Dental Veneers in Tunisia: Composite or E-max Ceramic, Price per Pack

A thin shell, made of ceramic or built up directly in composite, bonded to the front of the tooth.

What it corrects well: colour that whitening cannot reach, worn or chipped edges, small gaps, minor irregularities in shape, and teeth that are slightly out of line.

What it does not do: straighten significantly crooked teeth, fix a bite problem, treat gum disease, or replace a missing tooth. Those are orthodontics, a bite assessment, periodontal treatment and implants respectively, and no veneer substitutes for any of them.

Veneers go on the teeth that show when you smile — typically the upper front teeth, sometimes the lower ones too. They do not go on molars, which take the chewing load.

Usually 6 to 10, mostly on the upper teeth and sometimes on the lower ones as well.

The number is set by your smile line — how many teeth actually show when you smile and when you talk. Doing fewer than that leaves a visible transition between treated and untreated teeth, which is the most common way a veneer job looks like a veneer job.

More is not better. Veneering teeth that never show is spending money and removing enamel for nothing. A dentist proposing twenty when your smile shows eight is not planning around your face.

The number is decided at the consultation, by looking at your smile rather than by choosing a package.

€200 per tooth for composite, €300 for E-max ceramic, with an automatic discount from 6 teeth treated together.

Included: the consultation, the preparation, the fitting and immediate follow-up.

Not included: flights and accommodation.

How this compares in the UK. Published UK price guides put porcelain veneers at roughly £500 to £1,200 per tooth privately, and composite at £150 to £400. Veneers are not funded by the NHS for cosmetic reasons.

Two things to hold in mind about that comparison. First, it is drawn from a published UK price guide rather than from a survey, and UK pricing varies widely by city — check against two or three actual quotes near you. Second, and more importantly, a price comparison is the wrong basis for this decision: what matters is whether you need veneers at all, how much tooth comes off, and who maintains them for the next twenty years. Settle those first and the price becomes the easy part.

All prices are on the prices page, and a quote reaches you within 24 to 48 hours of sending photographs.

Preparing a tooth for a veneer means removing a thin layer of enamel, and enamel does not grow back.

That one sentence is the whole of this decision. Everything else — material, shade, number of teeth — is detail by comparison.

What it commits you to. Once the enamel is off, that tooth needs covering for the rest of your life. Not having veneers is no longer an option: a prepared tooth left uncovered is sensitive, vulnerable and visibly reduced. So you are not buying veneers, you are buying veneers and every replacement set after them.

Ultra-thin techniques exist that limit the preparation considerably, and they are worth asking about at the consultation. They are not suitable for every case, and they cannot correct as much.

And it is why whitening comes first. If colour is the only thing that bothers you, whitening achieves it, costs a fraction, removes nothing and simply fades back. Being told that instead of being sold veneers is the right outcome, and we would rather tell you.

Veneers suit someone with healthy teeth, healthy gums and enough enamel to bond to.

Treated before anything else:

• Decay
• Gum disease or inflammation
• Poor oral hygiene — veneers on unhealthy gums fail

Reasons you may be directed elsewhere:

• Significant misalignment. Veneers mask a slight irregularity. They do not straighten teeth, and using them to do so means removing a great deal more enamel. Orthodontics first, veneers afterwards if still wanted — frequently they are not.
• Bruxism. Grinding fractures veneers. It is not an absolute barrier, but a night guard becomes compulsory rather than advisable, and you should know that before committing.
• Too little enamel to bond to, from wear or previous work.
• Colour alone — whitening.

Have a dental check-up at home before you travel, and bring a recent X-ray. Discovering a problem on arrival costs you days of your stay.

The shade is permanent. Veneers cannot be whitened afterwards — whitening gel has no effect on ceramic or composite. What you choose is what you keep until they are replaced.

Too white and too uniform is instantly recognisable, and it is the single most common regret. Natural teeth are not one flat colour: they vary slightly between teeth, they are more translucent at the edges, and they are not brighter than the whites of your eyes.

What should influence the choice: your remaining natural teeth, your skin tone, your age, and what you do. A shade that reads as healthy at forty-five looks artificial at sixty.

And whiten first if you are going to. If you want your untreated teeth lighter, have whitening done before the veneers are made, so they are matched to the final shade. Doing it afterwards lightens everything except the veneers.

1. Get in touch from home. Photographs of your teeth and your smile in natural light without a filter, plus a recent X-ray and any dental history. A quote comes back within 24 to 48 hours.
2. Preparation. A dental check-up at home, any decay or gum problem treated, and whitening done first if you want it.
3. Arrival. You are met at Tunis-Carthage and transferred.
4. Consultation, with the examination and the plan agreed — how many teeth, which material, what shade.
5. The mock-up, and your chance to change anything.
6. Preparation of the teeth under light local anaesthetic.
7. Impressions and temporaries, for ceramic, while the laboratory makes the final veneers.
8. Fitting, with final adjustments.
9. Home, with the material and shade details recorded, and remote follow-up.

