, not just under clinic lights. Smile, speak, laugh. Look at yourself from the side. Take photographs and look at those too — we see ourselves differently in images than in mirrors. Send the photographs to someone whose judgement you trust. Then tell us exactly what you would like adjusted.

A digital preview and a mock-up are different things

A digital simulation on screen is useful for discussion. A physical mock-up in your mouth is what lets you make the decision. At Aylan Clinic you get the physical one, before any preparation.

10. Your Trip, Day by Day

Ten days sounds like a long time for dental treatment. In practice you have four or five clinical appointments and a good deal of free time — the laboratory phase in the middle of the week is yours.

Day 1 — Arrival

Your driver meets you at the airport and takes you to your hotel. Nothing clinical happens today. This is deliberate. Decisions about your smile are better made rested, and most Canadian flights arrive after an overnight leg. Unpack, eat, sleep.

Day 2 — Assessment

Two to three hours at the clinic. A full examination of every tooth and your gums, radiographs, and a set of standardised photographs — at rest, speaking, smiling naturally and smiling widely. Then the conversation that shapes everything: what bothers you, what you want, and what would achieve it. Bring the old photograph if you have one. Bring reference images if there is a look you like, though we will be honest about what suits your face. By the end of the day you have an itemised plan: which teeth, veneer or crown for each, materials, and anything else in the sequence. The rest of the day is free. Most patients spend it near the hotel recovering from the flight.

Day 3 — Mock-up

Your trial smile is built and placed over your existing teeth. This takes an hour or so, and then you go and live with it. Walk around Istanbul in it. Have lunch. Talk to people. Look at yourself in daylight, in shop windows, in photographs. This is the day the design becomes real, and it is the day to be particular. Come back with your notes. Shorter, less bright, more character, different shape at the edges — all straightforward to adjust now. Nothing is prepared until you have said yes.

Day 4 — Preparation and temporaries

The longest appointment, typically three to four hours with breaks. Local anaesthesia, then preparation of the teeth in the approved plan, followed by impressions or a digital scan. Temporaries are fitted before you leave, so you walk out with teeth that look good. They are not your final result, but they are perfectly presentable. You will be numb for a few hours and mildly tender for a day. Plan a quiet evening.

Days 5 to 7 — Fabrication

Your ceramist builds your restorations. You may be called in briefly for a shade check in natural light, which takes twenty minutes. Otherwise these days are yours. Patients visit the historic quarter, the Bosphorus, the Grand Bazaar. Eating is straightforward with temporaries — nothing very hard, but restaurants are no problem. Many patients tell us afterwards that this middle stretch was the part of the trip they enjoyed most, and that they had expected to spend it in a waiting room.

Day 8 — Try-in

Your finished restorations are placed without permanent cement, so you can see the real thing in your mouth. Assessed together, in natural light, with mirrors and photographs. Shade, shape, length, the smile line, how it sits with your lips. Refinements are still possible at this point, and if something needs remaking, it is remade. This appointment is why the schedule has ten days rather than six.

Day 9 — Final bonding

Restorations permanently bonded, one section at a time, with careful bite adjustment afterwards. Two to three hours. You leave with your finished smile. Most patients eat normally that evening.

Day 10 — Review and departure

A short appointment: final polish, bite recheck, and a cleaning demonstration specific to your restorations — which brush, which floss, what to avoid. You receive your documentation: the itemised report of what was placed on each tooth with materials, your radiographs, photographs, and the bonding details your Canadian dentist may want. Then your transfer to the airport.

If you would rather stay longer

Some patients extend by a few days at the end. There is no clinical reason to, but there is no reason not to either, and Istanbul rewards a longer visit. Your coordinator can arrange the hotel extension.

If your case needs two trips

Where the plan includes implants, root canal treatment requiring healing, extensive gum work or orthodontics, treatment is staged. Your plan will say so from the outset, with the timing of the second visit set before you travel the first time.

