Dr Mark Hughes Cosmetic Dentistry

Dr Mark Hughes Cosmetic Dentistry One of the UK's leading Cosmetic Dentists with an international reputation for Excellence & Exceptional quality Smile Makeovers & Smile Enhancements

25/10/2025

Why do I use a microscope? 🔬

A dental microscope is used to improve diagnosis, treatment, and precision by providing magnification, enhanced visibility, and better ergonomics for the dentist. This allows for more accurate and less invasive procedures, such as early detection of decay, precision root canals, and delicate work on restorations and implants, which can lead to faster healing times and better outcomes for patients.

Early detection: Magnification allows me to spot the early signs of decay, cracks, or other issues that are not visible to the naked eye.

Thorough examination: A higher level of visual accuracy helps in the thorough and effective identification of irritants like calculus, even in hard-to-reach areas.

Greater precision: The microscope helps me perform procedures with greater accuracy, minimizing damage to adjacent teeth and soft tissue.

Minimally invasive procedures: Enhanced visibility allows for more conservative and minimally invasive treatments, which can lead to less discomfort and faster healing.

22/10/2025

Not everybody wants ‘perfect’ teeth. Quite often, my patients want to replicate the teeth they have been used to for most of their life. And that’s exactly what I can provide whilst improving health and function.

In this case, a combination of crowns, veneers and bridges ensured my patient’s comfort, and happiness.

This case shows how we can transform years of neglect from having fears of going to the dentist. We transformed this smi...
15/09/2025

This case shows how we can transform years of neglect from having fears of going to the dentist. We transformed this smile with Invisalign to align his bite and a combination of whitening, veneers and crowns brought him back to dental health with an aesthetically pleasing and properly functioning bite.

This is Age-defying dentistry - he had a “teeth age” of 60years plus but is in his early 40s. This is complex treatment but with careful planning can be carried out with great predictability and achieve excellent results. I would expect these restorations with regular hygienist maintenance and wearing his night retainers to last 20 years or more 💪🏻

How to treat large gaps between teeth?This is a case where ethe patient was very shy about smiling and lacking in confid...
10/12/2024

How to treat large gaps between teeth?

This is a case where ethe patient was very shy about smiling and lacking in confidence because of the very large gap between his upper front teeth. Note how little of his teeth were on display and now reluctant he was to smile at for the “before” photos.

The patient wanted a long-lasting result that would be resistant to staining and chipping and wanted the most natural appearance. So, we chose a porcelain veneers solution - this required very minimal preparation but careful designing and testing of the final result beforehand using both analogue and digital techniques.

The final result was a very pleasing natural smile and you can see from the photos how much easier it was for the patient to produce a wide smile for pour photos at the end. Next up , the lower teeth!

So how long do veneers last?! Here is a case that I fitted nearly 17 years ago - we had to recement one of the lower one...
03/12/2024

So how long do veneers last?!

Here is a case that I fitted nearly 17 years ago - we had to recement one of the lower ones today (but it did not need to be replaced yet) - all the others are looking great and functioning extremely well after all this time.

These were also done on a patient who clenches her teeth and had lost a lot of enamel due to acid reflux. I anticipate that this lovely patient will get another 10 years or more service from them - that would be almost 30 years - a fabulous ROI.👏🏽🦷

Catch me at ExCel tomorrow. 12:30-13:15How to Plan Ortho Restorative Cases Using Invisalign Smile Architect
04/10/2024

Catch me at ExCel tomorrow. 12:30-13:15

How to Plan Ortho Restorative Cases Using Invisalign Smile Architect

This lovely patient was referred to me by Dr Emma Laing, a fantastic orthodontic specialist colleague, after she had com...
08/02/2024

This lovely patient was referred to me by Dr Emma Laing, a fantastic orthodontic specialist colleague, after she had completed her Invisalign. She wanted to have porcelain veneers to create a more ‘perfect’ and whiter smile. This was a challenging case because there was an upper midline shift, a tooth missing on one side and not the other, and quite a significant cant/slope to her smile, making it look lop-sided and slanted.
After careful digital smile design followed by smile ‘test drives’ placed directly in her mouth to show the results of the treatment before we began, 24 porcelain veneers were placed with some gum contouring to create this stunning transformation.

This lovely patient had always been unhappy with her smile. She felt that her teeth were too small, that she had a gummy...
07/02/2024

This lovely patient had always been unhappy with her smile. She felt that her teeth were too small, that she had a gummy smile and that the colour of her teeth were too yellow. As she got older, she noticed that this became worse and worse. She had a deep overbite, and her teeth were wearing down more and more as she aged; this also caused her teeth to look yellower and yellower over time.
To enhance her smile, she had a mini gum “lift” to recontour her gum shapes and reduce the gummy
effect. 20 porcelain veneers and porcelain orlays were placed to open her bite and simultaneously
enhance the size of her teeth, whiten and widen her smile for dazzling results.

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