A veneers quote checklist: find what is included and what is still unknown

Create a dated comparison sheet

Write the provider’s name, quote date and expiry at the top. Copy the exact service description, price unit, tooth count and upper or lower arch wording. Do not replace the provider’s wording with full set unless that phrase is defined. Keep the original document, rather than relying on a remembered conversation or a cropped social-media price.

Published figures are useful context but are not substitutes for this document. For example, Bupa’s page listed porcelain at £610–£1,290 per tooth when checked on 6 November 2026. The Perfect Smile listed composite from £500 per tooth. Neither figure establishes what a different practice includes or what a particular reader would be charged.

Separate included, additional and unconfirmed

Use three categories rather than a yes-or-no comparison. Included means the written quote confirms the item is covered. Additional means it is explicitly priced separately. Unconfirmed means you still need an answer. An empty box does not prove an exclusion, and an appointment appearing in a description does not prove it is free.

Where an extra has a quoted amount, add it once to the total. Where an amount is unknown, keep it on the outstanding questions list. Do not treat unknown as zero. Ask whether the quoted package can change after assessment and how revised prices would be communicated for agreement.

• Assessment, examination and any proposed scans: included or separate?
• Design, laboratory fees and any temporary work: what is covered?
• Review appointments: which are included and for what period?
• Repair assessments, repairs and replacements: how are they charged?
• Other proposed services: optional, necessary to the plan or not yet agreed?
• Tax wording: what is the final payable amount?

Read the conditions around the price

Ask what the deposit reserves and when it becomes payable. Request written cancellation, rescheduling and refund conditions before paying. If a package price depends on a minimum tooth count or a limited promotion, record that condition next to the figure rather than leaving it in small print. Ask whether a revised plan changes deposit arrangements.

A guarantee also needs its actual terms. Record who provides it, which costs it covers, any exclusions and the process for raising a concern. Do not assume that a guarantee pays for every future appointment or that it predicts the result. The relevant question is what the written agreement promises, not what the headline sounds like.

Close the information gaps without rushing

Ask the practice to answer remaining financial questions in a revised estimate or an email you can keep. The price passages cited here do not explicitly establish VAT treatment, so do not assume either exemption or an extra percentage. Ask the provider to explain its own final invoice basis and avoid adding tax twice.

Use the GDC register to check the named dental professional’s registration, remembering that registration is not approval of a quote or a result. Bring clinical questions directly to the dentist. Our homepage inclusion checklist and downloadable brief can hold the budgeting questions without names, photographs or health records. This website does not supply quotes, make bookings or refer readers to clinics, and a completed checklist is not a recommendation to proceed.