gingivectomy
Sign in to saveGingivectomy is a dental procedure in which a dentist or oral surgeon cuts away part of the gums in the mouth (the gingiva).
Key facts
- Interventions.Name
- Gingivectomy
- Interventions.MeshID
- D005890
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Research
1,836 papers- Laser-Assisted Gingivectomy to Treat Gummy Smile.Dental clinics of North America · 2022
- Gingivectomy with Diode Laser Versus the Conventional Scalpel Surgery and Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy in Treatment of Orthodontic Treatment-Induced Gingival Enlargement: A Systematic Review.Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery · 2023
- Efficacy of hyaluronic acid gel and photobiomodulation therapy on wound healing after surgical gingivectomy: a randomized controlled clinical trial.BMC oral health · 2023
- Gingivectomy.Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology · 1951
- Gingivectomy.Odontologisk tidskrift · 1965
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Indications
- Elimination of suprabony fibrous and firm pockets
- Elimination of gingival enlargement
- Increase in clinical crown height
- Sub-gingival margins
- Gummy smiles
- Contraindications
- Techniques and post-operative management/healing
- Surgical gingivectomy
- Gingivectomy by electrosurgery
- Laser gingivectomy
- See also
- References
Gingivectomy is a dental procedure in which a dentist or oral surgeon cuts away part of the gums in the mouth (the gingiva).
It is the oldest surgical approach in periodontal therapy and is usually done for improvement of aesthetics or prognosis of teeth.
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