Crown Lengthening
Some periodontal procedures aid in helping to lay the foundation for restorative and cosmetic dentistry and/or improve the esthetics of your smile/gum line. If you think you have a "gummy" smile because your teeth look too short, it may actually be that your teeth are of proper lengths but too much gum tissue covers them. Crown lengthening is a periodontal procedure that helps to correct this.
During this procedure, excess gum tissue and bone are removed and/or reshaped to expose more of your natural tooth. This can be done to a single tooth, or even several teeth, to even your gum line to expose a natural, broad smile.
Crown lengthening can also be recommended to make a restorative or cosmetic dental procedure possible. If your tooth is decayed, broken below the gum line, or there is not enough tooth structure for a restoration, such as a crown or bridge, crown lengthening can help. This procedure adjusts the gum and bone level to expose more of the tooth so that the restoration is possible and the tooth can be saved.
***Information referenced from www.perio.org
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