This is why the stay is 5 to 7 days rather than two: the laboratory stage for ceramic cannot be compressed, and a clinic that promises ceramic veneers in 48 hours is cutting something.

Sensitivity to hot and cold is common and temporary.

A feeling of bulk for the first days, as your tongue and lips adjust to a slightly different shape. It passes quickly and it always feels more pronounced to you than it looks to anyone else.

Your gums may be tender where the veneers meet them. That settles. Gums that stay red or bleed are worth reporting.

Be careful for the first week. Nothing very hard, nothing you have to tear at.

Then, permanently: do not bite your nails, do not open packaging with your teeth, and do not chew ice. Veneers are strong in the direction they are designed for and they chip under a sideways load.

Report without waiting any sharp edge, any bite that does not feel right, or any veneer that feels loose.

Day to day, brush and floss exactly as you would natural teeth. Veneers do not decay, but the tooth underneath and the gum around it very much can, and that is how veneers are usually lost.

Regular dental check-ups continue as normal, wherever you live.

Staining: composite picks up colour over the years, like enamel. E-max ceramic does not.

A night guard if you grind. Not optional once you have veneers.

Lifespan: 5 to 8 years for composite, 10 to 20 for E-max ceramic, with good care. Those numbers assume you look after them; they are not a warranty.

This is the part most people do not calculate before committing, and it is worth doing now.

Veneers are replaced at the end of their life, not removed. The enamel is gone, so the teeth stay covered permanently.

Do the maths for your own age. Someone having ten E-max veneers at thirty should expect to replace them perhaps three times before they are eighty. With composite at 5 to 8 years, considerably more often.

That is not an argument against veneers. It is an argument for choosing ceramic over composite if you are young, for veneering only the teeth that show, and for being certain you want them at all.

And it is a reason to settle who maintains them before you travel, which is the next section.

What to do immediately: contact us with photographs, keep the veneer if it has come off in one piece because it can sometimes be re-bonded, and avoid chewing on that side.

A local dentist can re-bond or repair temporarily in the meantime. We provide the material and shade details so they know what they are working with.

Where the problem relates to the veneer, its manufacture or its fitting, a solution is proposed after review of your file, and any revision in Tunisia is coordinated by us. Travel and accommodation are not covered unless specifically agreed.

Where the damage follows an impact, unprotected grinding, poor oral hygiene or work by another practitioner, it is not automatically treated as a defect. That is the honest position and you should read any other provider's terms with the same attention.

Arrange your maintenance dentist before you travel, not after. UK dentists are frequently reluctant to take on remedial work on treatment carried out abroad, and NHS dentistry does not redo private cosmetic work. Find a private dentist near you who is willing to see you for check-ups and small repairs, and ask them before you book. If none will, that is genuine information about whether to do this abroad.

Dr Fedia Mtaallah practises cosmetic dentistry at Myron International Clinic and handles veneers, whitening, crowns and implants.

That range matters here. The person deciding whether you need veneers is also the person who would whiten instead, or place a crown where a tooth is genuinely damaged — so there is no reason to steer you toward the most extensive option.

Send photographs of your teeth and your smile and you will have an opinion within 24 to 48 hours.

From the UK and Ireland: around three hours from London, with connections from other UK and Irish airports. From the Gulf: daily flights from Dubai, around six and a half to seven hours, and from Doha, around six. From continental Europe: 1h30 to 3h from Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lyon and Marseille, with no visa for EU and Swiss nationals. From West and Central Africa: regular connections from Dakar, Abidjan, Douala, Libreville and Casablanca.

Entry requirements follow your nationality, not your country of residence. A resident of Dubai or London holding an Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian or Filipino passport does not have the same conditions as a British or Emirati national, and a residence permit changes nothing. Check with the Tunisian embassy for your country of citizenship before booking.

Your checklist:

1. A dentist at home who will maintain them. Confirmed before you book, for the reasons above.
2. A dental check-up and a recent X-ray. Bring the originals.
3. Documents: a passport valid well beyond your return date, and a visa if your nationality requires one.
4. Photographs of your teeth and your smile, natural light, no filter.
5. Your dental history: previous crowns, root canals, orthodontics, any tooth that has been traumatised.
6. Tell us if you grind your teeth, and bring your night guard if you have one.
7. Whitening done first if you want your other teeth lighter.
8. Your medication and allergies.
9. Reference photographs of smiles you like — and of ones you do not. The second set is more useful.
10. Keep 5 to 7 days genuinely free. The laboratory stage cannot be rushed and the fitting cannot be moved forward.

How long each treatment needs is in our guide to lengths of stay. Request a quote and you will have an answer within 24 to 48 hours.