Assessment of surgical lip repositioning for treatment of excessive gingival display – a one year follow up study

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22

Abstract

Objective: The present study was performed to evaluate the success rate of the lip repositioning surgery by assessment of the soft tissue changes and the relapse associated with that procedure.Methods: six female patients were included in the study who suffered from gummy smile ranging from 4-6 mm due to hypermobility of the upper lip or short upper lip.Pre-operative measurement of the amount of g...

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Keywords

Medicine

Dentistry

Orthodontics

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Zero hunger

2019

Article

Open Access

Institution

Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.,

The National institute of Neuromotor System.

2-Y Citation Average

0.369

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/ajdsm.2019.108250

Language

en

Country

Egypt

Assessment of surgical lip repositioning for treatment of excessive gingival display – a one year follow up study

Al-Azhar Journal of Dental Science

Noury Abdelkafe, Bahaa Eldin, A Tawfik

References:

22

Abstract

Objective: The present study was performed to evaluate the success rate of the lip repositioning surgery by assessment of the soft tissue changes and the relapse associated with that procedure.Methods: six female patients were included in the study who suffered from gummy smile ranging from 4-6 mm due to hypermobility of the upper lip or short upper lip.Pre-operative measurement of the amount of g...