You may have thought about your “gummy” smile for a while. Your teeth may seem short but actually they can be the correct lengths but they are covered with too much gum tissue. To correct this, we can perform dental crown lengthening.
In this procedure we simply remove the excess gum and bone tissue and reshape it to expose more of your natural tooth. This can be done to one tooth or to even your gum line, or to several teeth. This can drastically change your smile.
We also recommend dental crown lengthening to make a restorative or cosmetic treatment possible.
If a tooth is decayed, broken below the gum line, or has insufficient tooth structure for a restoration, such as a crown or bridge we will use Crown lengthening to adjusts the gum and bone level to expose more of the tooth so it can be restored.
This is a very easy and non-complicated treatment.
