Dr Sahil Patel

Gum Lifts and tooth contouring

This is subtle but significant change in balance across the front teeth. Over one appointment we raised the gums, reshaped the edges of the teeth. No need for crowns or veneers here

Gum lifts!

Excess gum, sometimes called gummy smiles can make some avoid smiling/laughing freely. This patient had her gum symmetry rebalanced with a shirt procedure to remove the excess gum.

Her smile was nice before treatment, and now its near perfect!

✅ One appointment
✅ Short recovery (1-2 days)
✅ Non invasive

Severe Underbite

Our top teeth should overlap our bottom set, and occasionally this does not occur, resulting in a crossbite.

An Underbite is a form of crossbites that involves several front teeth biting in a reversed 'under' position.

Biomechanically, it's not a good position to be in as teeth tend to wear down faster than normal, and there tend to be cosmetic concerns attached!

Two options to fix underbites - specialist orthodontics (moving the teeth with braces) or using ceramics

Spaces, sometimes they develop with time as we grow older, other times it's genetics.

This case was a lot of both. The option of braces is not a good one in my opinion, as closing spaces around the midline is notoriously tough to stop from re-opening.

We opted for ceramics to redistribute the space across the front 10 teeth. The excess space is moved backwards to allow us to create teeth that are a 'normal' proportion.

Proud of this case 😀

✅ After decades of bad experiences/neglect, he was considering going to Turkey (even had his flight booked) to have all his teeth removed in favour of implants.

✅ We managed to save most of his teeth by using ceramic bridges, crowns and veneers to improve the shape and colour as well.

✅ He also had an underbite, which resulted in us redesigning his bite from scratch.

This is only phase 1, phase 2 involves implants to replace his back teeth.