11. What to Expect During and After

The preparation appointment

Done under local anaesthesia and comfortable. What patients notice is the duration — preparing eight or ten teeth takes a couple of hours, which is tiring for the jaw. We build in breaks.

Your temporaries

Acrylic, and good enough to be out and about in. They are not as refined as your definitive restorations, so do not judge your final result from them — the difference between temporary and final is considerable, and it is always in the right direction.

Sensitivity

Mild temperature sensitivity is common between preparation and final bonding, and it settles once the definitive restorations are in place. Avoid very cold drinks during those few days and it is barely noticeable.

After bonding

Most patients eat normally within a day. You may be aware of the new contours for a few days as your tongue and lips adapt, and speech settles quickly.

Eating

Once bonded, essentially normal. Porcelain handles ordinary chewing well. Sensible limits: avoid biting very hard objects, opening packaging with your teeth, and chewing ice.

12. Getting the Appearance Right

Shade

The most important aesthetic decision, and worth taking time over. Natural teeth are never uniformly one colour: they vary subtly between neighbouring teeth and have translucency at the edges. Our practical advice, which most patients thank us for later: choose one step less bright than your first instinct. Clinic lighting makes everything look less bright than it will in daylight. A shade that looks perfect under the lamp can read as very white outdoors. If you want a conspicuously bright smile, that is entirely achievable and a legitimate choice — just make it deliberately rather than by accident.

Shape and character

Tooth shape should suit your face and your age. Slight variation between teeth, subtle rounding at the edges, and a little asymmetry are what make a smile read as real rather than manufactured. Our ceramists build this in as standard. If you prefer a more uniform, symmetrical look, say so — it is your smile.

Length

Determines how much tooth shows when you smile and how the smile line follows your lip. Too long affects speech and the bite; too short looks aged. This is one of the things the mock-up settles precisely.

Gum line

An even gum line frames the teeth. Where it is uneven, contouring at the start of treatment makes a substantial difference to the finished result.

Bring a reference

An old photograph of yourself smiling is more useful than any shade guide. It tells us what your own teeth looked like at their best, which is often exactly the target.

If only your upper teeth are treated

The shade must harmonise with your lower teeth. If you plan to whiten your lower teeth, do it before the upper porcelain is made — porcelain does not respond to whitening agents, so whitening afterwards leaves a mismatch.

13. Caring for Your New Smile

Daily

Brush twice daily with a non-abrasive toothpaste — many whitening pastes are abrasive and gradually dull porcelain. Floss or use interdental brushes daily, particularly where the restoration meets the gum.

Professional

A cleaning appointment twice yearly, with the hygienist aware that you have porcelain restorations so that appropriate polishing techniques are used.

If you grind

Wear your night guard every night. It is inexpensive relative to what it protects, and it is the single most effective thing you can do to extend the life of anterior porcelain.

Staining

Porcelain resists staining well — considerably better than natural enamel. Coffee, tea and red wine affect it far less than they affected your own teeth.

Longevity

Ten to twenty years is typical, and many patients get longer. Replacement, when it comes, is a straightforward procedure.

14. Aylan Clinic Across Canada: 50 Cities We Serve

Aylan Clinic works with patients from every province and territory in Canada. Wherever you live, the process begins the same way: a free online consultation, with photographs sent from home and no need to travel before your treatment dates are confirmed. Below are the fifty Canadian cities from which we most frequently receive enquiries, with practical notes on travelling to Istanbul from each region.

Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario

Toronto is our single largest source of Canadian patients, and Pearson offers the most direct connections to Istanbul of any Canadian airport — which makes it the simplest journey in the country for this treatment. Across the wider Greater Toronto Area we regularly work with patients from Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Oshawa, all within straightforward reach of Pearson. Along the western end of Lake Ontario, patients travel to us from Hamilton, Burlington and Oakville, and from the Niagara region including St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. In southwestern Ontario we see patients from London, from the Waterloo region — Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge — and from Guelph, Windsor and Barrie. Most drive to Pearson rather than connecting domestically, which for this treatment is often the easier option: you arrive rested and you are not dependent on a domestic flight schedule on your return.

