Gum Lift Treatment | Gum Recontouring

Dr. Rahmani is a nationally recognized as America’s Top Periodontist, one of the best periodontal disease specialists in the region. He is an award-winning periodontal specialist and contributor to prominent media outlets. Dr. Rahmani provides a full range of periodontal procedures to treat all the forms of periodontal gum disease.

Our state of the art facility equipped with the most advanced periodontal equipment available in USA including latest lasers & high precision microscopes. We work with top dental labs in NYC and use only highest quality dental components available on the market today.

Gum Recontouring as Periodontal Procedure in Midtown, NYC

Gum recontouring or Gum lift in NYC is often considered to be a cosmetic periodontal surgical procedure as most of the time it isn’t medically necessary.

Most people choose to have this procedure in our Midtown Manhattan, NYC office in order to help improve the appearance of their smile, but sometimes gum recontouring can be used as part of a larger treatment plan that may include necessary periodontal procedures designed to reduce gum pockets and to regenerate lost gum tissue, or in conjunction with crown lengthening.

Gummy Smile Treatment in NYC

When carried out as a cosmetic dental procedure, gum contouring for gummy smile. This is where too much gum tissue is shown when smiling and talking.

Your smile line or the teeth you show when you smile, can be influenced by several different factors which include:

• The shape and size of your lips
• Lip movement
• Facial muscles
• Gum tissue development
• The shape and size of your teeth

Your teeth aren’t necessarily too short, but are simply covered up by an excess of gum tissue, creating a gummy looking smile. Sometimes this can affect most of the front teeth, but other times only a few teeth may need treatment.

Gum recontouring can help correct an otherwise uneven gum line so it creates a more harmonious appearance, enabling the gums to beautifully frame the teeth. Ideally, you shouldn’t show very much gum tissue at all when smiling.

Firstly, Dr. Rahmani will need to determine the reason for a gummy smile. Although it is often caused by an excess of gum tissue, it can also be due to the muscles in the upper lip being overactive, pulling the lip up too far during smiling or talking, or it could be due to the way the upper jawbone has developed. If the problem is due to an excess of tissue, then treatment is very straightforward.

Another treatment for correcting a gummy smile is called crown lengthening. This also exposes more of the natural tooth structure by removing excess gum tissue but is often used in preparation for dental crowns and veneers. By uncovering more of the natural tooth structure, Dr. Rahmani is able to create a more beautiful smile. This treatment is also very good if a tooth has broken off near the gum line. Exposing more of the tooth will allow the successful placement of a crown while creating a more cosmetically pleasing effect.

What Is the Procedure for Gum Recontouring?

Gum recontouring can often be carried out using our laser to remove excess gum tissue, although larger amounts of gum may need to be cut away. We will identify how much gum tissue needs to be removed, to lengthen the teeth, and to provide a more symmetrical gum line. Sometimes it might be best to remove a small amount of bone from the front of the tooth roots to give the best results.

We use local anaesthetic to numb the area but any discomfort should be minor, especially with laser gum surgery. Treatment is very fast, and the laser automatically seals any small blood vessels so there is virtually no bleeding during or after treatment. The use of a dental laser also helps to keep swelling to a minimum and reduces the risk of any infection.

Once treatment is completed we will provide you with comprehensive instructions on how to care for your gums as they heal, including advice on how to keep the area clean, and the type of foods to eat during the first few days. It is best to stick to soft, cool foods and to avoid anything especially spicy, or any seeds that could get stuck in your gums.

What Is a Dental Laser?

Many medical professionals now use lasers which are simply focused light beams. The energy produced by these light beams is used to alter the shape of, or to remove tissue in small amounts. Also, the energy generated can be useful in other ways, for example, helping to sterilize areas that are treated. A dental laser is a small hand-held instrument that fits comfortably into the mouth, and your dentist can use it in a variety of ways. Some dental lasers are designed only to treat soft tissues, while others can treat both hard and soft tissues, meaning they can cut into and reshape bone and teeth. As you can imagine, there is a wide range of applications where laser dentistry can be useful.

