Treatment of excessive gingival display using lip repositioning technique: a case report

Authors

  • Bruna de Fátima Kazm Soeiro do Nascimento
  • Rodolfo José Gomes de Araújo
  • Felipe Vilhena Brilhante
  • Jacy Leite Mattos
  • Silvia Denise da Costa
  • Thaís Fernandes da Silva
  • Tracy Martins de Melo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19177/jrd.v3e22015654-659

Abstract

The gummy smile is becoming one of the most frequent complaints reported by patients unhappy with your smile. According to the etiology, will be proposed various treatments. The purpose of this case report is to describe the lip repositioning technique, softening the gummy smile of the patient. It concludes that the lip repositioning technique is suitable for the correction of the gummy smile.

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2015-10-13

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