How this site is written and sourced
Cosmetic dental pricing is opaque and much of what's published about it is written to sell something. This page sets out how these guides are put together, so you can judge how much weight to give them.
Last reviewed 18 September 2026
What this site is
Better Looking Teeth publishes cost and comparison guides for cosmetic dental procedures — whitening, veneers, bonding, aligners and implants. The aim is to tell you what something typically costs, what drives that number, and when a cheaper option would do the same job.
What this site is not
No clinician has reviewed these pages. That is worth stating plainly rather than leaving you to work it out. The guides here are researched and written from published clinical and professional sources, but they carry no clinical review and no named dental author.
So: nothing here diagnoses a condition, and nothing here recommends a treatment for you specifically. Use it to arrive at a consultation better informed and harder to oversell to — not as a substitute for that consultation.
If and when a licensed dentist reviews these pages, their name, credentials and licence will appear on each page they reviewed, along with the date. Until you see that, assume it hasn't happened.
Where the prices come from
Price ranges are gathered from published practice pricing, professional and industry benchmarks, and consumer health sources. They are typical US ranges and estimates, not quotes.
Real quotes vary by more in cosmetic dentistry than almost anywhere else in healthcare — the same porcelain veneer genuinely runs $900 in one market and $2,500 in another. Any figure here is a starting point for comparison, not a number to hold a practice to.
How sources are chosen
Each page lists its sources at the bottom. They are drawn from, in order of preference:
- Professional bodies — the American Dental Association and its consumer arm, MouthHealthy; the American Association of Orthodontists.
- Academic medical centres — Cleveland Clinic and similar.
- Peer-reviewed literature, particularly systematic reviews, where a specific claim needs it.
- Practising clinicians' published material, where a procedural detail is better documented by someone who performs it.
Citing a source is not an endorsement. Sources listed on these pages have not reviewed, approved or endorsed anything here, and no relationship with them is implied. Where a clinician's published material is cited, it is cited the way any other reference is.
How we handle claims
- No guaranteed outcomes. Nothing here promises a result, a shade change or a lifespan.
- No invented statistics and no fabricated testimonials, reviews or case results.
- Uncertainty is stated. Where evidence is weak or contested — light-activated whitening is a good example — the page says so rather than picking a side.
- Cheaper options are named. Where a cleaning, bonding or doing nothing would serve you as well as the expensive option, the page says that.
Corrections
Every page carries the date it was last reviewed. If something here is wrong or out of date, it should be corrected rather than defended — the price ranges in particular go stale and need periodic re-checking.