Gum Contouring Minneapolis
Bringing Balance to Your Smile
Many people struggle with the balance of their smile and feel like their gums cover too much of their dental structure, leaving much to be desired. However, what many people don’t know until they visit our knowledgeable team at Holger Dental Group is that this aesthetic flaw is treatable using gum contouring in Minneapolis! We invite you to learn more about what your smile could look like after this procedure by reading below, and feel free to give our office a call to schedule a consultation to learn whether you’re a good candidate!
Your Leading Gum Contouring Experts
- Comfortable Treatment with Our Picasso Diode Laser
- Permanent Results That Require No Upkeep
- A Practice Serving the Community for 10+ Years
Maddie’s Story
Maddie won the Miss MN USA Pageant in 2022 and came to meet the team at Holger Dental Group. She told us her smile had always been her biggest insecurity. Dr. Holger and the team worked with Maddie to enhance her smile.
Maddie showed a lot of gum tissue when she smiled. After a simple gum recontouring procedure to remove excess gum tissue that covered her natural teeth, she was left with a fuller, more proportional smile that showed less gums. In one day with one procedure she was smiling like she never had before. Gum contouring changed her life!
What is Gum Contouring?
Gum contouring is a cosmetic dental treatment that allows our skilled dentists to change the shape of your gumline, allowing it to frame your smile in a less intrusive way by revealing more of your teeth. Using our Picasso Clario Diode Laser, we can do this more comfortably than ever before, as the small beam of light effortlessly and precisely vaporizes tissue.
Do I Need Gum Contouring?
The best way to tell whether you could benefit from gum contouring in Minnetonka is to think about how you feel about your smile. If one trait that has made you feel self-conscious or less-than-confident when you smile is the fact that most of what others see are your gums, then you may be able to benefit from this treatment. However, we’ll need to make sure no oral health problems are present, like cavities, first.
The Gum Contouring Process
Before we begin, our team will administer medication before your procedure to help reduce the likelihood of you feeling any discomfort. With the help of our diode laser, we can gently and precisely remove overgrown gum tissue, and oftentimes, this eliminates the need for sutures and cutting.
Once the procedure is over and we have re-framed your smile, we will provide you with helpful aftercare instructions to manage any discomfort and allow you to make a problem-free recovery. Because we utilize a dental laser, our patients typically require a shorter recovery time, experience less post-operative bleeding and discomfort, and have a much lower risk of post-operative infection than when the treatment is completed with a scalpel. In most cases, we advise our patients to apply a cold compress to the face for 15 minutes at a time and take ibuprofen until their pain subsides naturally after a few days.
Can Gum Contouring Improve My Health?
If you have gum disease and are experiencing issues, our team will examine you during your consultation to discuss your treatment options. In some cases, we may recommend gum contouring if you’ve experienced gum disease to even out your smile and help treat your condition by removing severely damaged gum tissue. This will ensure that only the healthy tissue remains, which can reconnect with teeth to protect their roots and prevent other oral health concerns, like tooth loss.
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