Open AccessAn innovative cosmetic technique called lip repositioning
Author(s) -
Krishna Kumar Gupta,
Amitabh Srivastava,
Rameshwari Singhal,
Shwetabh Srivastava
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.76936
Subject(s) - medicine , vestibule , dentistry , limiting , reduction (mathematics) , buccal mucosa , orthodontics , vestibular system , oral cavity , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , engineering , radiology
A clinical report describing the successful use of the lip repositioning technique for the reduction of excessive gingival display. A female patient aged 34 years reported with a chief complaint of gummy smile and was treated with this technique performed under local anesthesia with the main objective to reduce gummy smile by limiting the retraction of elevator muscles (e.g., zygomaticus minor, levator anguli, orbicularis oris, and levator labii superioris). The technique is fulfilled by removing a strip of mucosa from maxillary buccal vestibule and creating a partial thickness flap between mucogingival junction and upperlip musculature, and suturing the lip mucosa with mucogingival junction, resulting in a narrow vestibule and restricted muscle pull, thereby reducing gingival display.