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A free Digital Smile Design, made from your own photographs and scans, previews the finished smile before a single tooth is prepared.
Smile Makeover in McLean, VA
Flawed Smile? We’ll Make It Flawless.
Aside from those lucky few people that boast perfect oral genetics, achieving a brilliant, world-class smile is something that takes work and precision artistry under the guidance of an elite cosmetic dentist. At Dr. Nahlah Implants & Prosthodontics Specialists in McLean, VA, this is exactly what Dr. Esam Abou Nahlah and his elite team of professionals bring to the table. Our team offers complete Smile Makeover treatments that can transform even the worst set of teeth into something that is truly stunning. We also offer a variety of dental payment options, ensuring that each and every patient has practical and affordable access to their perfect smile.
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The Benefits
What a Smile Makeover Gives You
A smile makeover at Dr. Nahlah's practice designs the whole smile first, then builds it with the treatments it needs, so every tooth is planned to match the others.
One Design for Every Tooth
The whole smile is decided first and then built with whichever treatments it needs, so every part is designed to match.
Several Problems Solved Together
Broken, crooked, misshapen and severely stained teeth can be treated in one plan, even where some teeth are missing.
Shaped Around Your Face
The design takes in your facial esthetics and the symmetry of your lips and gum line.
Done in the Right Order
Treatments follow the sequence the design requires, with whitening before porcelain so every shade matches.
A Smile to Show
The aim is a smile you are proud of rather than one you hold back.
Compare Your Options
Makeover, Single Treatment or Full Reconstruction?
A makeover sits between fixing one thing and rebuilding the whole mouth. The examination and your smile evaluation show which of the three your teeth need.
CompareSmile MakeoverOne Treatment AloneFull-Mouth Reconstruction
Right whenSeveral things bother you about how your smile looksThe teeth are sound and one thing bothers you, such as the colorTeeth are worn, broken, failing or missing across the mouth
What it works onMostly the teeth that showOne concern, such as color or chipped front teethMost or all of the teeth in both jaws, bite included
Treatments usedMost plans use two or three: veneers, crowns, bridges, whitening or implantsWhitening, veneers or a crown on its ownCrowns, bridges, veneers and implants as the case needs
How it is plannedOne design for the whole smile, decided firstPlanned around the one treatmentThe finished mouth planned first, upper and lower designed to meet
PreviewFree Digital Smile Design, approved before any tooth is preparedFree Digital Smile Design for veneers; shade chosen first for whiteningFree digital preview, approved before any tooth is prepared
TimeDepends on the design; plans with implants take monthsAbout one hour for whitening; as few as two appointments for veneersDone in stages; with implants, a few months to over a year
Your Options
A Variety of Options for a Complete Smile Makeover
01Veneers (Porcelain and Composite)
For a cosmetic approach, porcelain veneers offer one of the best options available for achieving brilliantly white teeth and a perfect, esthetically pleasing smile. Veneers involve placement of very thin layers of custom-fabricated material over your tooth enamel, and can repair and correct tooth cracks, chips, gaps and severe discoloration.
Veneers in detail
02Dental Crowns
Crowns are custom-fabricated caps that slip over and adhere to your natural tooth. Crowns can be fitted for one tooth or several teeth, and can restore severely damaged and/or severely stained teeth back to a state of brilliance and cosmetic perfection.
03Dental Bridges
Bridges involve placing a series of crowns onto several adjacent teeth. If you have teeth that have been damaged or that are in advanced stages of decay, or even if you're missing several teeth, Dr. Nahlah can place a state-of-the-art zirconia fixed bridge that looks, feels and performs just like your natural teeth.
04Professional Whitening
Few things can bring out the brilliance of your smile more than advanced professional whitening solutions. At Dr. Nahlah Implants & Prosthodontics Specialists, we offer state-of-the-art whitening treatments that can grant you the perfect smile you’ve always wished for in just a single visit to our McLean office. If veneers or crowns are in the plan, whitening comes first, because porcelain is matched to the shade the teeth finish at.
05Dental Implants
In instances of severe oral damage and decay, or in cases where a patient is missing some or all of their teeth, dental implants offer an advanced solution to full mouth dental restoration. No matter your current state of oral health, our dental implants can give our patients a truly life-changing Smile Makeover.
Implants in detail
+Digital Smile Design
A free preview of the finished smile, from your own photographs and scans, before a single tooth is prepared.
Why Choose Us
Questions to Ask Before You Choose Who Plans Your Makeover
With Dr. Nahlah, one specialist designs the whole smile, plans every treatment in it, and has the porcelain made in the practice's own lab.
