A Hollywood smile in Istanbul. Designed to your face, not to a trend.

A Hollywood smile is a full smile makeover: every tooth that shows when you smile is redesigned so the whole smile is even, bright and in proportion with your face. Done properly it combines three treatments. Minimal-prep E-max veneers on the front teeth, usually 16 to 24 across both arches. Zirconia crowns only on teeth that are already broken, heavily filled or root-treated. And laser whitening for the back teeth, so nothing is covered that does not need to be.¹

The phrase is a marketing term, not a dental one. It can describe careful, conservative work or 28 crowns on a 24-year-old. The materials and the number of teeth are what matter, so ask for both in writing before you compare prices.

What a planned makeover changes

• Colour: one even shade, matched to the whites of your eyes and your skin tone
• Shape and length: worn, chipped or short teeth rebuilt to the proportions of your face
• Alignment: mild crowding, rotation and small gaps corrected in the porcelain
• Gum line: an uneven gum line contoured with a laser so the teeth look the same height

What it cannot do is move teeth or fix a deep bite problem. If your teeth are very crooked we will suggest Invisalign® first, which usually means fewer veneers. For the porcelain itself, our E-max veneers guide covers thickness, strength and how E-max compares with zirconia and composite.

Most of the smiles mocked online as 'Turkey teeth' are not veneers. They are 20–28 full crowns placed on healthy teeth, in the brightest shade available, in a few days, often on patients in their twenties. The teeth look large, flat and uniformly white because a crown covers the whole tooth and the lab had no face to design to.

The medical problem is underneath. To fit a crown, a tooth is reduced on every surface by 1.0–1.5 mm, which removes 60–75% of the tooth above the gum.² That brings the drill close to the nerve. Some of those teeth need root canal treatment within a few years, and some are eventually lost. A 25-year-old with 28 crowns has committed to replacing them every 10–15 years for life, with less tooth to work with each time. UK dental bodies have warned patients about exactly this.⁴⁵

Our policy, in writing

• No crowns on healthy teeth. A crown appears in your plan only when a tooth is already broken, cracked, root-treated or more than half filling, and the plan says which tooth and why.
• Only the teeth that show. Usually 8–10 upper and 6–8 lower. Back teeth are whitened, not covered.
• Natural shades by default. We recommend BL2 or BL3, and do BL1 only after you have seen it in your mouth in daylight.
• A preview before any preparation. On screen, then as a mock-up on your own teeth. If you do not like it, nothing has been done.
• A tooth chart. Each tooth numbered, with the treatment and price beside it. A single 'smile' price with no chart is how extra crowns get hidden.

Cheap quotes that leave things out

A quote that looks a few hundred euros cheaper often misses whitening, temporaries, the night guard or the hotel. Some clinics quote without an X-ray and add root canals and crowns once you are in the chair. Ask for the full list before you book. Our price is fixed once it is in writing.

Usually 16 to 20 teeth: the 8–10 upper and 6–8 lower teeth that show when you smile and talk. Nobody sees your molars, so we do not touch them. We count your visible teeth from the photos and video on day 1, and the tooth chart in your plan shows which ones are included and why.

• 16 veneers: upper and lower, canine to canine plus the first premolars. Enough for most people. Our most chosen option.
• 20 veneers: a wider smile where the second premolars show, or a low lip line that shows more of the lower teeth.
• 24 units: both arches to the second premolars, typically where several teeth already have large fillings or old crowns that must be replaced as part of the design.

When a crown is the right call

A veneer needs sound enamel to bond to. A crown is justified when a tooth no longer has it: more than half filling, a crack, root canal treatment, or an old crown already in place. In a 24-unit plan, 2–6 units are usually crowns for these reasons. We use zirconia at €190 per crown and match it to the veneers beside it; our zirconia crowns guide explains the materials.

If a clinic's plan has crowns on your front six teeth and your X-rays show them to be healthy, that is not a clinical decision. Ask why, and ask for veneers instead.