In our Manhattan office in Midtown we use only the latest and the most advanced soft tissue dental lasers for gum lift or gum recontouring. Gum lift treatment in NYC with a dental laser is quick and smooth. You can expect faster more comfortable healing with no or fewer side-effects. You are not going to see an open wound as you would with more conventional dental gum recontouring procedures and where a scalpel would typically be used. The risk of infection in our NYC office during gum lift procedure is minimal.

When Are Lasers Used in Gum Lift?

Dental lasers are increasingly used when treating gum lift, gum infections, and especially for more severe cases of advanced gum disease or periodontal disease.

A gummy smile exposes too much gum tissue whenever you smile or talk and can often be remedied by reshaping the gums. Because the dental laser is so precise, it’s a much easier way for your gum lift dentist to recontour your gums accurately. A dental laser is an ideal way to carry out laser gum lift procedure because it’s much more comfortable too and your gums will heal more quickly afterward.

Dental lasers can be used to take biopsies, for example, if your dentist spots an area of tissue in your mouth that requires further investigation, a laser is a far more comfortable way of taking a biopsy. If you suffer from cold sores or canker sores, a dental laser can be used to treat them. It can aid healing and will reduce the pain produced by these sores. Usually, if you do have a canker sore, it’s best to seek treatment from your dentist as soon as you begin to feel that tell-tale tingling sensation, just before the canker sore appears.

Benefits of Laser Dentistry for Gumlift?

Many conventional gum lift dental techniques require a local anesthetic and will use a scalpel to reshape or recontour tissues. With laser dentistry, you are far less likely to need a local anesthetic because gum lift NYC treatment is far more comfortable. Also, the energy produced by a dental laser has an effect called thermocoagulation so that if your local dentist or Dr. Rahmani a gum lift specialist in NYC performing recontouring needs to cut any small blood vessels, these are immediately sealed through this process, preventing bleeding and decreasing the risk of infection.

The energy produced by a dental laser is also very useful in getting rid of bacteria that cause disease. Laser gum lift NYC treatment is extremely precise too, so if your dentist needs to reshape your gums or needs to remove tissues that are severely damaged or infected, using a dental laser will ensure only these tissues are removed. This makes sure that all the healthy tissue is left intact.

Usually, gum lift treatment in NYC with a dental laser on our office is quick and smooth. Afterward, you can expect healing to be faster and more comfortable with fewer side-effects such as swelling. This is because you won’t be left with an open wound as you would with more conventional dental procedures and where a scalpel would typically be used. Because you aren’t left with any open wounds, the risk of infection during gum lift surgery procedure is reduced.

Hard or Soft Tissue Dental Lasers?

Hard and soft tissue dental lasers use different wavelengths, and the reason for this is that soft and hard tissue absorb specific wavelengths of light in very different ways. Dentists must alter the wavelength of light according to the tissue being treated, and sometimes the light will even pulse. Laser dentistry is extremely sophisticated, yet is very safe as it has been used for quite some time now.

Hard Tissue Lasers

Hard tissue lasers are designed to cut through bone and especially the calcium phosphate found in bones and teeth. Your dentist can use a hard tissue laser for detecting any signs of tooth decay, preparing teeth for dental fillings, and for reducing tooth sensitivity.

Soft Tissue Lasers Are Used for Laser Gum Lift

Soft tissue lasers are designed to use a light wavelength that is absorbed by water and hemoglobin, which is the molecule found in the blood. These types of lasers are ideal for cutting into gums and for simultaneously sealing the exposed blood vessels. Dr. Rahmani, a leading periodontist in NYC or your local dentist will use a soft tissue if you need a gum reshaping, gum lift procedure, or any type of gum surgery. Soft tissue lasers can also be used in frenectomies, where the frenum is too tight and is restricting speech and possibly the ability to eat comfortably.

Do you have questions about Gum Recontouring Procedure in NYC? Do not waste your time searching for “gum lift near me” and schedule an appointment with the best periodontist in NYC Dr. Rahmani of Manhattan Periodontics & Implant Surgery. Please contact our office in Midtown NYC for a Gum Contouring consultation.