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Surgical exposure of an impacted canine tooth for orthodontic guided eruption

By Jack Wasserstein, DDS on November 13, 2010 in Crown lengthening

Abnormal eruption of a maxillary canine can result in an impacted tooth, where the tooth can no longer erupt into its proper position in the arch. The tooth gets physically stuck in the bone where other tooth roots block its passage through the bone. This case demonstrates a maxillary impacted canine, tooth #6 which has [...]

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Laser treatment for a gummy smile

By Jack Wasserstein, DDS on June 20, 2010 in Crown lengthening, Gingivectomy - Gingivoplasty

A gummy smile, gingival hyperplasia, is very common following orthodontic treatment. While this condition usually resolves with time it happens very slowly. Cosmetically it is more desirable to show more tooth and less gum, so a simple procedure called a gingivectomy is employed. The gingivectomy is performed to remove the redundant gum tissues around the [...]

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