What to do if you laugh and your gums are exposed

In everyday life, a smile is one of the most beautiful languages, a magical force that makes it easier for people to come together. But if you show your gums when you smile, it's a bit embarrassing. Especially for girls, too much gum exposure will seriously affect the girl's beauty and ladylike temperament, which is unacceptable. So, what to do when you laugh with exposed gums?

Four solutions to the problem of gum exposure when you laugh

1. For teeth that are too short

In such patients, the ratio of tooth length to width is obviously uncoordinated, and periodontal crown lengthening alone (gingivoplasty surgery) or periodontal crown lengthening combined with veneer and porcelain crown restoration can be cosmetized.

2. For dental deformities

Malocclusions, such as double arch protrusion, deep anterior teeth overlay, etc., may cause a gingival smile and can generally be corrected with orthodontic treatment alone.

3. For patients with short upper lip

Aesthetically, the lips are second only to the eyes in importance on the face, and the height of the upper lip in Oriental men is 17.57mm, in women it is 15.70mm, and those below 12mm are low lips. Lip repositioning surgery can be used to increase the height of the upper lip (the height of the lip refers to the height of the skin of the lips, excluding the red lips), as described below:

Extraoral method: The bilateral alar pedicle triangular flap method is used to increase the height of the upper lip, which immediately increases the height of the upper lip but leaves a scar at the base of the upper lip and nose.

Intraoral method: make an incision in the maxillary vestibular sulcus, find out the quadratus upper lip muscles on both sides, cut off this muscle, and appropriately extend the mucosal tissue at the frenulum site to relax the upper lip; This method cannot increase the height of the upper lip in the near term and must be effective by long-term exercises of the patient's lip muscle function.

4. For adult patients with severe maxillary protrusion

Orthognathic orthodontic surgery is usually performed to recede the protruding maxilla to its normal position. This kind of surgery must be carried out with accurate measurements and special surgical instruments, which is more traumatic, requires a long recovery time, and has certain risks, and has high requirements for doctors and hospitals; However, orthognathic surgery has the power to turn decay into a miracle, which can make a great difference in the patient's appearance.