Veneers for Dallas–Fort Worth patients: three hours to Miami.
Dallas–Fort Worth to Miami is just under three hours nonstop from DFW. Fly in Monday, get 20 porcelain veneers made in our own lab, and fly home Thursday evening with a 5-year warranty in writing.
DFW and MIA are both American Airlines hubs, which is the practical reason the trip from Dallas–Fort Worth is simple: nonstop flights run through the whole day, and the flight is just under three hours. Miami is on Eastern time, an hour ahead of Dallas, so a morning departure still lands in time for an afternoon appointment. You land fifteen minutes from the clinic and the partner hotels are within ten minutes of it, so the car stays at home.
What Dallas patients usually want settled before they fly is the material and the number of teeth. Porcelain veneers here are multilayer zirconia at about 0.3 mm of preparation, milled and finished by hand in the lab in our building. On the teeth you show when you smile, usually eight to ten in the upper arch, that is $1,000 per veneer; for both arches it is the 20-veneer Smile Design at $5,999. The written estimate you get from your photos says which, and nothing is booked until you have it.
The rest of the week, from the partner hotels to what to pack, is on the out-of-state patients page. Here is the Dallas–Fort Worth part: the flights, a sample itinerary with the time change worked in, what it costs to come, Yolanda and Erick from Fort Worth in their own words, and the questions we hear from DFW.
Getting from Dallas–Fort Worth to the clinic
General guidance from the clinic. Check times and carriers with the airline when you book; we do not sell flights.
Flight time
About 2 hours 45 to 3 hours nonstop from DFW to MIA. Miami is an hour ahead, so an 8 am departure lands around 1 pm Eastern; the return gives the hour back.
Who flies it
American flies DFW–MIA nonstop many times a day, hub to hub. Spirit and Frontier also fly it on some days. Fort Lauderdale (FLL) adds more low-cost options, about 45 minutes to an hour from the clinic.
Airport to clinic
MIA is 15 minutes from the clinic by car. Uber and Lyft pick up at arrivals; we text you the spot and the address before you land, and the pickup details for each visit the evening before.
Driving instead
Dallas to Miami is about 1,300 miles via I-20, I-10 and I-75, around twenty hours of driving. Not a fit for a four-day week; fly.
A sample Monday-to-Thursday from DFW
Times are examples, in local time at each end. Any flight that lands by early afternoon Monday and leaves after 4 pm Thursday keeps the schedule.
- Monday
Morning flight, afternoon Visit 1
Leave DFW around 8:00 am, land MIA about 1:00 pm Eastern, rideshare to the clinic. Exam, cleaning, X-rays, scans and the design preview you approve.
Visit 1 about 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Hotel check-in after.
- Tuesday
Preparation and temporaries
About 0.3 mm of preparation and temporaries in the approved shape. Soft lunch, then a free afternoon.
Visit 2 about 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Wednesday
Free day while the lab finishes
Veneers milled, sintered and finished by hand one floor up. You tell us anything you would change about the temporaries.
No visit.
- Thursday
Delivery, then the evening flight home
Shade checked with the ceramist, veneers bonded, bite adjusted, warranty handed over in writing. Lunch, rideshare to MIA.
Visit 3 about 9:00 am to 11:00 am. Fly MIA–DFW from about 4:00 pm Eastern, land Dallas around 6:00 pm Central.
Couples sometimes come together, one for treatment and one for company, or both for treatment on the same schedule. Tell your coordinator and the two sets of visits are booked back to back.
Hotels, airport and what to pack: the full out-of-state guide →
From Fort Worth, in their own words
Yolanda and Erick came from Fort Worth for Erick's Smile Design with Dr. Ramos. Yolanda speaks in this clip, recorded on delivery day and shared with their permission.
Yolanda & Erick, Fort Worth · Smile design · Dr. Roger Ramos Navarro, DMD
“I have a beautiful smile, and I wanted his smile to match mine.”Yolanda & Erick, Fort Worth · Smile design · 0:30
Actual Xiluet patients, shared with permission. Individual results vary.
What it costs to come from Dallas–Fort Worth
Treatment is priced from the published price list and confirmed in writing before you book anything. Travel is yours to book and pay; we do not add it to the price and we do not quote it, because fares change daily.
Monthly plans are available through six financing partners with a soft credit check; your coordinator helps with the application before you book flights.
Porcelain veneer results
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BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
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BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary. 
BeforeAfterVeneersActual Xiluet patient. Individual results vary.
Questions from Dallas–Fort Worth patients
Can I fly home to Dallas the same day as delivery?
Yes. Delivery on Thursday morning takes about two hours and the bonding is final when you leave. A flight after 4 pm Eastern lands at DFW around 6 pm Central. Eat a soft lunch before the airport and you are home for dinner.
Can my partner and I both be treated in the same week?
Yes. Two patients on the same Monday-to-Thursday schedule is common; the visits are booked back to back so one of you is never waiting long. Each of you gets your own design, estimate and warranty.
Do I need all 20 veneers, or just the top?
Count the teeth you show in a big smile. If the lower teeth stay hidden, eight or ten upper veneers at $1,000 each may be the honest answer. If you show both arches, 20 as Smile Design costs less per tooth and the shade matches across both arches. Your written plan says which.
What happens if a veneer chips back in Dallas?
Call or text us first. Small adjustments are covered by the 5-year warranty at any dentist near you; a replacement is remade here from your design on file and we bring you back for it.
Is the one-hour time change a problem for Monday?
No. A morning flight from DFW lands early afternoon Eastern, and Visit 1 is set around your landing time. If you would rather not fly and sit in the chair on the same day, come in Sunday evening.
How do I compare this with a quote from a Dallas clinic?
Get the same five things in writing from both: the material, the number of teeth, veneer or crown per tooth, the total, and the warranty. Then add your flights and three hotel nights to ours and compare totals. If the Dallas quote is for crowns, it is not the same treatment.
Start with photos.
Free, no visit needed. Written estimate included.