PORCELAIN VENEERS IN GRANADA HILLS

How much do porcelain veneers cost in Granada Hills?

A porcelain veneer at Viva Smile is $2,000 per tooth. Most cosmetic cases involve the teeth visible when you smile — commonly six to ten upper teeth — so a typical case ranges from $12,000 to $20,000 depending on how many teeth are included in the design.

Before the veneers themselves, every cosmetic case begins with a Smile Design Appointment — $500, which applies in full toward your treatment cost if you proceed. It's not an add-on fee; it's the first $500 of your treatment, paid up front to cover the design and mockup process. Here's how the numbers fit together:

The $500 is the only part you pay before treatment, and you get it back as credit the moment you proceed. That structure is deliberate: it covers the genuine design work, and it means the people who reach the veneer stage are people who've seen their result and want it.

Why does the design process cost extra — and why is that a good thing?

Most veneer consultations are a conversation and a quote. The Smile Design Appointment is different: it's two visits of actual design work, and it's the reason Viva Smile veneers are planned rather than guessed.

Visit one — records. Photographs, video, facial measurements, and digital scans with the iTero scanner. Your smile is analyzed in proportion to your lips, your midline, your face — not designed tooth by tooth in isolation.

Visit two — Vogue Day. We fabricate a 3D-printed wearable mockup of your proposed smile. You wear it. You see it in the mirror, in photos, in your own face. If the shape, length, or proportion isn't right, we adjust the design — while it's still a mockup, before a single tooth is touched. Most patients tell us this is the visit that gives them the confidence to go ahead.

This is the step that protects you. Removing enamel for veneers is permanent. Seeing and approving the exact result before that happens is the difference between hoping you'll like it and knowing you will.

What is the full veneer process, start to finish?

Porcelain veneers at Viva Smile follow the DSD protocol across three to four visits, typically six to eight weeks from design to final smile.

1. Smile Design Appointment (two visits): Records, then Vogue Day — design, preview, approve.
2. Preparation: Once you've approved the design, a thin layer of enamel — usually less than a millimeter — is removed from the front of each tooth. Impressions go to the lab, and temporary veneers are placed while your permanent ones are made, typically two to three weeks.
3. Bonding: We check fit, shape, and shade, adjust until it's right, and bond the veneers permanently.

The preparation visit uses local anesthetic; you feel pressure, not pain. Your teeth may be sensitive to hot and cold for one to two weeks while you're in temporaries — this settles once the permanent veneers are bonded.

Who are porcelain veneers right for?

Veneers are a cosmetic solution for the front teeth. They're a strong fit when you have:

• Teeth deeply stained in a way whitening can't fix
• Chips, cracks, or worn edges
• Small gaps between front teeth
• Teeth that are uneven, misshapen, or disproportionate
• A smile you've been managing around — hiding in photos, holding back — and you're ready to change it properly

Who they're not right for, honestly

If your teeth are significantly misaligned, veneers alone may be the wrong tool — moving the teeth first with Invisalign and then veneering produces a better, more conservative result than masking the misalignment under porcelain. And veneers are cosmetic: if there's active decay or gum disease, that's treated first. We'll tell you which situation you're in. Sometimes the honest answer is that you need less than veneers, or something different.

Will porcelain veneers look natural?

That's the standard every case is held to. Veneers that look like veneers — too white, too uniform, too opaque — are a failure of design, not an inevitability of the material.

Three things produce a natural result here: the DSD design process that sets proportion against your actual face rather than a template; Dr. Baghdasaryan's credential as an Accredited Member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, a designation held by fewer than 350 dentists worldwide and earned through documented cosmetic casework before a peer panel; and the Vogue Day mockup that lets you confirm the look before it's permanent. The aesthetic target isn't "nice veneers." It's a result indistinguishable from natural teeth.

How long do porcelain veneers last and how do I care for them?

With good care, porcelain veneers are a long-lasting restoration. The factors that determine how long: how well they're maintained, whether you grind your teeth at night, and how the teeth underneath hold up over time. If you grind, a night guard protects them from the forces that cause chips.

Day to day, there's no special routine — you brush and floss veneers like natural teeth. Two honest limitations worth knowing before you commit: porcelain doesn't respond to whitening, so the shade is set when the veneers are made (if you want a whiter smile, we whiten first, then match the porcelain to it); and because enamel is removed during preparation, a veneered tooth will always need some form of covering from that point on. These aren't drawbacks of Viva Smile's veneers specifically — they're true of all porcelain veneers, and you deserve to know them going in.

Porcelain veneers vs. other options

Veneers aren't always the answer, and a practice that only sells veneers will never tell you that. Quick honest comparisons:

• Veneers vs. crowns: A veneer covers the front of a tooth; a crown covers the whole tooth. Veneers are the more conservative choice for cosmetic changes to otherwise healthy teeth. A tooth that's heavily broken down or root-canal-treated usually needs a crown's full coverage instead.
• Veneers vs. whitening: If your only concern is color and your teeth are otherwise well-shaped, whitening is far less invasive and far less expensive. Veneers make sense when shape, proportion, or alignment are also in play.
• Veneers vs. Invisalign: If teeth are crooked, moving them is often better than masking them. In many cosmetic cases the two are combined — align first, veneer second — which is planned as one sequence through DSD.

Ready to see your smile before you commit to it?

A porcelain veneer case at Viva Smile starts with the Smile Design Appointment — $500, applied in full toward your treatment, where you'll see a wearable mockup of your result and approve it before anything permanent happens. If you're earlier in your thinking and want to know whether veneers are even the right tool for your situation, a $150 dental exam is the place to start — it's covered at 100% by all PPO plans, and you'll get an honest read on your options.

Book online or call (818) 900-2800. A free Zoom consultation with Dr. Baghdasaryan is also available if you'd like to talk it through first.

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