cosmetic dentistry
A smile makeover is a blueprint, not a single procedure.
A smile makeover isn't a product you buy; it's several tools used deliberately — perhaps alignment first, whitening next, then veneers where shape needs changing and bonding where a corner needs rebuilding. The result reads as one decision because it was planned as one.
Before anything begins, you approve both a figure in writing and the order of operations — and the plan marks which steps can be deferred, because real budgets deserve that flexibility. Sequencing cosmetic work is something this Fishersville office does particularly well; it's the craft our founder organized the practice around.
How a makeover is designed
The starting point is whatever you'd change, said your way — most people do better pointing at a mirror than reaching for clinical terms. Maybe the goal is looking less tired, or getting back the smile from a few years ago, or something bolder. Design follows: how your smile line meets your face, the proportions of each tooth, a shade chosen to flatter you instead of matching a swatch. Where alignment or shape is changing, an iTero digital scan generates a preview you can respond to before anything is decided.
Sequence matters as much as selection: alignment before porcelain, whitening before shade-matching, foundations before finishes. Getting the order right is the difference between a result that lasts and one that gets redone. Dr. Podbesek designs and coordinates the plan; when a case fits, select cosmetic stages are arranged with Dr. Willis, whose clinical work is limited to cosmetic dentistry.
The version that fits a budget
Here's what makeover marketing rarely admits: porcelain everywhere is only one of several versions. For plenty of smiles, whitening combined with bonding on two well-chosen teeth delivers the transformation at a small share of what veneers would run — and if your smile is one of them, that option leads your consultation.
Spreading the work out is common as well. Foundation treatment can happen this year with porcelain following the next; the design stays fixed, and every phase is complete in itself. What we never do is reverse-engineer a plan from a target price instead of from your goal. When financing helps, options such as CareCredit and the Virginia Dental Club get explained during the consult.
Questions we hear in the chair
- What does a smile makeover cost?
- There's no single answer, because a makeover is assembled rather than ordered off a menu — some are whitening plus bonding, others involve a full set of veneers. At your consult the written figure breaks the total down step by step, and phased alternatives come priced as well.
- How long does a makeover take?
- A plan built on whitening and bonding wraps up within a few weeks. Add Invisalign to the mix and the alignment stage alone takes months before finishing work begins. Once design is complete you'll have actual dates — something no sentence on a website can give you.
- Can I see the result before committing?
- Yes — previewing is the whole reason design comes first. Alignment cases get scan simulations, veneer shapes are drafted on screen, and temporaries let you live with the design ahead of the final porcelain. Nothing irreversible happens until you've already said yes to how it will look.
- Who does the makeover work?
- Dr. Podbesek plans and provides your care, from foundations through finishes. Select cosmetic cases — certain veneer and smile-design work — may be arranged with Dr. Willis, the practice's founder, through that same consult. It stays one plan, one building on Medical Park Drive.
- Do I need to be a Fishersville local?
- Patients come from across Augusta County — Staunton, Waynesboro, Stuarts Draft, Verona. The office sits on the Augusta Health campus off I-81 at Exit 222, and multi-visit plans are scheduled to respect a commute.
Clinical content reviewed by Dr. Brian Podbesek, Lead Dentist.
On Medical Park Drive since 2014. .