Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective

Gummy smile is a quite frequently found esthetic alteration characterized by excessive display of gingiva during smiling. Several causes have been implicated in the literature, but a dearth of clinical decision-making process has been found in the surgical treatment of excessive gingival display. An...

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Autores principales: Avishek Das, Debajyoti Mondal, Rajul Chordia, Aniket Chatterji
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b8abd3d83d2546a9a56c9f6ab83e7e922021-11-12T10:23:43ZDecision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective0972-124X10.4103/jisp.jisp_879_20https://doaj.org/article/b8abd3d83d2546a9a56c9f6ab83e7e922021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jisponline.com/article.asp?issn=0972-124X;year=2021;volume=25;issue=6;spage=560;epage=564;aulast=Dashttps://doaj.org/toc/0972-124XGummy smile is a quite frequently found esthetic alteration characterized by excessive display of gingiva during smiling. Several causes have been implicated in the literature, but a dearth of clinical decision-making process has been found in the surgical treatment of excessive gingival display. An external bevel gingivectomy with osseous correction was performed in anterior maxillary region in accordance with the proposed decision-making process. The clinical observation at 1 month postoperatively revealed restoration of natural smile with 1–2 mm of facial gingival display. The outcome seems to suggest that this proposed decision-making process can provide valid treatment options for gummy smile cases.Avishek DasDebajyoti MondalRajul ChordiaAniket ChatterjiWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticlealtered passive eruptioncementoenamel junctioncrown lengtheninggummy smilesupracrestal tissue attachmentDentistryRK1-715ENJournal of Indian Society of Periodontology, Vol 25, Iss 6, Pp 560-564 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic altered passive eruption
cementoenamel junction
crown lengthening
gummy smile
supracrestal tissue attachment
Dentistry
RK1-715
spellingShingle altered passive eruption
cementoenamel junction
crown lengthening
gummy smile
supracrestal tissue attachment
Dentistry
RK1-715
Avishek Das
Debajyoti Mondal
Rajul Chordia
Aniket Chatterji
Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
description Gummy smile is a quite frequently found esthetic alteration characterized by excessive display of gingiva during smiling. Several causes have been implicated in the literature, but a dearth of clinical decision-making process has been found in the surgical treatment of excessive gingival display. An external bevel gingivectomy with osseous correction was performed in anterior maxillary region in accordance with the proposed decision-making process. The clinical observation at 1 month postoperatively revealed restoration of natural smile with 1–2 mm of facial gingival display. The outcome seems to suggest that this proposed decision-making process can provide valid treatment options for gummy smile cases.
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author Avishek Das
Debajyoti Mondal
Rajul Chordia
Aniket Chatterji
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title Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
title_short Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
title_full Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
title_fullStr Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
title_full_unstemmed Decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: A surgical perspective
title_sort decision-making process for esthetic treatment of gummy smile: a surgical perspective
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