Eastern and northern Ontario

Ottawa patients typically connect through Toronto or Montreal, and many choose Montreal for its frequency of European departures. Kingston patients generally drive to either. In northern Ontario we work with patients from Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie. Journeys from the north involve a domestic connection, so we recommend allowing an overnight stay near your departure airport before your outbound flight, and again on your return rather than connecting the same day. Sudbury and Thunder Bay both have substantial francophone populations, and those patients are served in French from first contact onward.

Montreal and the surrounding region

Montreal is our second-largest Canadian source, with excellent direct and one-stop connections to Istanbul from Trudeau. Patients from Laval, Longueuil and Brossard are all within easy reach of the airport, and many treat the outbound journey as a simple evening departure. Montreal patients frequently combine treatment with a longer stay in Istanbul, since the flight schedules make a ten-day trip comfortable rather than rushed.

Quebec City and across the province

From Quebec City and the Capitale-Nationale region, including Lévis, most patients connect through Montreal. The same applies to Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Saint-Jérôme — all within driving distance of Trudeau, which many patients prefer to a domestic connection. Gatineau patients usually depart from Ottawa or drive to Montreal. From Saguenay, a domestic connection through Montreal is the norm, and we suggest building in an overnight buffer on the return leg. All Quebec patients are served in French throughout: consultation, planning, treatment, and the written report you take home.

Vancouver and British Columbia

Vancouver patients connect through European hubs, and the journey is longer than from central Canada — typically involving one connection and a full day of travel. We schedule assessment for the day after arrival rather than the same day, so that you are rested before decisions are made. Across the Lower Mainland we work with patients from Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond. From Victoria and Nanaimo, patients cross to Vancouver by ferry or short flight. Kelowna, Abbotsford and Kamloops patients typically connect through Vancouver or Calgary. Given the travel time from British Columbia, most patients from this region prefer a slightly longer stay, which suits this treatment well — the laboratory phase in the middle of the week gives you time to see Istanbul rather than sitting in a hotel.

Alberta

Calgary and Edmonton both offer good European connections, and Alberta is consistently among our strongest sources of Canadian dental patients. Patients from Red Deer and Lethbridge generally drive to Calgary rather than adding a domestic flight. We schedule Alberta patients with the same rest-day approach as British Columbia, since the journey involves a connection and a significant time change.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Winnipeg patients connect through Toronto or Montreal. The francophone community of Saint-Boniface is served in French, as are Franco-Manitoban patients from the surrounding region. From Saskatoon and Regina, journeys involve a domestic connection followed by a transatlantic flight. For prairie patients in particular we recommend an overnight stay near your arrival airport on the return rather than a same-day domestic leg — it turns a long day into two manageable ones.

Atlantic Canada

Halifax offers seasonal and connecting European service, and Nova Scotia patients typically route through Toronto or Montreal. In New Brunswick we work with patients from Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John. Moncton and the surrounding Acadian communities are served in French, as are Acadian patients from across the province. Most connect through Montreal, which for francophone patients has the added convenience of French-language service throughout the journey. From Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island and St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador, journeys involve one or two connections. St. John’s patients benefit from the shortest transatlantic leg in Canada, though onward connection to Istanbul adds time.

Northern Canada

We work with patients from Whitehorse in Yukon, and from communities across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. For northern patients, travel to any specialist dental centre already involves considerable distance, and several of our patients from the territories have noted that a trip to Istanbul is not dramatically longer than a trip to Toronto or Edmonton for the same treatment — with the difference that the entire course is completed in one visit rather than several. We plan northern itineraries with particular care, building in buffer days at both ends.