With photographs, measurements and a trial you can see in your own mouth, not from a catalogue. Digital Smile Design (DSD) is a planning method in which the new teeth are drawn over photos and video of your face, then checked against a set of proportions before anything is made.³ Dr. Kaya is DSD certified and designs every makeover at Denture herself.

What decides the shape

• Lip line: how much tooth and gum you show at rest and in a full smile sets tooth length and whether gum contouring is needed.
• Face shape: a longer face suits longer, flatter teeth; a rounder face suits softer edges.
• Proportion: the central incisors are usually about 75–80% as wide as they are long, and each tooth steps narrower towards the corners.
• Age and gender: younger smiles have rounded, slightly uneven edges; square, flat edges read as older. Perfectly identical teeth look false.

Choosing the shade

Whitening comes first, so the veneers are matched to the teeth you will actually have. The shade is then chosen against the whites of your eyes and your skin in daylight, not under the surgery lamp. Bleach shades run from BL4, a natural bright white, to BL1, the brightest made. Most patients look right in BL2 or BL3. BL1 is fine if you want it, but we show it to you in your mouth first, because it is the shade most often regretted.

Gum contouring

If a tooth looks short because the gum sits lower on it, or you show a lot of gum when you smile, a diode laser reshapes the gum edge on day 2. It takes 20–30 minutes under the same anaesthetic, heals in 1–2 weeks and is included where it is part of the design. Larger gum lifts that involve bone are done by our oral surgeon and need a separate plan.

Well-made E-max veneers last 10–15 years or more, and systematic reviews put the survival of porcelain veneers at around 90% or higher after roughly a decade.¹ Zirconia crowns last a similar time. What shortens that is grinding, biting hard things, smoking and neglected gums. With 16–24 units in place, these habits matter more than they did with your natural teeth.

1. Wear the night guard. Many people who do not think they grind do. It is the single biggest protection for porcelain.
2. Brush twice a day with a soft brush and non-abrasive toothpaste. Gritty whitening pastes scratch the glaze.
3. Floss or use a water flosser daily along the gum line. Decay can still start where the veneer meets the tooth.
4. No teeth as tools. No ice, pen lids, nail biting or opening packets.
5. See a dentist every 6 months. We send your records to your own dentist or to a partner dentist in the UK, Germany or the Netherlands.

What can go wrong, and what we do

Sensitivity to cold for 1–2 weeks is normal and fades. A veneer coming loose affects a few percent of veneers over 10 years and is usually re-bonded in 20 minutes by any dentist. A chip at the edge can often be polished; a larger fracture means a remake. Gum recession over many years can expose a fine line at the veneer edge, which is why smoking matters.

If anything happens after you fly home, message your coordinator with a photo. We arrange a video review within 48 hours. Under the 10-year warranty a failed veneer or crown is remade free of charge, and we cover your flights and hotel to come back, or arrange a repair with a partner dentist near you.

Yes, at a licensed clinic that plans conservatively, and no, at one that sells 28 crowns to anyone who asks. The risk in Turkey is not the country or the materials; it is the number of clinics competing on price and speed for a product that is easy to oversell. The UK's General Dental Council and the British Dental Association both advise patients to check the clinic, the dentist and the plan before travelling.⁴⁵

What to check, and what we offer

• Licensing: Denture is licensed and audited by the Turkish Ministry of Health and certified to ISO 9001:2015, treating patients from 40+ countries since 2009.
• Who treats you: a specialist prosthodontist, named in your plan, designs the smile and fits it.
• Materials you can trace: genuine Ivoclar E-max and zirconia from our own lab, with batch numbers on your warranty certificate.⁶
• A plan you can read: tooth chart, materials, shade and price per tooth, in writing within 24 hours and fixed once quoted.
• Aftercare you can reach: a video review within 48 hours and partner dentists in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
• A warranty that means something: 10 years on veneers and crowns, in writing, with flights and hotel covered for remakes.

Flying is not a problem. Veneers are bonded, not healing, so you can fly the same evening.