Open AccessCorrection of Gummy Smile in a Patient of Vertical Maxillary Excess Using Absolute Anchorage System
Author(s) -
Ekta Lahoti,
Partha P. Choudhury,
Ali Asger Nakib,
Mukesh Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
apos trends in orthodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-4600
pISSN - 2321-1407
DOI - 10.4103/apos.apos_113_17
Subject(s) - intrusion , medicine , maxilla , orthodontics , dentistry , geology , geochemistry
This article presents the orthodontic treatment of a 24-year-old female patient with gummy smile and proclination along with a hyperdivergent profile. The patient showed excessive gingival display in both the anterior and posterior areas in the maxilla. Such situation in an adult patient often demands surgical therapy. However, due to patient reluctance toward surgery, the gummy smile was treated by the intrusion of the whole maxillary arch. After alignment and leveling, absolute anchorage system as well as a modified transpalatal arch was designed to achieve posterosuperior movement of the entire upper dentition. The active treatment period was 2.3 years.