A plan for the whole smile, not a list of procedures.

A smile makeover is a plan, not a procedure

People arrive with a photo, or a mirror complaint, or a wedding date. What they rarely arrive with is a diagnosis, and that is fine, because sorting out the difference is our job.

A makeover sequences several treatments in a deliberate order. It might be aligners, then whitening, then two veneers. It might be gum recontouring, a crown, and bonding. It might be a night guard and a bite adjustment before a single cosmetic step happens. The treatments are ordinary. The value is in the order and the reasoning.

That is why we do not sell packages. A package decides your treatment before anyone has looked at your teeth.

Teeth that look wrong are often teeth that are working wrong

This is where we differ from most cosmetic practices in Fort Smith, and it is not a marketing angle. It changes the treatment plan.

Worn, chipped, flattened front teeth are usually not a cosmetic problem. They are a wear pattern, and wear patterns have causes: clenching, grinding, an unbalanced bite, or disrupted nighttime breathing that keeps the jaw muscles working while you sleep. Crowded lower teeth in an adult, a narrow upper arch, chronic mouth breathing, and morning headaches all point the same direction.

We look at the airway and the bite before we design anything. Laura Williams, our registered dental hygienist, is a practicing myofunctional therapist with more than ten years of experience, and Dr. Beau Sparkman is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

If we rebuild your front teeth without addressing why they wore down, the new ones wear down too. That is the whole argument.

What you want changed, then what is actually causing it

The first appointment is a conversation and a records visit. We ask what bothers you in your own words, because the thing you want fixed is often not what a dentist would flag unprompted, and yours is the answer that matters.

Then we gather real information. A full photo series, a 3D digital scan, X-rays, CBCT imaging when the bite or airway warrants it, and an evaluation of your jaw joints, gum health, tooth wear, and how your teeth actually meet.

You leave that visit with findings, not a sales pitch.

You approve a design before anything becomes permanent

Your scan becomes a digital plan. We can show you a proposed result on your own teeth, in sequence, so you are approving a design rather than trusting a description.

For veneer and crown cases, temporaries act as a physical preview. You wear the proposed shape and length for a couple of weeks, eat with it, see it in photographs, and tell us what to change. Adjustments at the temporary stage cost nothing. Adjustments after porcelain is bonded cost a great deal.

Digital previews illustrate an intended outcome rather than guarantee one. Biology and healing vary from person to person.

The order is the plan

Tooth movement comes first when it is needed, because moving a tooth is more conservative than grinding it down so porcelain can imitate the position. Then gum work if the proportions call for it. Then whitening, which has to settle for about two weeks before shades get matched. Then bonding, veneers, or crowns last, matched to your final color.

Timelines follow the sequence. Whitening and bonding can be a one or two visit change. Add veneers and you are looking at several weeks. Add orthodontics and the aligners or braces drive the schedule, commonly several months to a year and a half. Implants add healing time.

You get a written sequence with estimated appointment counts and a realistic calendar.

Real numbers before you commit to anything

A makeover fee is the sum of its parts, so it varies enormously between a whitening-and-bonding case and a full reconstruction, and cases here have run $20,000 to $80,000. We quote your plan in writing, itemized, so you can see what each phase costs and decide whether to do all of it or start with the part that bothers you most. Phasing treatment across two benefit years is a legitimate strategy and we will help you do it.

Purely cosmetic work is generally not covered by insurance. Restorative components frequently are, and we run the benefit check before you decide. We are in network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Delta Dental Premier, MetLife, United Concordia, and others.

For the balance, Proceed Finance goes up to 96 months with rates from 3.99% and payments starting around $157 a month, which is the option most large cases use. CareCredit offers 6 to 24 month no-interest terms on treatment over $200. Cherry gives a decision in about 30 seconds. HSA and FSA dollars apply to treatment with a health purpose.