We don't whitenteeth. We designthe smile you wear.
Lumen is a boutique cosmetic studio designing veneers and complete smile makeovers for people who live on camera. One artist holds every case from the first photograph to the final polish — so the smile that leaves the chair is the one you were drawn with.
Four ways we change a face.
Every case begins with the same question — what does this face want its smile to say? The answer decides the work. We rarely do just one thing.
01Porcelain veneers
3–4 visitsHand-layered feldspathic porcelain, shaped to the face rather than a template. The studio's signature — and the slowest, most exacting work we do.
02Full smile makeover
6–10 weeksA complete redesign of the smile line, proportion, and shade — gum architecture, edge position, and colour resolved together as one composition.
03Composite artistry
1–2 visitsFree-hand bonding for the subtler correction — a chipped edge, a closed gap, a softened line. Sculpted directly, in a single unhurried sitting.
04Studio whitening
1 visitA measured, enamel-safe lift in shade, calibrated to your skin and the final design — never the flat, lifeless white of a drugstore strip.
The work, before and after.
A curated record of real smile designs. Drag the seam — or simply read both — to see where each case began and where it landed. Every result is a single artist's hand.
Greying enamel, short worn edges, a dropped centre line.
Lengthened centrals, a lifted smile arc, warm natural translucency.
The Editor
A worn, uneven smile line rebuilt into a soft, photograph-ready arc.
A pinched smile width with dark corner shadows and old bonding.
Fuller buccal corridor, even brightness, a luminous edge.
The Bride
A narrow smile widened and brightened six weeks before the aisle.
Mismatched old crowns reflecting hot under studio lights.
A unified, lens-calibrated shade with controlled, soft reflectance.
The Anchor
A camera-tested redesign — bright on screen, natural in the room.
A midline diastema and a chipped lateral edge.
Seamlessly closed midline, an invisible, hand-sculpted repair.
The Architect
A single closed gap and a quietly straightened front, in two sittings.
A smile, drawn before it is made.
Nothing is rushed and nothing is improvised in the chair. The smile is designed on paper and in wax first — you approve it before a single tooth is touched.
The reading
90 minutesWe photograph, film, and study the face in motion — how you speak, laugh, and rest. The smile is read from the whole face, never one tooth at a time.
The design
2–3 weeksA digital and wax mock-up of your new smile — proportion, edge, and shade — drawn for your face. You wear a trial smile and live with it before approving.
The craft
3–4 visitsPorcelain hand-layered in our own lab partner's bench, shade-matched to your skin under daylight, then bonded with the artist present for every fit.
The reveal
Final visitFinal polish, a calibrated photo session, and a printed record of your design — the shade map, the edges, the reasoning behind every line.
Dr. Camille Auvray
Founder · Cosmetic & Restorative Dentist
“I trained as a painter before I trained as a dentist. A smile is the only portrait the subject has to wear every day — so I design it like one.”
Camille founded Lumen in 2014 after a decade restoring smiles for film and broadcast, where a tenth of a millimetre reads on a forty-foot screen. The studio takes a deliberately small number of cosmetic cases a year so that one pair of hands can carry each from first photograph to final polish.
She lectures on layered porcelain and the architecture of the smile line, and is an accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry — the field's most demanding credential, held by fewer than four hundred dentists worldwide.
600+
Smiles designed since 2014
1 of <400
AACD-accredited dentists worldwide
11 yrs
On-camera cosmetic work
- AACD Accredited Member (AAACD)
- DDS — University of California, San Francisco
- Fellow, International Academy for Dental–Facial Esthetics
- Visiting faculty — Layered Porcelain Masterclass, Florence
What the work is worth.
“I forget they aren't the teeth I was born with — and so does everyone else. Camille designed a smile that looks like it was always mine, only better rested.”
“I came in eight weeks before my wedding terrified. I left with a smile in every photograph I'll keep for the rest of my life. Worth every cent and every visit.”
“The mock-up was uncanny — I wore my new smile for a weekend before we made it real. No other studio let me see the ending before they started.”
Apply for a smile consultation.
Lumen takes a small number of new cosmetic cases each season. The first step is a considered application — not a quick booking. Tell us about your smile and what you'd like to change, and Dr. Auvray personally reviews every submission.
- Reviewed personally by Dr. Auvray within three business days
- A 90-minute in-studio design reading if it's a fit
- Discreet, unhurried, and entirely confidential
Before you apply.
Why an application instead of an online booking?
Because cosmetic smile design is bespoke and we take a deliberately small number of cases. The application lets Dr. Auvray review your smile and goals personally and make sure Lumen is genuinely the right studio before we meet.
Will my veneers look obviously fake?
The opposite is the entire point. We hand-layer porcelain with natural translucency and design the smile to the proportions of your own face, so the result reads as the best version of your smile — not a uniform set of tabs.
How much does a smile design cost?
Every case is bespoke, so a number only means something after the reading. As a guide, full veneer cases at Lumen begin in the five figures; your written design proposal carries a single fixed price before any work begins.
Can I see my new smile before you start?
Yes — always. We design your smile digitally and in wax, and you wear a trial smile and approve it before a single tooth is prepared. Nothing is permanent until you've lived with the design.
Do you work with people who are on camera?
Constantly. Much of the studio's work is calibrated for screen — bright enough under lights, natural in the room. We test shade and reflectance against the lenses you'll actually be seen through.