Are your teeth too short due to cavities, fractures or "gummy smile"? Are your teeth too long or sensitive? What can be done?
The tooth height is inadequate to retain new restorations.		The patient's concern was that her teeth "looked too short." This patient has a "gummy" smile with lateral incisors, premolars, and canines that are too short.
The surgical site has healed with enough sound tooth structure to end the tooth preparations for new crowns.		The final prosthesis provides the proper harmony of the length and width of the anterior teeth.
The four incisor crowns are in place. The margins fit properly and do not extend beyond the sulcus.		The "gummy" smile has been eliminated when the patient smiles.
Preoperative view before gum graft is performed.		Two-month postoperative view.