BOTULINUM TOXIN FOR CORRECTION OF GINGIVAL SMILE

The gingival smile is an aesthetic concern that affects a large portion of the population, aesthetically acceptable must be harmonious as to set teeth, lips and tissue. When etiological factor muscle hyperfunction, treatment option application botulinum toxin type A in muscles responsible for lifting upper lip, so objective this case report demonstrate use correct gummy smile. . Female patient, age 32, Phototype II, sought care at Specialization Clinic Orofacial Harmonization IOA-IOP, Campina Grande-PB, due excessive exposure when smiling. After clinical evaluation, it was observed patient had hyperactivity levator labii superioris 4 mm. It proposed then Free Informed Consent Term signed specifying all possible complications could happen, well benefits results. photographs demarcations, 2 units were applied bilaterally nasal septum. 15 days application, reassessed, demonstrating excellent result without gingiva there no need new application. concluded TBA brought very satisfactory correction constitutes safe effective treatment.