My gums show A LOT when I smile and...?
Okay. I hate my smile so much. Its so annoying. And I enjoy superr small teeth. not my baby ones any. My mom has ir and so does my cousin, but I enjoy it worse. I've always be self-consious about it and when I found out someone be making fun of my small teeth, and calling me "gumbo", I knew I have enough. There HAS to be a method to fix this!
I need to know if anyone have gone through this "procedure", or if there is even one and in the region of how much it costs.
And there are 'teeth caps' or something... not sure, but Hilary Duff have them,
And if anyone knows exactly what they are call and about how much they cost,
I'd be so grateful it wouldn't be funny.
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thankyou.
Answer:
The procedure you are referring to for on an upward curve "gummy smiles" is gingivectomy.
A dentist or periodontist will cut away some gum tissue from the gumline on the 6 front teeth (upper or lower, or both, but it's usually just the upper) to breed the gums look shorter and the teeth look longer.
From your photograph, I can see that your problem is overgrown gums. That happened because you weren't competent to maintain pious oral hygiene due to the braces (I see the brackets on the photo you linked to). Braces make teeth harder to keep verbs, and all the germs cause your gums to swell and overgrow. You definitely want the gingivectomy, and probably not just the front teeth because you get generalized gum overgrowth everywhere.
I would wait until after your brackets come past its sell-by date, however.
Hope this helps, and well brought-up luck.
Ok, there is something call a frenum, in your oral cavity. This is the tissue that holds your lip to you gums. What you can do is enjoy surgery on the frenum.
HELLO,
I SAW YOUR PICTURE AND YOU COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM LASER GINGIVOPLASTY. THIS PROCEDURE SHOULD BE DONE AFTER YOUR BRACES ARE REMOVED WHEN YOUR CASE IS COMPLETED.
HOW DID MY GUMS GET THIS WAY?
SADLY, FROM INADEQUATE ORAL HYGIENE. THE SWELLING IS OFTEN CAUSED BY AN OLD ACCUMULATION OF PLAQUE. IT CAUSES YOUR GUMS TO SWELL OVER THE BRACKETS. YOUR TEETH ARE NOT TOO SMALL.
FOR ALL MY PATIENTS WITH BRACES I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THE WATERPIK MACHINE. AFTER A FEW DAYS OF USE THE SWELLING STARTS TO GO DOWN AND A HEALTHY TIGHT, CORAL-PINK COLOR COMES BACK. I THINK YOU USE THE WATERPIK BEFORE YOU OPT FOR SURGERY. THE UNIT IS FOR SALE MOST EVERYWHERE LIKE WALGREEN'S, WALMART, OSCO, ETC.
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