Whitening, alignment, and the finishing touches — planned together across about four months. We lay out the whole schedule on day one and stick to it. No rush, no surprises.
✦ Planned across four months
Most people come in wanting one thing fixed — usually the front teeth — and a feeling that something's slightly off without being sure what. The first conversation is about working out what you're actually responding to.
Is it the shade? The alignment? The gum line? Usually it's two things, and the order we fix them in matters — because each step changes what the next one needs to do. That's why we always whiten first, then align, then refine. In that order, every time.
The most common thing patients ask us to do is rush the whole thing into one sitting before a wedding or Diwali. We won't, and we'll tell you why on the first visit. Compressing the plan usually means hiding a problem instead of correcting it — which costs more and lasts less.
"The patients who are happiest a year later are the ones who gave it four months. The unhappy ones almost always wanted it done by next month."
So this page lays the whole thing out — every stage and every visit — before you ever call us. That's the point of it.
Six or seven visits across roughly four months. This is the standard schedule — Dr. Gargi shortens or stretches it depending on what she finds along the way. You'll always know what's next.
Ninety minutes with Dr. Gargi. A full examination, photos from a few angles, and a digital mock-up if it helps you picture the result. We'll talk through what's possible and what we'd advise against. Nothing gets decided or done on this day — you go home and think.
A proper photo record under controlled lighting — this is your "before," and we'll line up the final result against it at month four. If clear aligners are part of your plan, we take the scan for the lab here.
In-clinic whitening first, to set your baseline shade. Aligners go on the same visit if they're part of the plan — then you wear them day and night for 8–10 weeks, swapping trays roughly every fortnight, with quick check-ins in between.
Once whitening has settled and the alignment is close, we re-photograph and decide together what finishing work is actually still needed. Sometimes the alignment did more than expected and the list gets shorter — sometimes the opposite. Either way, we re-confirm before continuing.
The final aesthetic work — composite contouring, smile-line shaping, gum-line refinement, veneers only if your plan truly needs them. Usually two short sittings with a week between, so the tissue can settle properly.
We re-photograph against your original "before" and look at it together. You get a retainer to wear at night for the first year, a take-home whitening kit if it helps, and your twelve-month check-up booked before you leave.
A smile makeover is a single coordinated plan — not a stack of separate treatments. Everything below is part of it from the start, agreed and written down at your planning visit before any work begins.
If your teeth need more than aligners can give — fixed braces, or surgical work — we'll tell you on the very first visit. That's a different plan and a different conversation, and we'll never spring it on you mid-treatment.
Some plans need veneers and most don't — if yours does, we'll talk it through after the Stage 4 review, never assume it at the start.
Shared with permission, anonymous where patients asked. We'll show you full before-and-after sets at the consultation — including the ones we'd do slightly differently in hindsight.
Whitening + aligners + finishing · a full smile-makeover plan
Alignment-led · no extra finishing needed
Whitening-only · one session
Often, alignment matters more than colour. Bright teeth in a crooked arrangement actually read as more crooked, not less. We'll tell you at the planning visit whether whitening on its own is genuinely enough for you.
For most plans, four months is simply what aligners need to move teeth properly. Squeezing it shorter usually means using veneers to hide misalignment instead of fixing it — a pricier plan that lasts less. We'll be honest about your options and let you choose.
Not if we've done our job. Brightness matched to your skin tone, alignment that respects your natural arch, finishing that keeps your face looking like you. Subtle is the whole point.
It's built into the plan: if you're not satisfied at the four-month review, we do an extra round of refinement at no charge. It's not a guarantee against changing your mind — it's just honest recognition that aesthetic work doesn't always settle on the first pass.
At the consultation, yes — full sets, including the cases we'd approach differently now. We keep them off the public website out of respect for our patients' privacy.
It's her specialism — her cosmetic surgery fellowship was specifically in this kind of work. Dr. Sarthak, our other surgeon, works in head & neck surgical care, which is a completely different practice. You'll see the same surgeon, Dr. Gargi, at every visit.
The first visit is ninety minutes with Dr. Gargi — an examination, a digital record, and an honest answer about whether a smile makeover is even the right plan for you. No treatment on day one, and no pressure.
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