Gummy smile correction
Gingival recontouring to balance tooth-to-gum proportion and improve smile symmetry.





Placeholder case photography — final case documentation to follow.
Treatment Summary
Full photo series and radiographs available to referring dentists on request.
- Treatment
- Aesthetic Periodontal Surgery
- Presentation
- Excessive gingival display on smiling, with short clinical crowns and an uneven gingival margin across the upper anterior teeth.
- Procedure
- Aesthetic crown lengthening with gingivectomy and osseous recontouring, planned against a digital smile design.
- Materials
- Not applicable — recontouring procedure
- Healing & review
- Reviewed at 2 and 6 weeks, with any final restorative work deferred until tissue maturation at 3 months.
- Outcome
- A balanced, symmetrical gingival margin and improved tooth-to-gum proportion on smiling.
Part of Crown Lengthening Surgery