Gum Contouring

[00:00:05.01] - Dr. Fadi Hasan What is Gummy smile correction? Gummy smiles are [inaudible 00:00:07] for our patients who when they smile they show excessive… We call it excessive gingival display where they smile they show at least 3–4 millimeters or even sometimes more of excess gum tissue. [00:00:19.10] - Dr. Fadi Hasan The way we like to approach those patients is we do take a full mouth CT scan to help us see how much excess bone and how much excess gum tissue they do present, and whether a… We call like an esthetic crown lengthening procedure is the right procedure to perform for them. That way, we can actually show their more natural teeth and wear their natural smile in that process. [00:00:43.23] - Dr. Fadi Hasan I would say it's the most rewarding and satisfying procedure that our patients get to see, because the results are so immediate that they get to leave that same moment, that same day, looking a different human being. We follow up with them at two weeks for this, when we remove the sutures, and at 3 and 6 months where once the tissue is more stabilized and if they want any kind of fine-tuning effects to it. [00:01:09.12] - Dr. Fadi Hasan But it's just a really esthetic and artistic in its way, because we're working with half millimeters and millimeters at a time. The results are just... Honestly, they're very rewarding and mind-blowing for a lot of our patients. They just can't believe. It's like, "Oh my god. I had no idea my teeth looked like this."