Gummy Smile Correction

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GUMMY SMILE – DON’T BOTHER, WE CAN FIX IT!

FacebookTwitterLinkedInGoogle Have you ever wondered if your full smile could show only your beautiful teeth and not the gums??? Have you tried to hide your smile because of the gums being very prominent on smiling??? If this is exactly what is bothering you, we have a solution to fix your ‘Gummy Smile’.

Gummy smile is characterised by excessive display of gums on smiling. A normal smile comprises of 2/3rd to 3/4th of the teeth being displayed and the rest covered by the lips over it. However, the presence of more than 2-3mm of gum display as a continuous band on speech or normal smiling is a characteristic of gummy smile and may cause unaesthetic ap-pearances. The presence of gummy smile is more predominant in females as compared to males. It is also carried over generations and has a hereditary inclination.

CAUSES OF GUMMY SMILE:

  • Short/ small teeth
  • Strong upper lip muscles
  • Increased vertical growth of face
  • Crooked teeth
  • Short upper lip
    • In all the above mentioned situations, there is an excessive display of gums o the upper teeth which leads to an extremely unpleasant appearance which may have a social and psy-chological impact on a person. The good news is that it can be treated and brought to normal.