Concerns
Gummy smile
Holding back your smile is an uncomfortable but common experience for people with a gummy smile. Moments of genuine laughter lead to anxiety and embarrassment thinking about how your gummy smile looks.
If you’re concerned about your gummy smile, there are options. Take the first step to smiling like you mean it.
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Strong smile muscles
Small lips
Excess gum tissue
Long upper jaw bone
Small teeth
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A gummy smile it where too much gum tissue is visible above your top teeth when you smile.
Some people believe slight gummy smiles are an attractive facial feature. However severe gummy smiles are generally believed to be unattractive by most people.
Whether a gummy smile is attractive depends on the person’s facial structure, and their aesthetic preferences.
Most studies define a gummy smile as having at least 3-4mm of visible gum tissue. However this does not consider other proportions like lip gum, and teeth size, and or personal aesthetic preferences.
A gummy smile has 4 main causes:
- Strong upper lip elevating muscles
- A long upper jaw bone (maxilla)
- Excessive gum tissue
- Thin lips
Braces may both cause and fix a gummy smile. As there are different reasons why too much gum can be visible when smiling, any change in the structure and position of your teeth can affect this.
Gummy smile injections use botulinum toxin to weaken the muscles that elevate your top lip when you smile.
This means when smiling, your top lip won’t pull up as much, ensuring your gum tissue remains hidden.
Injections for a gummy smile typically last 3-4 months depending on the dose and how often they’re done.
Higher, more frequent doses generally last longer, sometimes up to 6 months.
Yes, lip fillers improve a gummy smile caused by small lips.
Increasing the fullness of your lips means that when smiling more of your gum tissue is covered.
Lip fillers used to treat a gummy smile typically last 12-24 months.
A lip flip is an effective way to treat a gummy smile caused by top lip thinning when smiling.
It works by relaxing the obicularis oris muscle of your top lip.
This muscle contributes to the ‘curling in’ of your top lip when you smile. Relaxing it with a lip flip preserves some upper lip fullness, which covered your gum tissue when smiling.
The results from a lip flip used to treat a gummy smile generally last 3 months for most people.
