Professional teeth whitening at Aesthetics Collective in Murfreesboro is $220 for the Full Treatment and $99 for a Touch-Up. That is the whole answer, and we lead with it because most med spa and dental sites make you fill out a form to find out.
What that number actually buys you is the part worth understanding. The Full Treatment is a 90-minute appointment built for first-time whitening clients who want maximum brightness in a single visit. The Touch-Up is a 30-minute refresh reserved for returning clients who have already had the full session and want to lift the new surface stains that build up over months of coffee, tea, and wine.
Below is a complete breakdown of what each option includes, what drives the price of whitening generally, how the professional treatment compares to the drugstore strips you have probably already tried, and how long results actually last once you are out the door.
The two options are not different strengths of the same appointment. They are built for different people at different points in their whitening timeline.
This is the signature session and the required starting point for anyone new to whitening with us. Over 90 minutes, your appointment includes:
The four-round structure is the reason this appointment takes 90 minutes rather than 30. Each round is applied, activated, and evaluated in sequence, which lifts stain progressively instead of trying to force the entire result in one long application.
The Touch-Up is an abbreviated session designed to refresh a result you already have. It lifts new surface stains and restores brightness without repeating the full four-round protocol. It is genuinely exclusive to returning clients — if you have never had the Full Treatment with us, you cannot book a Touch-Up, because there is no established baseline to maintain and the shorter session will not deliver a first-time result you would be happy with.
The Touch-Up does not include an after-care kit as standard, but you can add one for $45 to keep your at-home maintenance going.
If you have compared whitening prices around Murfreesboro and the greater Nashville area, you have probably seen a wide spread — anywhere from under $100 to well past $600. The variation is real, and it comes down to a few specific things.
Chair time. This is the biggest single factor. A 90-minute appointment with four treatment rounds costs more to deliver than a 20-minute single-application session, and it produces a correspondingly bigger change.
Whether a consultation and shade documentation are included. Some low-cost whitening is exactly that: a gel, a light, and a timer. Assessing your staining first and measuring your result against a shade guide is what separates a professional treatment from a novelty one.
Whether an after-care kit is bundled. Take-home maintenance products are frequently sold separately as an upsell after the fact. Ours is included in the Full Treatment, which is worth accounting for when you compare a lower headline price elsewhere.
In-office versus at-home. Custom dental trays and dentist-supervised at-home kits sit in their own price bracket, generally higher than a single in-office session but spread over weeks of self-application. They are a reasonable option — they just are not the same product as walking out brighter the same afternoon.
Almost everyone who books whitening in Murfreesboro has tried over-the-counter strips first, and the honest comparison is worth making.
Strips are inexpensive and they do work, to a point. Their limitations are consistency and concentration. A strip conforms to the front of your teeth imperfectly, which is why people often end up with brighter flat surfaces and duller edges. The active concentration is deliberately low for unsupervised home use, so the change accrues slowly over weeks and plateaus early.
A professional in-office session uses a stronger formulation applied under supervision, with your gums and soft tissue protected, and delivers in one 90-minute visit what strips work toward over a month or more. It is also measured — you leave knowing exactly how many shades you moved, rather than trying to judge it in your bathroom mirror against a memory.
Neither is wrong. If your staining is mild and you are patient, strips may be all you need. If you have an event, a wedding, family photos, or a season of coffee and red wine behind you, the professional session is the faster and more predictable path.
Whitening lifts stains. It does not change the underlying structure of the tooth, and being clear about that up front prevents disappointment.
It works well on the extrinsic staining most people are dealing with: coffee, tea, red wine, tobacco, dark sodas, and the gradual yellowing that comes with everyday aging. These sit on and just under the enamel surface and respond well to a professional-grade treatment.
It does not change the color of dental work. Crowns, veneers, bonding, and fillings do not whiten — they stay exactly the shade they were made. If you have visible restorations in your smile line, whitening the natural teeth around them can actually make the mismatch more noticeable, which is something we would raise with you at your consultation rather than after.
It is also less predictable on deep intrinsic discoloration — staining from certain medications, trauma to a tooth, or developmental causes. Whitening may lighten these, but the result is harder to promise. Rachel Clayton-Gubler, Master Aesthetician and owner of Aesthetics Collective, would rather tell you honestly at the consultation that your expectations need adjusting than take your money and have you leave underwhelmed.
Results typically last 6 to 12 months or longer with good oral hygiene and maintenance, though this varies genuinely from person to person based on lifestyle and diet.
That range is the honest answer, and where you fall in it is largely within your control. Someone drinking three coffees a day will see stain return faster than someone who does not. Smoking accelerates it considerably. Using the after-care kit as directed extends it meaningfully.
Do the math over a year and the picture is clearer than the sticker price suggests. A Full Treatment at $220, followed by a Touch-Up at $99 somewhere around the eight-to-twelve month mark, is roughly $320 for a year-plus of a consistently brighter smile. Most people settle into a rhythm of one full session followed by periodic touch-ups rather than repeating the full appointment annually.
The first 48 hours after treatment matter more than anything else you will do. Newly whitened enamel is temporarily more porous and more receptive to staining, which is exactly the wrong window for coffee, red wine, curry, tomato sauce, berries, or dark sodas. Sticking to lighter-colored foods for two days protects the result you just paid for.
Aesthetics Collective is a locally owned medical spa at 220 Veterans Parkway in Murfreesboro, serving clients across Rutherford County, Smyrna, Franklin, and the greater Nashville area. Whitening sits alongside our facial treatments and the rest of our service menu as part of how we help people feel put-together without anything looking overdone.
A note on booking so there are no surprises: online bookings require a non-refundable security deposit, which is $50 for either whitening option and is applied toward your total on the day of your visit. If you would rather book without a deposit, our team is happy to take care of it by phone at (615) 801-8078.
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At Aesthetics Collective, the Full Treatment is $220 for a 90-minute session and the Touch-Up is $99 for 30 minutes. Prices across Murfreesboro and the Nashville area vary widely depending on chair time, whether a consultation and shade comparison are included, and whether an after-care kit comes with the treatment.
No. The Touch-Up is reserved for returning clients who have already completed the Full Treatment. It is a shorter maintenance session designed to refresh an existing result, not to produce a first-time change, so booking it as a first appointment would leave you disappointed.
Most people keep their results for 6 to 12 months or longer with good oral hygiene and maintenance. Heavy coffee, tea, red wine, or tobacco use shortens that window, while consistent use of your after-care kit extends it.
Yes. Professional whitening is designed to safely lift the surface stains caused by coffee, tea, wine, tobacco, and everyday aging. Deeper intrinsic discoloration from medication or trauma responds less predictably, which we will assess honestly at your consultation.
There is no significant downtime and you can return to your normal routine right away. The one thing that matters is avoiding deeply pigmented foods and drinks for the first 48 hours, while the enamel is temporarily more porous and more likely to pick up new stain.
No. Dental restorations do not change color with whitening treatment. If you have visible crowns or veneers in your smile line, whitening the natural teeth around them can increase the contrast, so we will talk through what to expect before you book.
Online bookings require a non-refundable $50 security deposit for either whitening option, and it is applied toward your total service cost on the day of your appointment. You can also book by phone at (615) 801-8078 without a deposit.
