Cosmetic Dentistry Costs in Dublin 2026: A Complete Pricing Guide

Published 8 June 2026 · By Dr. Gregg Barry, Docklands Dental, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2

Right, let’s talk about money. It’s the question everyone wants to ask and almost nobody does until the very end of the appointment — what is this actually going to cost me? And we get it. Cosmetic dentistry in Dublin has a reputation for being a bit of a black box: vague websites, “prices from” with no upper end, the dreaded “it depends.” So we decided to do the opposite. This is our complete, honest 2026 pricing guide — real numbers, no asterisks hiding the truth, and a proper explanation of why things cost what they do.

A quick word before we dive in. Every price here comes straight off our published price list, which we keep public on purpose. Prices can move a little depending on the complexity of your case — we’ll always give you a clear written breakdown before anything starts — but nothing in this guide is a teaser. These are the numbers.

How much does cosmetic dentistry cost in Dublin in 2026?

Cosmetic dentistry in Dublin in 2026 ranges from €250 for a single edge-bonding repair to €30,000 or more for a full-mouth reconstruction, with most popular treatments — bonding, veneers, crowns — falling between €450 and €1,200 per tooth.

That’s a huge range, and the honest reason is that “cosmetic dentistry” isn’t one thing. It’s everything from a ten-minute composite touch-up on a chipped corner to a year-long, multi-specialist rebuild of a smile that’s been through the wars. So before we break each treatment down, here’s the whole landscape on one page:

If a number on that table made you blink, stay with us — the rest of this guide is all about what sits behind each one. Because the price only makes sense once you understand what you’re actually paying for. (Spoiler: it’s almost never the material. It’s the time and the hands.)

How much does composite bonding cost in Dublin?

Composite bonding in Dublin is €250 for a single edge-bonding repair and €450 per tooth for a full composite veneer, making a front-smile makeover of six to ten teeth €2,700 to €4,500.

Composite bonding is, honestly, one of the most accessible cosmetic treatments we offer — and one of our favourites. We really do love this stuff. A skilled pair of hands, a syringe of tooth-coloured resin, and in a single appointment we can close a gap, rebuild a chipped corner, or reshape a whole smile, all without drilling away healthy tooth. (And just to be clear, because there’s a lot of confusion online: bonding requires no removal of tooth structure. It’s non-invasive. That’s a big part of its appeal.)

The price spread — €250 to €450 — comes down to how much work a tooth needs. A tiny edge repair sits at the lower end. A full composite veneer, where we hand-sculpt the entire visible surface of the tooth, is €450. Here’s the thing we always say: composite bonding is one of those treatments where the dentist’s hands matter far more than the material. The resin is cheap. The artistry isn’t. We work under rubber dam isolation for this — a little rubber sheet that keeps the tooth perfectly dry — because the bonding chemistry only holds for years if the field is bone dry when we place it. Most practices skip it to save time. We don’t.

How long does it last? A 2022 systematic review in the Journal of Conservative Dentistry looked at over 75,000 composite restorations and found that, with proper technique and care, they perform well over many years — with fracture, not decay, being the most common reason for eventual replacement. In our experience that translates to a good five to ten years of life before you’ll want a refresh, which is part of why bonding is such a sensible entry point. For the full breakdown, we wrote a dedicated guide on composite bonding costs in Dublin.

How much do porcelain veneers cost in Dublin?

Porcelain veneers in Dublin cost €1,200 per tooth at Docklands Dental, which works out at €7,200 for six, €9,600 for eight, and €12,000 for a full ten-veneer smile.

This is where we need to be precise, because “porcelain veneers” covers a lot of ground and the price varies wildly across Dublin depending on what’s actually being made. Our veneers are feldspathic porcelain — hand-layered, individually built up by a master ceramist. At €1,200 a tooth they’re not the cheapest in the city, and we’d never pretend otherwise. But they’re also not the same product as the pressed or milled veneers you’ll see advertised for less.

The longevity evidence is genuinely reassuring here. A 2021 systematic review in the European Journal of Dentistry found that porcelain veneers bonded to enamel achieved survival rates of 96% at 10 years and 91% at both 15 and 20 years — with ceramic fracture being the most common reason any of them failed. We see that in our own follow-ups: veneers we placed years ago still looking the part. When you spread €1,200 across fifteen or twenty years, the maths starts to look very different from the sticker shock of the first appointment.