How we handle the logistics

Whichever city you are travelling from, your coordinator arranges airport transfers at both ends in Istanbul, confirms your hotel before you depart, and builds your clinical schedule around your arrival time rather than a standard template. Two things we recommend to every Canadian patient regardless of origin. Schedule your assessment for the day after you land, not the same day — decisions about your smile are better made rested. And avoid a same-day domestic connection on your return, particularly if you are travelling in winter, when weather delays on the domestic leg are common. If you are unsure how to structure your travel from your city, ask. We have arranged trips from most of the cities on this list and can tell you what has worked well.

15. What the Package Includes

• Free online consultation and detailed, itemised treatment plan
• Radiographs, photographs and bite analysis on site
• Physical mock-up before any tooth is prepared
• Preparation, temporaries, try-in and definitive restorations as planned
• Master ceramist involvement in anterior cases
• In-house laboratory with same-day adjustments
• Gum contouring where it forms part of the plan
• 5-star hotel accommodation, full board
• A companion at no extra cost, accommodated and fed in the same room
• Airport–clinic–hotel transfers
• A personal coordinator throughout your stay
• Itemised treatment report specifying what was placed on each tooth, with materials
• Radiographs and documentation for your Canadian dentist
• English and French-speaking Canadian patient liaison available on request

The clinical team

• Prosthodontist — planning, preparation and fitting
• Cosmetic dentistry specialist — smile design and shade selection
• Master ceramist — hand-layered anterior work
• Periodontist — gum treatment and contouring
• In-house laboratory technicians — mock-ups, try-ins and same-visit refinements

16. Results by Patient Profile

Discolouration on well-shaped teeth

A patient in her thirties whose teeth are even and healthy but have darkened over the years. Whitening first, then bonding on one chipped tooth. Minimal intervention, natural result, and every future option remains open.

Worn and discoloured front teeth

A patient in his fifties with eight upper front teeth carrying old discoloured fillings, some wear, and uneven shape. Veneers on the six teeth with sound enamel, crowns on the two already extensively filled. Two materials, one trip, and a result that looks like his own teeth twenty years earlier.

A patient who wanted brighter and straighter

Mild crowding and yellowing. Clear aligners over several months, then whitening, then two composite bonds for refinement. Slower, considerably cheaper, and her teeth are untouched.

A fuller transformation

A patient in her forties wanting a noticeable change: ten upper veneers and gum contouring to level the gum line, with the lower teeth whitened to match. One trip, and the change is substantial without looking artificial.

A patient with a heavy bite

Strong bite forces and a history of grinding. Slightly thicker material selection, a carefully designed bite, and a custom night guard included in the plan. The design accounts for how he actually uses his teeth.

17. Questions Worth Asking Any Clinic

• “Which of my teeth are actually visible when I smile?” — a specific answer with photographs shows the plan is built around your smile.
• “For each tooth, is it a veneer or a crown, and why?” — a tooth-by-tooth answer indicates individualised planning.
• “Will I see a physical mock-up before anything is prepared?” — this is your look at the plan before it becomes permanent.
• “Will there be a try-in before final bonding?” — the last opportunity to refine shade and shape.
• “Is the laboratory on site?” — this determines whether same-day adjustments are possible.
• “Would whitening or bonding achieve enough for me?” — a clinic willing to discuss simpler options is thinking about your interests.
• “Has my bite been assessed?” — function protects appearance over time.
• “Can I see your cases at one year or later, in natural light?” — one-year photographs are the informative ones.
• “What will my treatment report say for each tooth?” — useful for your Canadian dentist and for any insurance claim.

18. Practical Points to Know

Risks

Cosmetic dental work is generally safe and well established. As with any dental procedure, there are recognised risks worth being aware of. Temperature sensitivity is common between preparation and final bonding, and usually resolves once the definitive restorations are placed. Debonding of a veneer can occur, most often from unusual force, and a veneer can usually be rebonded. Chipping or fracture is uncommon but more likely in patients who grind without a night guard. Extensive preparation carries a small risk of subsequent root canal treatment, which is one reason veneers are preferred where the tooth allows. Gum inflammation can occur where cleaning is inadequate around the margins. Your treatment plan will note anything specific to your case, and you will have the opportunity to discuss it before proceeding.

