Surgical Crown Lengthening: A Case Report

Surgical Crown Lengthening: A Case Report

Author(s)

Shaikha Al-Doseri, Kanak Ganguly

Abstract

Crown lengthening is performed to increase the length of the clinical crown for either restorative or esthetic reasons. Biological width is one of the important requirements to consider to avoid rebound of the gingival tissue.

Indications for crown lengthening include excessive gingival display, short clinical crown, restorative procedure, and management of uneven gingival margins. In some cases, the gingival tissue does not retract to its full extent, leading to excessive gingival tissue display. This may affect the esthetics, necessitating crown lengthening.

This article discusses the case of a 23-year-old female patient with excessive gingival display in the upper anterior segment that was treated with a crown lengthening procedure with osseous reduction.

Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society

https://doi.org/10.26715/jbms.32_2020_3_8