Goals · Oral health · Realistic options
Start with the change you want to discuss. An assessment considers your oral health, existing dental work, reasonable options, limits, timing, maintenance, and expected fees before a treatment is recommended.
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Start where your goal is
Each route begins with an assessment. Pick the one closest to your goal.
Ask about current professional whitening options, suitability, sensitivity, limits, and fees. Existing dental work is part of the assessment.
View02A porcelain-veneer assessment considers the goal, tooth health, preparation, permanence, alternatives, maintenance, and expected fees.
View03An Invisalign assessment considers oral health, the teeth and bite, goals, clear-aligner suitability, daily responsibilities, monitoring, retention, alternatives, care roles, and expected fees.
ViewRequest an assessment instead of selecting a treatment. The findings may point to whitening, veneers, restorative care, another option, or no treatment.
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Natural-tooth colour
A whitening assessment considers the current colour of the natural teeth, oral health, sensitivity, existing restorations, the change you want, and the limits of whitening. Ask about current systems, in-office or take-home availability, timing, and fees.
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Tooth appearance
A veneer assessment begins with the appearance you want to discuss and the condition of the teeth and gums. Review preparation, permanence, material and laboratory considerations, realistic limits, alternatives, maintenance, and expected fees before deciding whether veneers are appropriate.
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Tooth position and bite
An Invisalign assessment considers oral health, tooth position, the bite, clinically useful records, reasonable alternatives, prescribed wear, monitoring, retention, care roles, and expected fees.
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What the consultation covers
Four things are established before treatment is recommended:
Explain what you would like to change and what matters most about the decision.
The examination helps identify issues that may affect suitability, sequencing, or the visible result.
Review what each appropriate option may change, what it cannot change, relevant preparation or sensitivity, maintenance, and alternatives.
Ask who provides each stage, whether a referral is needed, what the estimate includes, and what could change it.
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An image cannot determine which option is appropriate or predict an individual result. Use only current, licensed, consented images that accurately describe what they show. This page does not use a before-and-after image, patient story, review quotation, or simulation.
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Insurance and fees
Fees depend on the examination findings, the care recommended, and the treatment you choose. Materials, records, laboratory work, treatment stages, and referred care may affect the estimate.
We can help submit eligible claims or estimates. Your plan determines whether any part of the care is covered and whether the insurer pays the clinic directly.
How Insurance and Fees Work
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Who provides the care
Dr. Michael Wu is a general dentist. He begins with an assessment and explains the findings, reasonable options, relevant limits, and next steps. The page does not assign every cosmetic procedure or stage to the clinic. If care is needed outside the clinic's scope, the team will explain the referral.
Questions
If your question is not answered here, call the clinic and the team will answer it.
Start with the goal and an examination. The assessment compares how whitening or a veneer consultation relates to your oral health, existing dental work, preparation, permanence, alternatives, maintenance, and expected fees.
Do not assume that it will. The clinic will confirm the appointment type. Assessment, records, oral-health needs, care coordination, and the treatment plan may affect the sequence.
Your plan determines coverage and direct payment. Ask the clinic for an estimate and contact your insurer about how the plan applies to the proposed care.
No result is promised from a photo, simulation, or gallery. An assessment is needed to discuss realistic options and limits for your situation.
The page does not make that promise. Dr. Wu is a general dentist. If care is needed outside the clinic's scope, the team will explain the referral.
Describe the change you want to discuss. The clinic will contact you to confirm availability and the appointment type. Submitting a request does not reserve an appointment or promise a treatment result.
