Less Gum, More Smile: Gummy Smile Correction Stories

Inside this volume

Fifty first-person accounts describe gummy smile correction, beginning with the moment it became noticeable — a child's comment, a video call — and the consultation that measured millimetres of gum and worked out whether the cause was gum covering the teeth, an active upper lip, a tall upper jaw or a mix. Writers describe each treatment in turn: botulinum toxin injections beside the nose, the stiff or lopsided weeks, and repeat visits every few months; gum contouring by laser or scalpel; crown lengthening and its slow healing; lip repositioning and its swollen first week; braces with mini-screws; and jaw surgery for those whose bite needed it too. Outcomes are recorded honestly — gum that grew back, injections that wore off faster than promised, too much tissue removed, lip exercises that did nothing. Writers include men who assumed it was only a women's concern, singers, a lawyer, a hygienist, a woman of seventy, and people who had to quit smoking or treat gum disease first. Later chapters cover cheaper treatment at a dental school, monthly payments, three dentists giving three different answers, and a mother learning not to push her daughter.

Who it's for

For anyone who has learned to smile with their lip pulled down, people trying to match a treatment to the real cause, and parents of teenagers who want to change their smile.

Format · Instant download · PDF & EPUB · Fifty first-person accounts · PDF: 287 pages

A collection of personal testimony, offered as companion reading — not medical advice.

• 50 single-author testimonies from real people
• A short, plain-language introduction to the topic
• Editor's note, contents page, and curated resource list
• Professional interior typesetting and an original cover

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