Treatment of Excessive Gingival Display using CAD-CAM Guided Aesthetic Crown Lengthening and Surgical Lip Repositioning as an Alternative to Orthognathic Surgery: A Case Report [PDF]
Excessive Gingival Display (EGD), commonly known as a gummy smile, is a significant aesthetic concern. The factors responsible for EGD include altered passive eruption, a short or hyperactive upper lip, vertical maxillary excess, or a combination of ...
Apeksha Annigeri +3 more
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Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
Gummy smile has been an esthetic concern for many patients. This clinical report describes a successful surgical coverage obtained by modified lip repositioning, thus surgically treating the gummy smile.
Aditya Gopinath Rao +3 more
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Correction of vertical maxillary excess by superior repositioning of the maxilla
Vertical maxillary excess (VME) is frequently referred to as one variation of maxillo-mandibular discrepancy, which is often identified by excessive display of incisors and gingiva during smiling. This anomaly is corrected surgically by superior maxillary impaction, which can be combined by other procedures such as, anterior maxillary segmental ...
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Fixe Herbst appliance-occipital headgear combination in mixed dentition results positively, in severe high angle Class II cases. This orthopedic approach was applied in two cases who had maxillary excess and mandibular insufficiency, and increased ...
Eray Erdoğan
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Avaliação do posicionamento maxilar no sentido ântero-posterior e vertical em pacientes submetidos à expansão rápida da maxila [PDF]
TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Odontologia.A expansão rápida da maxila é a separação da sutura palatina mediana, abrindo-a juntamente com a base esquelética da maxila, pelo uso de um aparelho ...
Pereira, Francyne Rakel
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Surgical correction of class II skeletal malocclusion in an adult patient
Correction of skeletal deformities in adult patients with orthodontics is limited. Orthognathic surgery is the best option for cases when camouflage treatment is questionable and growth modulation is not possible. This case report illustrates the benefit
Ramakrishnan Balachander +3 more
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Objective: Maxillary growth is highly influenced by environmental factors. In some cases, facial growth in the horizontal plane is compromised in favor of vertical growth.
Christian Calvo-Henríquez +7 more
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An Assessment of Interrelationship between Surgical Superior Repositioning of the Maxilla and Lower Incisors Inclination Change after Mandibular Autorotation [PDF]
Background and Objective: Correction of vertical maxillary excess (VME) via superior surgical repositioning of the maxilla can lead to counterclockwise rotation of the mandible along with alteration of jaw relationship and dental occlusion.
S Yazarloo +3 more
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Surgery First Approach to Correct Gummy Smile in an Adult Female
Vertical maxillary excess associated with long face syndrome or a hyperdivergent growth pattern gives patients an excessive gummy smile with overexposure of the upper anterior teeth.
Sujeeth Kumar Shetty +2 more
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Surgical treatment of odontogenic myxoma and facial deformity in the same procedure
Odontogenic myxoma (OM) is an uncommon benign tumor with aggressive and invasive behavior. Predominant symptoms are usually slow and painless swelling, sometimes resulting in perforation of the cortical borders of the affected bone. In this paper, a case
Gabriela Mayrink +4 more
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