Pender County · Since 1987
Smile Makeover in Burgaw, NC
A smile makeover is a planned combination of treatments, designed together, that changes how your whole smile looks rather than fixing one tooth at a time.
- Three doctors, one location
- Sedation available
- Most major plans accepted
- Written estimates before treatment
The basics of smile makeover
Most people who want a different smile have more than one thing bothering them: a dark tooth, a crowded lower front, an old crown that no longer matches, edges worn flat. Fixing those one by one produces a mouth of mismatched repairs. Planning them together produces a smile.
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What we see from Burgaw
Burgaw is the Pender County seat and the most demographically mixed town in our service area.
Cosmetic treatment does not have to be all at once. A single front tooth fixed properly changes photographs more than most people expect.
Rural Pender patients often arrive after a long gap in care, and we plan treatment in phases rather than all at once.
US-117 and I-40 both work from Burgaw, and I-40 is usually the faster of the two into the medical district.
Burgaw is the Pender County seat, and the courthouse and county offices are a meaningful part of the local employment base.
We see patients from across Burgaw and the surrounding area, including the historic Burgaw Depot, the Pender County Courthouse, the NC Blueberry Festival and the 28425 ZIP code.
Pender County is the second fastest-growing county in the state and it has the highest share of under-18s in the region at over 22 percent. Family scheduling and preventive care carry more weight here than anywhere else we serve.
For a patient driving thirty miles, treatment gets sequenced to minimize trips: records and consultation in one visit, then the longest appointments the clinical work allows.
Rural patients often arrive after a long gap in care. We start with a full exam and a plan you can stage over time, not a lecture.
You may be a candidate if
- Several cosmetic complaints rather than one
- Old crowns or fillings that no longer match the teeth around them
- Teeth worn short, chipped or uneven along the edges
- Crowding or spacing alongside discoloration
- A specific event or deadline you want the result finished for
Your treatment, start to finish
- Smile design consultationPhotographs, a digital scan and a conversation about what you want changed and what you want left alone.
- Digital mock-upWe design the proposed result and show it to you before committing to a sequence.
- Trial smileFor veneer and crown work, you wear the new shape in temporary material and live with it.
- Treatment in sequenceStraightening first, then whitening, then porcelain matched to the whitened shade.
- Final reviewPhotographs against the originals, bite check, and a guard if you grind.
Afterwards
Porcelain does not stain, but the natural teeth around it can, so the whitening you did before treatment will need occasional top-ups. If you clench or grind, wear the night guard. It is what protects the investment.
We will combine follow-up checks wherever it is clinically sound, because a thirty mile round trip for a two minute look is a poor use of your day.
What it costs
A smile makeover is priced as the sum of its parts, and the parts vary more than any other treatment we plan. You get a written, itemized estimate for the whole sequence, and it can be phased so the orthodontic or whitening stage is paid for before the porcelain stage begins. Cosmetic work is rarely covered by insurance, though any part that restores a damaged tooth may be.
We stage larger plans of treatment into phases with a price on each one, so it can be paid down over time rather than committed to in a single sum.
In their own words
Hear from Dr. Carter Lee
Dr. Lee on fixing only what needs fixing, and what it is like to hand a patient the mirror after a smile transformation.
Questions we get asked
Is a smile makeover the same as veneers?
Veneers are often part of one, but a makeover can include straightening, whitening, crowns and gum work. It is a plan, not a single product.
Can you match the new work to my other teeth?
Yes. We whiten first where that is part of the plan, then match the porcelain to the result.
How far is your office from Burgaw?
About 30 miles, or roughly 40 minutes via US-117 South or I-40 South to N. College Road. We are at 1301 Physicians Dr in Wilmington, with parking at the door.
Do you see patients from Burgaw?
Regularly. Burgaw is part of our core service area in Pender County, and rural patients often arrive after a long gap in care. We start with a full exam and a plan you can stage over time, not a lecture.
What are your hours?
Monday through Thursday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, and Friday, 8:00am to 12:00pm. Outside those hours, leave a message or use the appointment request form and we will come back to you with the first available time.
Smile Makeover · Burgaw, NC
See the result before it is permanent.
Every cosmetic case is mocked up and worn in temporary form before anything final is made. You approve the shape and the shade.
- Cosmetic dentistry is the practice's stated specialty
- Digital design and trial smile before preparation
- Shade-matched lab work with in-person verification
- 50,000+ patients treated since 1987
Afraid of the overdone look? So are we. The brief on nearly every case here is to look like yourself, rested.
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Please do not include Protected Health Information. For anything urgent, call (910) 762-0958.
