Cosmetic makeovers in Southwest Austin.

The people we see at Lantana come from Circle C, Lantana Place, and the streets off Escarpment and Slaughter, and a lot of them have wanted to fix their smile for years without ever booking. The same worry stops them every time. They are scared of walking around with a smile that screams dental work. Usually there is a specific face in their head. A relative, or a coworker, with veneers so white and so matched they look like a row of tabs. That one picture is enough to keep them out of the chair for years. So what they are really nervous about is not a chip or a gap. It is whether they can trust the result.

Here is the thing. That fake look is a choice, and we choose the other way. Real teeth are not flawless. One is a slightly different shade than the next. The edges never quite match. The tips go a little see-through. Good cosmetic work copies those flaws on purpose rather than wiping them out. A lot of the time we just whiten you to a shade that reads real, nowhere near the brightest setting. Maybe a little bonding to soften an edge or close a small gap. And we leave every bit of healthy tooth alone while we do it. When veneers really are the right call, we keep the prep minimal. We shape them with the same small irregularities your real teeth have and match them to your face. Done that way, they pass for your own. You see the design first and sign off on how subtle it is before we touch anything.

What we are going for is the reaction where someone tells you that you look great and cannot work out why. Maybe they decide you are well rested. Maybe they think you did something with your hair. Around here, that is what a good makeover looks like.