Labial Repositioning Using Print Manufactured Polymethylmethacrylate- (PMMA-) Based Cement for Gummy Smile

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Abstract

Treating patients with excessive gingival display (EGD) to provide them with a pleasant smile is a challenge to periodontists. A gummy smile can be due to excessive vertical bone growth, dentoalveolar extrusion, short upper lip, upper lip hyperactivity, or altered passive eruption (APE). In addition, many patients have a lack of lip support due to marked depression of the anterior process of the maxilla. In these cases, lip repositioning using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement could be performed. This article describes a case of EGD with subnasal depression. In the clinical examination, the presence of a marked subnasal depression was found, in which the upper lip lodged during a spontaneous smile. In addition to this, gingival exposure extending from the maxillary molar on one side of the mouth to the one on the opposite side was also found during the spontaneous smile. Therefore, the periodontal surgical intervention proposed consisted of performing a procedure to fill the subnasal depression with PMMA cement. This article describes a digital approach to plan the use of PMMA cement in lip repositioning in a patient with gummy smile and subnasal depression. The patient reported no postoperative complications. Six months after the surgery, the patient revealed a more harmonious smile than before, with reduction in the gingival exposure and new adequate support for and repositioning of the upper lip.

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Freitas De Andrade, P., Meza-Mauricio, J., Kern, R., & Faveri, M. (2021). Labial Repositioning Using Print Manufactured Polymethylmethacrylate- (PMMA-) Based Cement for Gummy Smile. Case Reports in Dentistry, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/7607522

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