Case Study 62 – Gummy Smile
Gummy smile: Treatment was with braces in the Damon System prior to our use of Insignia. Her treatment was to address the “vertical maxillary excess” of her smile. In other words, she showed too much gum tissue when smiling. After alignment of her smile, we used TAD’s (temporary anchorage devices) to lift her smile to reduce the amount of gum tissue showing when she smiles. The TAD’s were removed and there is not any evidence that they had ever been placed…. again, they are “temporary” anchorage devices. Total treatment time was about 21 months with braces. Treatment was without removal of any teeth and was without a palatal expander. She had treatment prior to implementation of custom treatment protocols with Insignia.
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Case Study 84 - Missing a lower right first molar, and camouflaged the absence of both with moving the other teeth forward -
Case Study 83 - Missing a lower incisor, upper right first premolar, and upper left lateral incisor, camouflaged the absence of all three -
Case Study 82 - Missing a lower incisor, and camouflaged the absence of both with moving the other teeth forward