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Surgical Lip Repositioning Using LASER for the Reduction of Excessive Gummy Smiles A case Report Haseeb H. Al-Dary - DDS, FADI Private Practice, Amman – Jordan – dary_haseeb@ ABSTRACT The aim of this case presentation is to demonstrate an alternative method to treat one of the causes of gummy smile, by using LASER which provides us “Dentists” with so many benefits. To do so, first of all we need to differentiate between the reasons that could cause this “unlikely appearance”. By using LASER beam a split thickness tape of about 10mm of oral mucosa is removed from the anterior region of st maxilla above the dental arch, between the 1 molars on both sides, then the 2 edges of the wound is approached and sutured again. The result we obtain is to reduce the show of the excessive gummy tissue by using relatively less aggressive procedure than orthognathic surgery. The procedure would reduce but may not eliminate the problem in some cases. KEYWORDS Gummy smile, Treatment option, Laser. INTRODUCTION Aesthetics now a day became a demand for a fast fail to complete the apical migration over the maxillary growing population. teeth to a position that is 1mm coronal to the cemento- enamel junctions.1,2 In these cases, esthetic crown Aesthetic dentistry provides fantastic solutions most of the lengthening is the recommended-well documented- times to enhance the way the people look, which in turn treatment procedure to restore the normal dentogingival enhance self confidence.