Who this is suitable for

Adults with healthy gums, no untreated decay, and completed jaw growth. Existing gum disease or decay is treated first.

Grinding

Not a barrier. It changes material selection and means a night guard forms part of the plan.

Pregnancy

Elective cosmetic treatment is usually postponed until after pregnancy.

19. Warranty and Aftercare

What is covered

Aylan Clinic guarantees restorations for a defined period against debonding or fracture not caused by trauma or by grinding without a night guard. The exact terms are set out in writing with your treatment plan.

What we recommend arranging at home

A regular Canadian dentist for your twice-yearly cleaning and check-ups — most patients already have one. Give them your itemised treatment report so they know exactly what materials are in place. If a veneer ever debonds, a Canadian dentist can usually rebond it in a single appointment. We provide the bonding details in your documentation so this is straightforward, and our team is available if your dentist wants to confirm anything.

Staying in touch

Send us a photograph at six months and a year. We like to see how cases mature, and it keeps your file active if you ever have a question.

20. Price: How It Is Built and How to Compare It

Why we quote per case rather than publishing a price list

Because two patients asking for a Hollywood Smile can need very different treatment. One needs six veneers and whitening. Another needs eight veneers, two crowns and gum contouring. A published per-tooth figure tells you almost nothing about what your own treatment will cost. Your quote is built from your photographs and radiographs, itemised by tooth and by procedure, and it is fixed once you approve it.

What determines your price

Six factors, in roughly descending order of impact.

• The number of teeth treated. The single largest variable. This is why we determine it from your smile photographs rather than offering a standard package — treating the teeth that actually show usually means fewer units than patients expect.
• Veneers or crowns. Different procedures with different laboratory work and different costs, decided per tooth according to the condition of that tooth.
• The material. Hand-layered feldspathic porcelain built by a master ceramist involves considerably more technician time than a milled monolithic restoration. Both have their place; they are not priced the same.
• Additional procedures in the plan. Whitening, gum contouring, replacement of old fillings, or treatment of gum inflammation before cosmetic work begins.
• Whether ceramist involvement is direct. Anterior cases benefit from a ceramist working with your face in front of them, adjusting shade and character in person. That is time, and it is reflected in the price — and in the result.
• The length of your stay, since accommodation and full board are included.

What is included in your quote

Assessment, radiographs, photographs and bite analysis. The physical mock-up. Preparation and temporaries. Laboratory fabrication. The try-in appointment. Final bonding and bite adjustment. Gum contouring where it forms part of the plan. Your 5-star hotel with full board. Airport transfers. Your coordinator throughout. And your itemised treatment report with radiographs for your Canadian dentist. A companion is accommodated and fed at no additional cost.

What sits outside it

Flights, travel insurance, a night guard if you grind, your routine cleaning appointments in Canada, and eventual replacement of the restorations after ten to twenty years.

How to compare quotes properly

This is worth doing carefully, because dental quotes are frequently not comparable at face value.

• Compare unit counts. A quote for twenty units and a quote for eight units are not competing offers; they are different treatments. Establish how many teeth each clinic proposes to treat, and why.
• Compare what a “unit” means. Confirm whether each unit is a veneer or a crown, and which material.
• Check whether a mock-up and a try-in are included. These two appointments are where your control over the result lives, and they are the easiest things to omit from a cheaper schedule.
• Check whether the laboratory is on site. External laboratory work either lengthens your stay or removes the possibility of same-day refinement.
• Check what is bundled. Hotel, meals, transfers and a companion add up substantially if they are extra.
• Ask what happens if you want a change at try-in. A clinic that will remake a restoration you are not happy with is offering something a lower quote may not.

Why the lowest quote is not usually the best value

On cosmetic dentistry, price differences between clinics almost always trace to identifiable things: the number of appointments, whether a mock-up and try-in are scheduled, the material, whether a ceramist is involved directly, and whether the laboratory is on site. Each of those affects either your control over the result or how natural it looks. The most economical decision on this treatment is usually to treat fewer teeth well rather than more teeth cheaply — which is also the more conservative clinical choice.