What to askOur practiceOther offices
Who designs itA board-certified prosthodontist, trained for three extra years to design the finished result firstSome plan one procedure at a time
Hands on your caseDr. Nahlah plans every part of the smile himself, implants includedA surgeon, a dentist and an outside lab each handle a part
Seeing it firstA free Digital Smile Design you approve before any tooth is preparedSome begin treatment from a description
SequenceTreatments done in the order the design requires, whitening before porcelainSome book each treatment separately
LabA digital lab in our McLean office adjusts shade and fit in minutesSome send the work out and wait weeks for it
Missing teethImplants or a zirconia bridge planned into the same designSome refer implant work to another office
WarrantyVeneers, crowns and implant work fitted here covered for five years, with cleanings every six monthsAsk what yours covers, in writing
Paying for itMost PPO plans accepted, and financing through Proceed Finance up to $60,000 over up to 96 months, subject to lender approvalAsk which plans and lenders are accepted
Dr. Esam Abou NahlahD.D.S., M.S.
Meet the Doctor
Meet Dr. Esam Abou Nahlah
As an award-winning board-certified specialist in prosthodontic dentistry, Dr. Nahlah provides patients with a premier level of dental care using the industry’s most advanced technology. He has been practicing since 2003, in Northern Virginia since 2013, entirely on prosthodontics. Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. In 2013, the American Board of Prosthodontics awarded Dr. Nahlah the most prestigious award in prosthodontics: “Diplomate of American Board of Prosthodontics.”
Adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, teaching the residents in its Prosthodontics Postgraduate Program, and lecturing on smile design and implants.
Across that career, over 18,000 implants placed and over 15,000 arches restored.
Credentials & Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Prosthodontics
- Fellow, American College of Prosthodontists
- Adjunct Faculty, VCU Prosthodontics Postgraduate Program
- Certificate in Prosthodontics
- M.S., Master of Science in Oral Biology
- Fellow, International Congress of Oral Implantologists
- Associate Fellow, American Academy of Implant Dentistry
The Process
How a Smile Makeover Works
01Your Smile Evaluation
The first step of any Smile Makeover transformation is to visit Dr. Nahlah for an initial consultation at our practice in McLean, VA.
02Examination and Imaging
During this consultation, Dr. Nahlah will conduct a full oral examination, including any necessary imaging scans, in order to determine which process(es) may be necessary to craft your unique and perfect smile. That shows what is achievable and what has to be treated first.
03Designing Your Smile
You’ll also discuss your personal oral health and cosmetic goals, which will allow Dr. Nahlah to create a unique, fully customized treatment plan that will optimize your unique features, including your unique facial esthetics, lip and gum line symmetry, and more. You approve the design before preparation starts.
04Building Your New Smile
The treatments in the plan, in the order the design requires, with the in-house lab adjusting shade and fit in minutes.
Before & After
Smile Makeover Patients I Have Treated
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BeforeAfterWhat My McLean Patients Say
Getting Here
How to Find My McLean Office
- Suite 220 at 7901 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102
- Park under the building; the office is on the second floor
- Monday to Thursday 8 to 5, Friday 8 to 2
- New patients: (703) 448-3312. Current patients: (571) 702-9832.
- Close to Vienna, Great Falls, Falls Church and Reston
Other Options
If a Smile Makeover Is Not the Right Fit
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Teeth Whitening
If only the color bothers you, one visit of about an hour may be enough.
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Porcelain Veneers
For chips, gaps or stains on a few front teeth.
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Full-Mouth Reconstruction
When back teeth and the bite need rebuilding too, often with implants.
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Dental Implants
When the design has to start below the gum line, with missing teeth replaced.
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Smile Makeover Questions
What is a smile makeover?
One design for your whole smile, decided first, then built with whichever treatments it needs: veneers, crowns, bridges, whitening or implants. Most plans use two or three.
Can I preview my new smile?
Yes, free: a Digital Smile Design made from your own photographs and scans, which you approve before I prepare a single tooth.
How is a makeover different from a full-mouth reconstruction?
A makeover works mostly on the teeth that show. A full-mouth reconstruction rebuilds your whole mouth, back teeth and bite included, often with implants.Full-mouth reconstruction →
Where are smile makeovers done?
At my Tysons Corner office in McLean, Suite 220 at 7901 Jones Branch Drive, with a laboratory in the same building.The Tysons Corner office →
How long does a smile makeover take?
It depends on the treatments in your design. Veneers alone can take as few as two appointments once the design is settled; plans with implants take months.
Book Your Smile Evaluation With Me
Call (571) 702-9832, or book online for my Tysons Corner office.
Tysons Corner · McLean
Dr. Nahlah Implants and Prosthodontics Specialists7901 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 220
McLean, VA 22102
New patients(703) 448-3312
Current patients(571) 702-9832
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