Gum Recession sensitivity, sensitive receded gums - Mucogingival, Recession

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Gum Recession sensitivity, sensitive receded gums - Mucogingival, Recession
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	Cosmetic Dental Bonding to hide severe gingival (gum) recession following prior periodontal surgery that completely disregarded the patient's appearance. #1, 2 & 3) The patient's chief complaint was the severe gum recession around his upper left teeth and the crooked upper front teeth. The patient consulted with our Periodontist (gum specialist) and Orthodontist (for braces). He was treated with two rounds of scaling and root planing, conservative, non-surgical gum therapy.The Periodontist suggested limiting movement of the lateral incisor #10 because it had a poor crown to root ratio. The patient was then cleared for limited orthodontics. The patient was put on three month recall exams with the Periodontist during braces treatment. #4) The Orthodontist bonded the upper arch from second premolar to second premolar. These cosmetic braces use white brackets and wire. At patient request the orthodontic treatment plan focused on eight months of braces to align the upper arch only and not to close the open bite. After eight months the braces were removed and a bonded upper lingual retainer was placed. #5 & 6) Cosmetic dentistry options for improving the appearance of the severe gingival gum recession around the upper left teeth focused on either composite resin bonding at the gumline or porcelain laminate veneers with pink gingiva (gums) at the gum line. The patient chose pink composite resin bonding to reduce cost. This procedure was completed in less than one hour.
	Gum recession - receded gums treatment. How to pictures. Free gingival graft for a lower left canine tooth. 1) Periodontal probe in the gingival sulcus showing the mucogingival defect. 2) Initial sub-sulcular surgical incision. 3) The gingival gum tissue harvested from the palate that will be used for the gum graft. 4) The gum graft sutured in place. Photo #1 of 4 - see Mucogingival and Recession sections in the left margin for more photos.
Information about these dental photos In medicine and dentistry "left" and "right" are based upon the orientation of the patient's body and not how they appear in a photograph of a smile. For example, a reference to the upper left teeth will actually appear to be on the right side when viewing a picture of the face and similarly an upper right tooth will appear to be on the left side. Many words in dentistry like oral and mouth have a similar meaning and are frequently used together to help our readers find specific words they best understand. This is particularly important because a majority of our visitors are from countries where English is not their primary language. Maxilla or maxillary refer to the upper jaw. Mandible or mandibular refer to the lower jaw. There are many other similar word combinations used throughout this website because our pages are read by patients and dentists. A few of the most common are discussed here. Tooth decay, tooth cavity and dental caries all mean the same thing. Tooth, teeth and dental are also frequently interchanged as in teeth veneers or dental veneer laminate. Oral rehabilitation and dental reconstruction mean smile makeover. The word for x-ray may be used with or without a hyphen (this is true for other words too) and can also be called a radiograph.

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