Dr.Gina Sohn - Tufts Graduate
U.S Dentist in Seoul / Licensed in MA, CT,NJ
http://www.drginasohn.com/
Tel 02-553-7512 Overseas 822-553-7512
Yongsan / Itaewon area
We all want to have a perfect smile where teeth are white and straight with a full upper lip shining right above them.
A gummy smile is a smile that shows a lot of gums between teeth and upper lip. Slightly displayed gums might be considered charming but if a few milimeters of gum shows, it often mars someone's confidence.
Then, are there ways to reduce gummy smiles?
Ideally, treatments embraces dental and medical specialties.
The simplest way of gum reduction is cutting extra gums covering teeth. If this method is not sufficient, then, bone underneath gum gets removed and wait until gums nicely heal up fllowing new bone line.
If gummy smile is too severe, then, upper facial bone must be shortened by a plastic surgeon.
Most cases are well handled by recontouring either gum only or gum and bone underneath,though. :-)
For moderately severe cases, bone gets removed first, and wait for 6 weeks. Then, gums gets removed.
Sometimes, veneers are placed on the newly lengthend teeth to perfect one's smile. In this cases, one should wait for another 3 months after gum surgery until gum tissues finally settle.
