Periodontal Gallery

This patient was unhappy with her gummy smile. The gum tissues covered up too much of the teeth, making the teeth look too short.

A crown lengthening procedure was performed, which evened the height of the gum tissue across the front teeth. The result was dramatic and the patient was quite pleased.

The yellow arrow above is pointing to an area where this patient has suffered some bone loss. The dark area indicates that the bone is not as dense and without treatment the prognosis for this tooth would be poor.

A bone graft procedure was performed and the yellow arrow above is pointing to the regenerated bone. This area is much denser with bone than the same area in the image to the left. The prognosis for this tooth is now excellent.

This is another case of a gummy smile. The gum tissue covered up too much of the teeth, which caused them to look short.

A crown lengthening procedure was performed, which evened the height of the gum tissue across the front teeth. This type of procedure typically leads to patients smiling with more confidence... and much more often!

What is unusual about this case is the unevenness of the tissue height in the two front teeth.

A crown lengthening procedure was performed to make the height of the tissue consistent on both sides of the upper teeth.

This patient is missing a lot of gum tissue around the neck of the tooth with the white arrow. The yellow arrows are pointing to the line of healthy attached tissue, You can see how much space there is between the yellow arrows and the neck of the tooth.

This is the result of a gingival graft, which shows the presence of pink and healthy attached gingival tissue around the neck of the tooth. The prognosis for this tooth is excellent and the procedure took one appointment.

The tissue at the gumline of the tooth with the red arrow is not only very red but it is missing what is called the "attached tissue." Without this tissue, bone loss is likely to occur.

Tissue was taken from the roof of the patient's mouth and grafted to the area shown by the green arrows. Compare the image to the right with the image above.

The large mass that you see above is simply an overgrowth of bone. It occurs in about 20% of the population. It only needs to be removed for cosmetic reasons, if it interferes with speech, or if a removal appliance such as a denture needs to be made.

This was a one appointment procedure, which was performed because the large overgrowth of bone was affecting speech and eating.