Gummy Smile Correction- Use of Botox & Dermal Filler

Let us understand first why few people have gummy Smile.

+Dr Vaibhav
 Shah

Well, our Face is vertically divided in three parts.

1.     From Hair Line to Glabella (point between two eyes).

2.     From glabella to sub nasale (where tip of the nose gets over).

3.     From sub nasale to chin.

 Well in most of the cases middle portion of face is bigger. (Ideally they all should be of same size) for better out looks. Which is also called as Vertical Maxillary Excess. Well whenever we have vertical Maxillary Excess Gummy smile is common problem. As natural feed back mechanism one try to hide gummy smile and end up developing hyperactive mentalis or chin muscle. Which is usually habitual problem for patients.

 Well in most of the cases middle portion of face is bigger. (Ideally they all should be of same size) for better out looks. Which is also called as Vertical Maxillary Excess. Well whenever we have vertical Maxillary Excess Gummy smile is common problem. As natural feed back mechanism one try to hide gummy smile and end up developing hyperactive mentalis or chin muscle. Which is usually habitual problem for patients

One of the most promising procedure for such problem is Orthognathic Surgery which is also named as Jaw Correction surgery. As it is Major Surgery most of the patients get scared or not willing for surgery.

   One more way to Inject Botulinum Toxin Type –A  in Caninus muscle. Which gives free fall of lip over teeth & gums also injecting Botox into Chin Muscles will stops its hyperactivity . Due to habitual habit of closing lips chin muscles gets overdeveloped & very prominent. With the help of Botox it looks normal. Lip length & shape can be well developed with hyaluronic Acid based Dermal Filler. In following case who is just 24-25 years Indian , Mumbai based Boy having Gummy smile on thorough evaluation by Dr. Vaibhav Shah it is been diagnosed as case of Vertical Maxillary Excess. As patient was keen for Non Surgical Treatment of Gummy Smile Dr. Shah performed Botox for Lips & Chin muscle (Mentalis Muscle). Lip Re-Shaping & Rejuvenation is done with Hyaluronic Acid Based  Dermal Filler.

Right Side is Before Treatment & left side is after Treatment.

On left side picture small teeth , Hyperactive Mentalis is very much visible. Lips are incompetent i.e not meeting each other. In Right side picture one can see competence of lip , No hyperactive Mentalis or Chin Muscles. Boy Looks much more Younger  & got his Beautiful smile back.