Insurance and claiming

Cosmetic dental work is generally not a covered benefit under Canadian dental plans. Where a tooth genuinely requires a crown for structural reasons, that portion may be claimable. Your itemised invoice separates clinically necessary work from cosmetic work, listing each procedure by tooth. This is what insurers need in order to process a claim, and it is considerably more useful than a single package figure. Ask your insurer two questions in writing before you travel: whether they reimburse treatment received outside Canada, and at what rate. Some reimburse at the provincial fee guide rate regardless of where treatment took place.

Payment

A deposit confirms your treatment dates. The balance is settled on site, under terms set out in full when you approve your plan. There are no additional charges once the plan is accepted — if something changes clinically, we discuss it with you before proceeding rather than adding it to an invoice.

Getting your figure

Send your photographs and any recent radiograph. You will receive an itemised plan and a fixed quote within 24 to 48 hours, with the number of teeth, the procedure per tooth, the materials, and everything included set out line by line. If a simpler and less expensive approach would achieve what you want, the quote will say so. See our pricing in Turkey page for the full picture.

21. Glossary

• Veneer — thin porcelain shell bonded to the front of a tooth
• Crown — full-coverage restoration, used where a tooth needs strengthening as well as reshaping
• Composite bonding — tooth-coloured material added directly
• Mock-up / trial smile — physical preview placed over your teeth before preparation
• Try-in — assessment of the finished restorations before permanent bonding
• Feldspathic porcelain — hand-built, thinnest and most translucent
• Lithium disilicate — pressed ceramic; strong and highly aesthetic
• Zirconia — strongest ceramic; ideal for posterior and full-arch work
• Gum contouring — reshaping the gum line
• Margin — where restoration meets tooth, at the gum line
• Occlusion — how the teeth meet when you bite

22. How Canadians Search for This

• “Hollywood smile Turkey price” — the most common search. Our quotes are itemised so you can compare properly.
• “Veneers vs crowns” — determined by the condition of each tooth; veneers where the tooth is sound, crowns where it needs strengthening.
• “How many veneers do I need” — usually the visible teeth, often eight to ten upper.
• “Hollywood smile before and after” — ask any clinic for one-year photographs in natural light; those are the informative ones.
• “Best shade for veneers” — one step less bright than your instinct, checked in daylight.
• “How long do veneers last” — ten to twenty years typically.
• “Composite bonding vs veneers” — bonding for minor corrections, porcelain for a longer-lasting fuller change.
• “Veneers in one week” — achievable with an in-house laboratory, which is how Aylan Clinic works.
• “Do veneers stain” — porcelain resists staining considerably better than natural enamel.
• “Veneers and grinding” — not a barrier; it changes material choice and means a night guard.
• “Gum contouring with veneers” — often the detail that lifts a good result to an excellent one.
• “Whitening before veneers” — yes, whiten first if you plan to; porcelain does not whiten.

In Summary

A Hollywood Smile at Aylan Clinic combines master ceramists, an in-house laboratory that makes single-trip treatment possible, a physical mock-up before anything is prepared, and a try-in before final bonding — with 5-star accommodation and a companion at no extra cost, for up to 60% less than Canadian private prices. Four things make the difference to your result: treat the teeth that show, with your smile photographs determining the number, usually eight to ten upper teeth; match the restoration to the tooth, veneers where it is sound and crowns where it needs strengthening, specified tooth by tooth in your plan; use the mock-up, your smile previewed before anything becomes permanent; and choose a shade one step less bright than your instinct, looked at in daylight.

To go further, read our Hollywood Smile in Turkey procedure page for how the treatment works, your stay and aftercare, explore the wider dental care in Turkey section, or see how costs are built on our pricing in Turkey page. Send your photographs and we will tell you what would work for you — including if something simpler would get you there.