Treatment of gummy smile with digital planning. Case report

• Autores: Castañeda, Harold, Gutiérrez, Rodolfo, Tapias, Geraldine, Gonzalez, Pierreangela
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/22707
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/odont/article/view/22707
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Gingival overgrowth; Gingival diseases; Periodontics; Dental esthetics; Software; Sobrecrecimiento gingival; Enfermedades gingivales; Periodoncia; Estética dental; Programas informáticos

Gummy smile (GS) is a clinical condition of multifactorial etiology, characterized by overexposure of the maxillary gingiva greater than 3mm while the patient smiles. It is considered one of the most common alterations among the population with a prevalence between 10,5-29%, 7% in men and 14% in women, in the age group of 20-30 years-old. The scientific literature reports several invasive and minimally invasive surgical treatments that can be accompanied with digital planning. The aim of this case report was to describe the treatment of GS due to altered passive eruption type I subcategory A and levator labii superioris muscle hypermobility in a female patient corrected with surgical procedures and conservative methods such as digital planned botulinum toxin. The use of digital planning in GS reduction accompanied by conservative techniques such as botulinum toxin allows performing procedures with favorable postoperative results, less technical errors with predictable, safe, fast and consistent results according to patient’s expectations.