If you’re weighing veneers against bonding (a very common and very sensible question), our guide on composite bonding vs porcelain veneers walks through the trade-offs, and we go deeper on the numbers in our porcelain veneers cost guide. And if you are planning a full transformation, our smile makeover cost guide compares bonding, veneers and full-mouth reconstruction side by side.

Why do feldspathic veneers cost more than other veneers?

Feldspathic veneers cost more — €1,200 per tooth in Dublin versus the cheaper pressed alternatives — because the material is the most technically demanding porcelain to work with, and very few practices in Ireland place it routinely.

Look, we know “the expensive one is the good one” sounds like exactly what a dentist would say. So let us explain the actual reason, because it’s a real clinical distinction and not a sales line. Most cosmetic veneers in Dublin — including many marketed as premium — are made from pressed ceramic (e.max) or zirconia. Those materials are excellent and we use them where they’re right. But they’re chosen, in part, because they’re forgiving. They’re stronger and easier to handle in the lab.

Feldspathic porcelain is the opposite. It’s the most translucent, most lifelike ceramic available — it interacts with light the way a real tooth does, with that subsurface depth you can’t fake — but it’s fragile to fabricate and unforgiving to bond. It demands exceptional preparation, a meticulous bonding protocol, and a ceramist who genuinely knows what they’re doing. We’ve travelled all over the world to work with the best dentists and technicians specifically so we could offer this properly. The €1,200 reflects that craft and that lab time. The result looks different in a way that’s honestly hard to describe until you see one in real light. We wrote a whole piece on why feldspathic porcelain makes the difference if you want the full story.

How much do crowns, inlays and onlays cost in Dublin?

Crowns in Dublin cost €1,200 for a hand-layered feldspathic anterior crown and €1,050 for a CEREC crown, inlay or onlay, with a temporary crown at €350 while your permanent one is made.

Crowns sit in a slightly different category — they’re as much about protecting and rebuilding a tooth as making it look good — but for front teeth the cosmetic side matters enormously, which is why our anterior crowns are hand-layered feldspathic, the same gold-standard material as our best veneers. For back teeth, our CEREC system (€1,050) lets us design and mill a ceramic inlay, onlay or crown in-house, often in a single visit, which saves you a second appointment and a fortnight in a temporary.

The evidence on crown longevity is strong: a large practice-based study of more than 3,400 crowns in the Journal of Dentistry found annual failure rates under 1%, meaning the vast majority of well-made crowns are still going strong a decade later. A well-made all-ceramic crown, looked after, is a long-term investment — not something you’ll be replacing every few years. You can see the full range on our crowns, inlays and onlays page.

How much do dental implants cost in Dublin?

A single dental implant in Dublin costs from €3,000 to €3,500 at Docklands Dental — covering the implant, abutment and crown — while a full-arch All-on-4 runs from €12,000 to €18,000 per arch.

Implants are the biggest single investment in cosmetic and restorative dentistry, and there’s a good reason for it: you’re replacing the whole tooth, root and all, with a titanium fixture that fuses to your jawbone and a custom crown on top. That €3,000 single-implant figure bundles the three main components together. Where it can climb is when the foundation needs work first — a bone graft adds from €500 to €1,500, a sinus lift from €800 to €2,500 — so a more complex single-tooth case can land in the €3,500 to €5,500 region. We’ll always tell you upfront which camp you’re in after we’ve looked at your scan.

Here’s the part that justifies the cost: a 2024 meta-analysis in Clinical Oral Investigations found that dental implant survival rates exceed 90% at 10 years, with roughly four out of five implants still functioning well after 20 years. There aren’t many things in dentistry — or in life — that perform that reliably for that long. For complex surgical cases we work alongside the specialist oral surgeons at the Institute of Specialist and Cosmetic Dentistry, so the surgical side is handled by a specialist and the restorative side by us. We break the whole thing down in our guides on the single tooth implant process and dental implant costs in Ireland, and the full picture lives on our dental implants page.

What does a full smile makeover cost in Dublin?

A full smile makeover in Dublin typically costs between €2,700 and €9,600 for a cosmetic transformation of the front teeth (six to ten composite veneers up to eight feldspathic veneers), rising to €15,000–€30,000 or more for a complete reconstructive rebuild involving implants and multiple specialists.

