Symptom Breakdown
What you feel
When you smile, a disproportionately large band of pink gum tissue is exposed above your upper teeth. Your teeth might look unusually short, boxy, or like "baby teeth," even though they are fully developed adult teeth hiding beneath the gum line.
Why it happens
Excessive gingival display can be caused by altered passive eruption (the gums failed to recede normally during childhood), a hyperactive upper lip muscle that pulls too high when smiling, or vertical maxillary excess (a slight overgrowth of the upper jawbone).
Clinical Advice
- Do not try to consciously suppress your natural smile. Attempting to hold your upper lip down creates unnatural facial tension and self-consciousness.
- A gummy smile is primarily an aesthetic concern rather than a functional disease, though excessive, thick gum tissue can sometimes trap plaque.
- Precise clinical measurements of your bone and gum levels are required to determine whether the issue is muscular, skeletal, or purely tissue-based.
Treatment Note
Painless laser gingivectomy (gum contouring) to reveal the hidden tooth structure, temporary neuromodulators (like Botox) to relax a hyperactive lip muscle, or clinical crown lengthening.
Reveal the True Proportions of Your Smile
Your teeth may actually be the perfect size and shape—they are simply hiding beneath an excess layer of gum tissue. Using advanced, minimally invasive soft-tissue lasers, we can safely and precisely sculpt the gingival margin to reveal your natural enamel with minimal bleeding and rapid healing. Connect with our aesthetic panel in Kharadi to redesign the framework of your smile.