Gummy smile is a condition that many people may encounter. Although it doesn’t affect health, aesthetically, it remains a concern for many individuals, especially those who frequently communicate in their profession.

Treating gummy smile is a modern dental restoration method that is currently favored by many people, offering high aesthetics with a simple procedure to achieve perfect, confident, and beautiful smiles for customers.

WHAT IS A GUMMY SMILE? THE LEVELS OF A GUMMY SMILE?

According to dental professionals, when the gum displays more than 3mm from the tooth’s base to the lip edge while smiling, it’s considered a gummy smile. Various factors can cause a gummy smile, and treatment approaches vary depending on the underlying cause, aiming for flexibility and effectiveness tailored to each patient’s case.

Surgical procedures to correct a gummy smile improve dental appearance, enhancing your confidence when smiling.

Accordingly, specific causes of a gummy smile must be mentioned, including:

– Due to jawbone: Uneven jawbone development, malocclusion, often with the upper jawbone developing more prominently than the lower one, causing patients to expose their gums when smiling. And in most cases of overbites, a gummy smile appears.

– Due to teeth: Teeth with excessively short crowns (low crown height), not reaching the level of the gum line, so even with normal lip elevation, a gummy smile can still occur when smiling.

– Due to gums: Over 50% of cases of gummy smiles originate from the gums. Overdeveloped gum tissue, often congenital, results in long, thick gums that extend excessively onto the tooth crowns, leading to an imbalance between gum volume and teeth, causing a gummy smile.

– Due to lips: Excessive lip muscle tension pulls the lips upward during smiling, causing gum exposure and aesthetic impairment.

Depending on the specific cause of gum exposure, it can result in mild, moderate, severe, or very severe cases of gum recession.

• Mild gum recession is characterized by gum exposure of more than 3mm when smiling and less than 25% of the tooth length.
• Moderate gum recession occurs when smiling, with gum exposure of more than 25% and less than 50% of the tooth length.
• Severe gum recession is characterized by gum exposure of more than 50% and less than 100% of the tooth length when smiling.
• Extremely severe gum recession occurs when smiling, with gum exposure exceeding 100% of the tooth length.

 THE TREATMENT METHOD FOR GUMMY SMILE AT DT DENTAL 

• To address the gummy smile condition, ensuring both aesthetic appeal and long-term dental health, individuals with a gummy smile need to undergo examination and receive appropriate treatment recommendations tailored to their condition. Treating a gummy smile is a complex dental technique that requires thorough examination and assessment before proceeding with treatment.
• Treating a gummy smile is a complex dental technique that requires a direct examination and thorough assessment before deciding to proceed with the procedure.
• Treating a gummy smile does not require surgery.

For a gummy smile of about 1-2 mm, the patient will be treated with braces combined with dental intrusion. This treatment approach is applied in cases where the bite is too deep, with the upper teeth bunching down over the lower teeth, leading to the gum line being pulled down low. Thus, elevating the upper jaw is a better way to assist in addressing the aesthetic issue. Dentists often prescribe braces with additional mini-screws to intrude the upper jaw, reducing the distance from the lip to the tooth neck and alleviating the gummy smile condition.

In some cases, braces may be combined with surgical gum contouring to definitively treat the gummy smile condition for the patient.

• Treatment of gummy smile through surgery.

For gummy smiles exceeding 3mm, in cases where the gum line is overdeveloped and the tooth crown is short, patients may undergo gum contouring combined with lengthening of the tooth crown. Through this method, the teeth are improved in size and aesthetics, addressing the gummy smile condition. This is a minor surgery, performed gently and quickly, with a recovery time of only about 2-3 days to return to normal.

• Gum contouring surgery

Gingival contouring surgery is a modern treatment method applied to address gummy smiles, aimed at reshaping the gum line, removing excess gum tissue, elongating tooth crowns, and adjusting the balance between the lips and gums quickly and gently, without the need for suturing wounds. This treatment ensures that patients with gummy smiles experience minimal pain, bleeding, rapid wound healing, and shorter treatment and recovery times.

THE STANDARD MEDICAL PROCEDURE FOR TREATING GUMMY SMILES AT DT DENTAL

At DT Dental, to ensure the best results for our clients, the treatment process for gummy smiles always follows the medical technique, international standards, with the following steps:

• Examination, consultation to identify the causes of gummy smiles, and treatment solutions.
• Oral cavity hygiene prior to treatment (removal of tartar or addressing any existing oral conditions before proceeding with treatment).
• Implement the treatment plan for gummy smile as initially agreed upon. At this stage, the dentists at DT dental will utilize anesthesia imported from Europe, effectively minimizing any discomfort during the minor surgery.
• The dentist instructs the patient on post-operative oral care.
• Follow-up appointments are scheduled periodically to monitor and conclude the treatment process.

DT DENTAL PROVIDES STANDARD – COMPLIANT TREATMENTS FOR GUMMY SMILES, DELIVERING BEAUTIFUL SMILES FOR EVERYONE WORLDWIDE 

DT Dental is among the reputable dental addresses, committed to providing utmost satisfaction and best results for each customer, which is the core value to retain customer loyalty.

Modern equipment

With the integration of advanced technology modern equipment, ensuring high precision, the results of dental restoration meet expectations and save time in both the restoration process and procedure.

Doctor team

At DT Dental, there is always a team of highly skilled, professional, experienced, and adept physicians who can easily meet all aesthetic standards for a dental restoration request: Arch form, tooth morphology, size, and tooth color.

• Delivering sophistication and naturalness in form, contours, and color.
• Harmonizing with facial contours.
• Selecting the appropriate treatment method for you, one that is safe, promotes good chewing function, ensures dental health and longevity, and optimizes costs.

At DT Dental, our mission is to deliver successful smiles for everyone. We continually strive to exceed customer expectations. Therefore, if you have any cosmetic dentistry needs, please contact us immediately.

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