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Pink Aesthetics: Gummy Smiles and Gingival Recession
Primary Dental Journal, 2023The ideal smile is one where there is harmony between the ‘white’ (tooth) and ‘pink’ (periodontal) aesthetics. The developments in the field of periodontology have enhanced aesthetic outcomes when managing excessive gingival exposure in a ‘gummy’ smile or excessive tooth exposure in gingival recession cases.
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A New Method for Correcting a Gummy Smile
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1983Myectomy and partial resection of the levator labii superioris promises a far better and direct approach to the problem of upper gum exposure during smiling. This procedure attempts to eliminate the cause of the deformity. The resected muscles are of the striated muscle group and are composed of single muscle fibers running the entire length of the ...
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The three‐dimensionality of the “gummy smile”
Journal of ProsthodonticsAbstractThe “gummy smile” is a complex developmental issue that requires a three‐dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. This article explores the multifaceted nature of the gummy smile, tracing its origins to early childhood growth patterns and breathing dysfunctions.
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Classification and Craniofacial Features of Gummy Smile in Adolescents
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2010Classification of gummy smile was tried first according to gingival exposure site during posed smile, then several items were measured on cephalometric radiograph to analyze the morphologic features in both sexes and further divided into subgroups. Two hundred twenty-eight adolescents with gingival display of more than 2 mm during smile were clustered ...
Hao, Wu, Jie, Lin, Li, Zhou, Ding, Bai
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2007
Normally, in the function of the smile, the lips are retracted and elevated to expose a portion of the upper incisor teeth. In some cases, the lip retraction is too extreme and it exposes all of the incisors plus a large portion of gum above. This produces the socalled horse smile or gummy smile (Fig. 73.1), the correction of which was described by
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Normally, in the function of the smile, the lips are retracted and elevated to expose a portion of the upper incisor teeth. In some cases, the lip retraction is too extreme and it exposes all of the incisors plus a large portion of gum above. This produces the socalled horse smile or gummy smile (Fig. 73.1), the correction of which was described by
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Gummy Smile Correction: Case Report
Journal of Lasers, Optics & Photonics, 2014In the modern day practice of dentistry, it is no longer acceptable to revive single teeth. Patients anticipate a final appearance which is not only physiologically and mechanically sound but also aesthetically pleasing. A gummy smile poses a restorative challenge for dentists attempting to achieve ideal aesthetics.
Mithra N Hegde +2 more
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Hyaluronic Acid Myomodulation in the Treatment of Gummy Smile
Aesthetic Plastic SurgeryLevel of Evidence IV This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
Alessandra Kuhn, Dall'Magro +5 more
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Treatment of the Elongated Lower Face and the Gummy Smile
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 1982Patients with excessive vertical dimension of the maxilla undergo substantial improvement when correction is planned with the assistance of an orthodontist. Both the skeletal and soft tissue deformities must be corrected.
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New approach to the gummy smile.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2000The authors present a multidisciplinary approach to the gingival smile in which its three components are evaluated. These components are the dynamic component of the lip (repose versus smiling) and the two static elements of the gum and maxilla. Once an appropriate diagnosis has been made, the authors act on the gingiva for delayed passive eruption, on
F, Ezquerra +3 more
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