Lip repositioning surgery: A pioneering technique for perio-esthetics
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Rapid and Promising Technique to Treat Gummy Smile - Lip Repositioning.
Beautiful smile is a booster to person's confidence. Gummy smile is a term used for excessive gingival display (EGD). Its etiology is multifactorial. Bone vertical maxillary excess (VME) is one of the cause of EGD. In this case series, lip repositioning was performed to treat mild to moderate degree of gingival display ( 2 to 8 mm) due to VME. Lip repositioning is simple, promising, meticulous ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0976-237X
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237x.128697