Picking a Bonding Package
A dentist's way to count the teeth in your smile, what each package covers tooth by tooth, what comes with it, and why we price a set rather than a tooth at a time.
How Many Teeth Should I Get Bonded?
Bond every upper tooth that shows when you give a full, natural smile, so the shape and colour run evenly from corner to corner. For most people that's six or eight. In Hamilton, our packages are £1,550 for four teeth, £2,350 for six, £3,150 for eight and £3,950 for ten, whitening included, or £395 for one tooth on its own.
Count Your Own Smile First
Stand at a mirror in daylight and smile the way you would in a photo with friends, not a polite half-smile. Count the upper teeth you can see from one corner of your mouth to the other. That number is usually the right package, because bonding everything on show means there's no point where new shape meets old.
A few things change the answer. If only one tooth is chipped and the rest are fine, a single tooth may be all you need. If your lip covers the teeth behind the canines, six is plenty even if you have a broad face. And if the side teeth sit further back than the front ones, bonding them can bring the smile forward so it doesn't look dark at the corners. Send a daylight photo on WhatsApp and a dentist will tell you which way your smile leans.
Tooth by Tooth: What Each Covers
| Package | Teeth included | Suits | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Two central and two lateral incisors | Chips, a front gap, uneven edges | £1,550 |
| 6 | The four incisors plus both canines | Most smiles while talking | £2,350 |
| 8 | Six front teeth plus the first premolars | A wider smile, filling dark corners | £3,150 |
| 10 | Out to the second premolars | Broad smiles that show a lot of teeth | £3,950 |
The canines are the pointed teeth at each corner, and they decide a lot about how a smile reads. Leaving them out of a set where the front four have been lengthened can make them look short and dull by comparison. Packages are for the top teeth as standard, since they're what shows. If your lower front teeth bother you too, we can plan them in.
Not Sure Where Your Smile Stops?
Book a free consultation and Dr Sharma will count it with you and give you a fixed fee.
Why a Set Is Priced as a Set
Four teeth cost less than four single teeth: £1,550 against £1,580, and that's before you count the whitening that comes with the package. The reason is practical. When teeth are built in one sitting, we use the same shades under the same light, and each tooth is shaped against its partner on the other side, so the set matches.
Doing one tooth now and another next year works, but it's harder to match exactly. Composite is layered by hand in several shades, and no two sessions come out identical. If you think you'll want more teeth done later, say so at the start and we'll plan the shape so additions blend in.
What Comes with Every Package
- A free consultation with Dr Nikhil Sharma (a £40 deposit when you book, returned within 7 days of attending)
- Photographs, a shade check, and for bigger cases a digital smile design and trial smile
- Boutique home whitening with custom trays, worth £350 on its own
- The bonding, built up by hand in layers on the day
- A review about a fortnight later to check your bite
- A final polish
- A fixed fee, in writing, before anything starts
Edge bonding on a package usually takes one appointment. A full set of composite veneers can take one long session or two shorter ones. Our fees page lists every price.
Whitening Comes Before the Bonding
Composite holds the shade it's made in, so if you want brighter teeth, you whiten first and we match the bonding to the result. You wear the trays for a short spell each day over two to three weeks, then we leave about two weeks for the colour to settle and the enamel to recover before bonding.
Most people land on a natural, bright shade such as B1. Some want brighter, others prefer something softer that suits their age; it's your call, and we'll show you options on your own photos. Our guide to whitening before bonding explains the timing.
Questions
This guide is general information, not a diagnosis. A dentist needs to examine you to say what is right for your teeth.