Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile

Gummy smile has been an esthetic concern for many patients. This clinical report describes a successful surgical coverage obtained by modified lip repositioning, thus surgically treating the gummy smile. The technique was performed to limit the retraction of elevator muscles (e.g., zygomaticus minor...

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Main Authors:	Rao, Aditya Gopinath, Koganti, Vijay Prasad, Prabhakar, Ashok Kodangala, Soni, Sweta
Format:	Online
Language:	English
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Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4520129/

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spelling	pubmed-45201292015-07-30 Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile Rao, Aditya Gopinath Koganti, Vijay Prasad Prabhakar, Ashok Kodangala Soni, Sweta Case Report Gummy smile has been an esthetic concern for many patients. This clinical report describes a successful surgical coverage obtained by modified lip repositioning, thus surgically treating the gummy smile. The technique was performed to limit the retraction of elevator muscles (e.g., zygomaticus minor, orbicularis oris, leviator anguli oris and levator labi oris.) The technique is fulfilled by removing two strips of mucosa from maxillary buccal vestibule on both the sides leaving the frenum untouched and creating a partial thickness flap between mucogingival junction and upper lip musculature, and suturing the lip mucosa with mucogingival junction, resulting in a narrow vestibule and restricted muscle pull, thereby reducing gingival display. This technique is different from the conventional surgical lip repositioning as labial frenum is left untouched over here as it helps in maintain Litton the midline for lip repositioning and reduces the morbidity associated with it. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4520129/ /pubmed/26229285 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.152400 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Rao, Aditya Gopinath Koganti, Vijay Prasad Prabhakar, Ashok Kodangala Soni, Sweta
spellingShingle	Rao, Aditya Gopinath Koganti, Vijay Prasad Prabhakar, Ashok Kodangala Soni, Sweta Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
author_facet	Rao, Aditya Gopinath Koganti, Vijay Prasad Prabhakar, Ashok Kodangala Soni, Sweta
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title	Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
title_short	Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
title_full	Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
title_fullStr	Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
title_full_unstemmed	Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
title_sort	modified lip repositioning: a surgical approach to treat the gummy smile
description	Gummy smile has been an esthetic concern for many patients. This clinical report describes a successful surgical coverage obtained by modified lip repositioning, thus surgically treating the gummy smile. The technique was performed to limit the retraction of elevator muscles (e.g., zygomaticus minor, orbicularis oris, leviator anguli oris and levator labi oris.) The technique is fulfilled by removing two strips of mucosa from maxillary buccal vestibule on both the sides leaving the frenum untouched and creating a partial thickness flap between mucogingival junction and upper lip musculature, and suturing the lip mucosa with mucogingival junction, resulting in a narrow vestibule and restricted muscle pull, thereby reducing gingival display. This technique is different from the conventional surgical lip repositioning as labial frenum is left untouched over here as it helps in maintain Litton the midline for lip repositioning and reduces the morbidity associated with it.
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Modified lip repositioning: A surgical approach to treat the gummy smile

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