Crown
Lengthening

There are some situations in which not much tooth is visible above the gum. This situation leads to affects the gums from supporting crown or dental filling. This generally happens because of two reasons:

So today let us see how this crown lengthening procedure can help you in regaining the missing tooth.
In order to accomplish the desired results your dental surgeon will remove some gum tissues which will give him access to see considerable amount of tooth. Once this is done dentist will place a filling or crown in an attempt to fix the misshaped tooth. You must havecome across a lot of people who have too much gum tissue around their teeth. This condition is called as gummy smile. The whole idea of the crown lengthening procedure is to rectify this condition.

You will of course be placed under local anesthesia so that you might not experience the pain that is likely to result from the procedure. Once the area is numb, the dentist can therefore begin cut the excessgums so that he can see the actual position. There will be need for a lot of care and attention by the surgeon as the use of sterile saline water is very much encouraged so as to prevent any chance of an infection. Once the excessive gum has been cut off, the gums are cleaned and stitched up back to normal. The healing process will then be the next cause of attention.