This is the question we probably get asked most, and the honest answer is that a smile makeover is a plan, not a product — so the price reflects what your particular smile needs. At the more accessible end, a composite makeover of six to ten teeth runs €2,700 to €4,500, and often that’s genuinely all someone needs. Step up to six feldspathic veneers and you’re at €7,200; eight at €9,600; ten at €12,000. At the top end, where we’re rehabilitating a smile that involves failing teeth, implants, orthodontics and veneers together, you’re into €15,000–€30,000+ territory — and that’s usually a staged journey over many months with specialist colleagues involved.

A point on sequencing, because it affects cost and we think it matters: the order we do things in is part of the expertise. Whitening comes before bonding, so the composite is shade-matched to your final tooth colour (our custom-tray home whitening is a flat €350 — see our teeth whitening cost guide for the full breakdown). Orthodontics comes before veneers, so the porcelain is designed for an ideal arch rather than compensating for a crooked one. Get the order wrong and you pay twice. We tell the full story of one of these rebuilds in our smile makeover case story.

Why don’t you offer a free consultation — and what is Digital Smile Design?

We don’t offer a free cosmetic consultation because the planning is the treatment — our Digital Smile Design service costs €350 in Dublin and gives you a full, designed preview of your result before any work begins.

This one’s worth being straight about, because “free consultation” is everywhere in dentistry advertising and we’ve made a deliberate decision not to play that game. What you’re really paying for in cosmetic work is the planning and the craft — the time we spend understanding your face, your bite, your goals, and designing a smile that actually suits you. Giving that away free would mean rushing it, and rushing it is exactly how you end up with a smile that looks like a set of teeth rather than your teeth.

Digital Smile Design (€350) is that planning done properly: we photograph and map your smile, design the proposed result digitally, and show it to you before a single thing is permanent. It’s your smile, and you should love the plan before we start. There’s no pressure either way — no hard sell, just a proper conversation about what’s possible and what it costs. (Implant consultations are handled separately, with a €150 specialist consultation where one’s needed.)

Is cosmetic dentistry in Dublin worth what it costs?

For most people, yes — because cosmetic dentistry in Dublin is priced per decade, not per appointment: veneers lasting 15–20 years and implants lasting 20+ make the per-year cost far lower than the headline figure suggests.

We’d never tell you cosmetic dentistry is cheap. It isn’t, and pretending otherwise would be insulting. But “expensive” and “poor value” are different things. When a €1,200 feldspathic veneer has a better-than-90% chance of still looking beautiful two decades later, that’s around €60 a year for something you show the world every time you smile. When a €3,000 implant outlasts pretty much every other dental option available, the value argument makes itself.

The way we keep it fair isn’t by discounting — we don’t run sales on people’s smiles — it’s by being honest about which treatment you actually need. Sometimes that means talking someone out of veneers and into a €450 round of bonding, because that’s genuinely the right call for them. We love this work and we’d love to show you what’s possible. The price is the price, it’s all on the table, and there’s never any pressure to spend a euro more than your smile needs. If you’re still deciding where to even start, our guide on how to choose a cosmetic dentist in Dublin is a good place to begin.

And if the question on your mind is less what does it cost and more how would I pay for it, we have written that up separately: how to pay for cosmetic dentistry in Dublin covers payment plans, the 20% tax relief most people never claim, and what genuinely reduces a bill rather than just spreading it out.

Let’s talk it through — no pressure

The best way to get an accurate cost for your smile is a proper conversation, where we can actually look at what you’re working with and design something around it. If you’d like to start that conversation, here’s how to reach us:

Cost is only half the decision — the other half is who does the work. If you’re weighing that up, read what actually makes the best cosmetic dentist in Dublin worth it.

Docklands Dental
1 Forbes Street, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2, D02 FN53
Phone: 01 636 0192
Book: book a cosmetic consultation online
Email: hello@docklandsdental.ie
Web: docklandsdental.ie

This guide was written by Dr. Gregg Barry and reflects Docklands Dental’s published price list as of June 2026. Prices may vary with the complexity of individual cases; you’ll always receive a clear written estimate before treatment begins.

Frequently asked questions

Does Docklands Dental offer a free cosmetic consultation?

No — for cosmetic work the planning is the treatment, so we charge €350 for our Digital Smile Design service, which gives you a full designed preview of your result before any work begins. There is no pressure and no hard sell. Initial implant assessments are handled separately, with a €150 specialist consultation where one is needed.