Periodontal Plastic Surgery for Esthetic Restoration

Kim,  Jeong-Hye

doi:2010.48.9.670

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 48(9); 2010 > Article

Journal of Korean Dental Association 2010;48(9):670-679.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2010.48.9.004 Published online September 30, 2010.

심미보철을 위한 치주치료

김정해

삼성의료원 치주과

Periodontal Plastic Surgery for Esthetic Restoration

Jeong-Hye Kim

Samsung Medical Center

Abstract

Esthetic demands for dental treatment are increasing every day. The interdisciplinary relationship of the restorative treatment, periodontal therapy and other treatments such as endodontics, orthodontics and so on is more emphasized nowadays to reconstruct the hard and soft tissue foundation for the esthetic restorative treatment. This article will focus on the periodontal plastic surgery for esthetic restorative treatment. These followings will be discussed. 1. Understand the relationship between teeth and gingival scaffold for esthetics 2. Discuss the classification and treatment of gummy smile 3. Recognize the gingival margin irregularities by gingival recession and how to achieve the harmonic soft tissue margins 4. describe the hard and soft tissue augmentation for ridge augmentation.

Key Words: periodontal surgery;gummy smile;gingival recession;ridge augmentation;esthetic restorative treatment;