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This document discusses research showing that people perceive individuals with attractive smiles as happier, more intelligent, and more successful. An attractive smile displays 2-3 mm of gingiva and factors like excessive gingival tissue or high lip lines can result in a gummy smile. Gummy smiles are classified based on the amount of gum tissue visible, and can be corrected through treatments like gingival surgery, orthodontics, fillers, or jaw surgery depending on the specific case. Maintaining an attractive smile can positively impact how people perceive us.

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Gummy Smile

This document discusses research showing that people perceive individuals with attractive smiles as happier, more intelligent, and more successful. An attractive smile displays 2-3 mm of gingiva and factors like excessive gingival tissue or high lip lines can result in a gummy smile. Gummy smiles are classified based on the amount of gum tissue visible, and can be corrected through treatments like gingival surgery, orthodontics, fillers, or jaw surgery depending on the specific case. Maintaining an attractive smile can positively impact how people perceive us.

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GOODAFTERNOON

Can a New Smile Make You Look More Intelligent and Successful?

Researchers have found that, people believe that beautiful

with good smile individuals are happier, sexually warmer,


more outgoing, more intelligent, and more successful than their less attractive counterparts. The results of this study extend the attractiveness research and demonstrate that smile is an important part of the physical attractiveness and also smile

clearly plays a significant role in the perception that others have of our appearance and our personality.

Dent Clin N Am 51 (2007) 289297

GUMMY SMILE
Co-author:Dr. Srinivas MDS Presented by;

Assistant Professor
Dr.Rahul Chavan MDS

Ritu Singhai,
BDS Final Yr.

Professor & HOD

wow !!!

If yes

GUMMY SMILE.!!!!

Ideal smile A conservative display of approximately 2-3 mm of the marginal gingiva is generally

considered as part of the ideal esthetic smile.

A gummy smile Other terms High lip line Prominent maxillary gingiva Although a gummy smile is considered a normal variation of human anatomy, but it is not accepted esthetically by many people &

hence people with gummy smiles are very self


conscious when they smile.

Gummy Smile: An Esthetic Problem

The smile line or esthetic zone is determined by several factors, including:


The shape and size of your lips.

Facial muscles.
The shape and size of your teeth. Gingival tissue.

Factors

1.The hyper activity of upper lip muscles

2.The growth & development of jaw bone


3.Excessive bulging protrusion of the upper jaw within the gum tissue, 4.Altered Passive Eruption 5. Short upper lip 6. High Lip Lines 7. Others

Types of Gummy Smiles

Gummy smiles, are classified according to the amount of gum tissue that shows in relation to how much tooth structure is showing when smiling.

Class I - Mild Gummy Smiles

If the amount of gum tissue showing when smiling is less


than 25% of the entire length of the teeth.

Class II - Moderate Gummy Smiles

If the amount of gums showing when smiling is between 25% and 50% of the length of the teeth.

Class III - Advanced Gummy Smiles

If the amount of gum tissue showing when smiling is between 50% and 100% of the length of the teeth.

Class IV - Severe Gummy Smile

If the amount of gum tissue showing when smiling is greater than 100% of the length of the teeth,

TREATMENT

Multidisplinary Approach
Depending on the nature of specific clinical condition Periodontist

Orthodontist
Oral surgeon Others

Gummy smile can be corrected through various treatment

options:
Gingival Corrective / Plastic surgery

Cosmetic Masking (Botulinum toxin type A (Botox) &


Fillers for the neuromuscular correction) Surgical lip repositioning. Orthodontic treatment to move the teeth into more suitable positions

Maxillofacial surgery to reposition the bone.


LIP EXERCISE

PRE-OPERATIVE

POST -OPERATIVE

Maxillary impaction by high Lefort-1 osteotomy


It is preferred in cases of increased vertical height of maxilla.

CONCLUSION

Who dont want good smile Research on cosmetic surgery has shown this effect in its strongest form.

One study used photographs of women before and


after cosmetic surgery and found that the

pictured women were perceived as more physically


attractive, kinder, more sensitive, sexually warmer, more responsive, and more likable after surgery than before it. Dent Clin N Am 51 (2007) 289297

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