Dental veneers in Medellín

Dental veneers in Medellín, in two materials: composite resin from $650,000 COP per tooth, and porcelain from $1,800,000 COP per tooth.

Before either one, there is a question worth asking: whether you need veneers at all. That is where this page starts.

What a veneer is, and what it is not

A veneer is a thin shell bonded to the front of a tooth. It changes colour and shape, and it hides small chips and slight misalignment.

It does not treat decay, it does not move teeth, and it does not replace a crown. If a tooth is broken rather than imperfect, a veneer is the wrong answer and we will say so. That is what a crown is for.

Sometimes the answer is not veneers at all

Many people arrive asking for veneers when what bothers them is the position of their teeth, not their colour or shape.

Those are different problems with different solutions. Veneers cover a tooth. Clear aligners move it. When the issue is position, we will offer you orthodontics first, because moving your own teeth leaves them intact and covering them does not.

It takes longer and we would rather tell you that than put porcelain over a problem that did not need it.

What happens to your teeth

This is the question people are most afraid to ask, so here is the answer plainly.

Some cases need the tooth prepared before a veneer goes on. When they do, we work as minimally invasively as the case allows, and how much preparation yours needs is determined at the examination, not assumed beforehand.

Any clinic that quotes you veneers without having looked at your teeth is telling you about their price list, not about your mouth.

Resin or porcelain

Composite resin is shaped directly onto your tooth and bonded in place. It costs less and it does good work. It also stains more easily over the years — coffee, tea, red wine — and it is less hard-wearing than porcelain.

Porcelain is made in a dental laboratory, custom-fitted to your tooth. It holds its colour, resists staining, and handles light the way a natural tooth does in a way resin does not quite reach. It costs more and it needs more than one appointment, because the laboratory needs time.

	Composite resin	Porcelain
Made	On your tooth, in the chair	In the laboratory, fitted to your tooth
Staining over time	More prone to it	Resists it
Appointments	Fewer	More than one
Price per tooth	from $650,000 COP	from $1,800,000 COP

If the result has to be excellent and last, porcelain. If the budget decides it, resin is an honest option and we will do it well. Anyone who tells you the two are equivalent is selling, not advising.

You see the shape before we make it

Porcelain veneers start with a wax-up: the new shape is built in wax on a model of your own teeth, so the proportions, the length and the line of the smile are agreed before anything is made.

It is the step that turns “I want nicer teeth” into something specific enough to build, and it means the conversation about what you want happens while changing it still costs nothing.

The porcelain price includes that planning, the professional fees, the laboratory work and the final placement. It is a closed figure, not a deposit.

One thing to know before the shade is chosen: veneers do not change colour afterwards. They are made to match the teeth around them, as those teeth are on that day. If whitening is something you are considering, it belongs in the conversation before the veneers, not after.

How many days you need in Medellín

If you live here, this is a normal course of appointments and we fit it around your week.

If you are travelling for it, plan on at least 10 full business days from start to finish. Those are business days, not calendar days, which means about two weeks once weekends are counted.

The exact figure depends on how many veneers you are having and how complex the case is. Colombia also has a high number of public holidays, and a week with two of them can add days to laboratory work that was otherwise on schedule.

Tell us how many teeth you are thinking about and your approximate dates, and we will give you the real number before you book a flight, not after.

What it costs

	COP
Composite resin, per tooth	from $650,000
Porcelain, per tooth	from $1,800,000

Starting prices per tooth, confirmed after an examination. Most smile treatments involve several teeth, so tell us how many you have in mind and we will give you the figure for that number rather than leaving you to multiply.

Prices are in Colombian pesos. We quote in pesos because the exchange rate moves — you can check today’s rate.