What Causes a Gummy Smile?
In this Blog post, we discuss different causes of excessive gum display in a smile and potential treatment optoins.

What Causes a Gummy Smile?

Pasha Nasirzadeh DDS. Pasha Nasirzadeh DDS.

Pasha Nasirzadeh DDS.

Clinical Instructor at University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry

发布日期: 2018年5月17日
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Ever heard the expression, “He/she was all gums?” It means that someone’s gums feature heavily in their smile. This “gummy smile,” as it’s known- is it really a problem? Not always. An issue that causes discomfort for one person may not phase another. The gummy smile is one such issue.

Definitions of the gummy smile vary depending on who you talk to. The condition occurs when some combination of gum tissue, tooth size, lip size/mobility and jaw structure isn’t in harmony. In a technical sense a gummy smile is anywhere between 2-4 mm or more of gum tissue that shows when someone smiles. It doesn’t sound like much, but we know the problem when we see it.

 

What Causes a Gummy Smile?

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